Sales of records and cassette tapes grew by two digits year-on-year, CD sales declined

by Emily Rudolph

According to the report of the research company · BuzzAngle Music , we found that sales in the American music industry were double-digit growth for the second consecutive year. Although it is streaming that is pulling the industry, analog records and cassettes also left double digit growth figures year-on-year.

BuzzAngle Music 2018 YEAR-END REPOT
(PDF file) http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2018-US-Report-Industry.pdf

BuzzAngle Music 2018 Report on Music Consumption | BuzzAngle Music
http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/buzzangle-music-2018-report-on-music-consumption/

Vinyl And Cassette Sales Saw Growth Last Year | Fortune
http://fortune.com/2019/01/06/vinyl-cassette-sales-2018-growth/

Vinyl and cassette sales saw double digit growth last year - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/6/18170624/vinyl-cassette-popularity-revival-2018-sales-growth-cd-decline

According to the report of BuzzAngle Music, the number of record sales in 2018 is 9.7 million. Since 2017 was 8.6 million, it increased by 11.9% from the previous year. The number of cassette tape sales in 2018 is 118,200. Since it was 93,900 in 2017, it increased by 18.9% over the previous year, both of which grew to double digit growth.

The best selling record is the first soundtrack of the movie "Guardians of Galaxy" "Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1", the second place is Michael Jackson's "Thriller", the third place is the Beatles' Abbey Road. " According to the analysis, the soundtrack of "Greatest showman" is showing in 12th place, but according to the analysis, the work released more than three years ago accounted for 66% of sales.

by Robin McPherson

On the other hand, the individual ranking of the cassette has not been announced, but the work released three years or more ago was 52.5%, the proportion was lower than the record, and it was said that 32% of the works released one and a half years ago .

Meanwhile, the CD dropped 18.5% from the previous year to 74.7 million copies in the year to 60.7 million copies, dropping the figure significantly. It is a weak point that it is a physical medium that does not have "retro appeal" of analog media, and retailers like BestBuy are making sure that they do not have inventory, and the market will continue to be It is considered to be small.

For the industry as a whole, streaming is showing steady growth of 41.8% over the previous year, and it is said that it accounts for 75% of the total income.