In 2021, vinyl albums outside CDs in the United States for the first time in 30 years, with big sellers including Adele and Taylor Swift.
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Vinyl albums outsold CDs in US for first time in 30 years in 2021
The biggest sellers included Taylor Swift, Adele and Olivia Rodrigo
According to data from the MRC and Billboard, 38.3 per cent of all album sales in the country last year were in vinyl format, while it accounted over 50 per cent of all physical album sales (41.72 million sales out of a total of 82.79 million).
The rate of vinyl albums sold last year went up by a massive 51.4 per cent to 41.72 million compared to 27.55m in 2020.