More here ... https://www.nme.com/news/music/vinyl-sa ... ry-2846303Vinyl sales in the US just had their biggest week in history.
The pre-Christmas rush saw more than 1.8 million LPs sold across the States
Last week, the United States sold the most amount of vinyl records in history in a single week. The pre-Christmas rush saw nearly 2 million LPs sold across the country.
As Billboard reports, 1.842 million vinyl LPs were purchased in the US in the week leading up to Christmas, which ended on December 24.
It broke the record set just one week before (December 10-17), where 1.445 million were sold. The new record is the biggest weekly sales of vinyl in the country since records began in 1991.
Meanwhile in the UK, sales of vinyl look set to hit a new three-decade high as fans appear to be using their time in lockdown to top up their record collections.
Hold onto your vinyl the trend is starting here too.
