Sales Data & Stats

US & UK Vinyl Sales Reach New Heights During the Holidays in 2020

December 29, 2020

Photo Credit: Victrola Vinyl sales in the US and UK have reached record heights during the holiday season. New numbers from Nielsen show a record 1.842 million LPs were sold in the week leading up to Decembe... Read More...

The Top 100 Best Selling Albums of All Time

Ashley King

November 9, 2020

Photo Credit: Clay Banks What's the best selling album of all time? The answer might surprise you, based on certified sales by the RIAA. In 2018, The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971—1975) surpassed Mic... Read More...

BTS’s “Dynamite” Outsells the Top 50 Bestselling Songs in the US Combined

Ashley King

September 1, 2020

Photo Credit: 10/TV The new BTS single, "Dynamite," sales have outsold the top 50 best-selling songs in the US, combined this week. Thanks to obsessed BTS stans, the song arrives in the US as a best-selling ... Read More...

Taylor Swift’s Surprise Album Tops 1.3 Million Sales In 24 Hours

Ashley King

July 27, 2020

Photo Credit: Taylor Swift Taylor Swift's surprise album Folklore has racked up over 1.3 million sales in 24 hours. Republic Records reported the numbers along with some other details. The album was streamed... Read More...

Taylor Swift Declared Best-Selling Global Artist of 2019

Dylan Smith

March 2, 2020

Taylor Swift London-based global recording industry trade group IFPI has declared Taylor Swift the bestselling worldwide artist of 2019. Swift edged out the likes of Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Post... Read More...

2019’s US-Based Streaming Music Market Was Larger Than the Entire Recorded Music Market in 2017

Paul Resnikoff

February 25, 2020

RIAA breakdown of 2019 streaming revenues, part of its broader recorded music market report. According to a detailed report shared this (Tuesday) afternoon by the Recording Industry Association of America (RI... Read More...

VR Headset Sales Drop Over 40% Compared to Last Year — Why?

Ashley King

January 31, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash A Nielsen subsidiary has published VR sales figures for 2019 — the data includes AR, VR, and hybrid headsets. The PlayStation VR and Oculus Quest were the two most popular VR headsets ... Read More...

BTS’ Latest Album Receives 3.4 Million Pre-Orders in Just 7 Days

Colin Cohen

January 16, 2020

Photo of BTS Big Hit Entertainment has announced that the upcoming album by K-Pop sensations BTS has sold more than 3.4 million copies in just seven days, based on data from the album's distributor, Dreamus C... Read More...

German Music Industry Breaks the 100 Billion Stream Barrier

Colin Cohen

January 8, 2020

In the wake of a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that there were more than 100 billion music streams in the United Kingdom, GfK Entertainment and the German Music Industry Association (BVM... Read More...

Britain’s Music Streaming Market Tops £1 Billion for the First Time Ever

Colin Cohen

January 3, 2020

Echoing a report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) says that sales from music streaming last year exceeded £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in the United Kin... Read More...

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t) — Our Latest Podcast

Paul Resnikoff

January 2, 2020

Reggie Gooden of 818 Talent in Digital Music News' podcast studio in Santa Monica. What does it really take to get to the top of the Billboard charts? What? You’re not subscribed to the Digital Music News P... Read More...

Streaming Accounted for 80% of US-Based Recording Revenues in 2019, Up from 7% in 2010

Colin Cohen

January 2, 2020

In an announcement that mirrored a similar report from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said that music streaming accounted for 80% of the U.S. rec... Read More...

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US & UK Vinyl Sales Reach New Heights During the Holidays in 2020

The Top 100 Best Selling Albums of All Time

BTS’s “Dynamite” Outsells the Top 50 Bestselling Songs in the US Combined

Taylor Swift’s Surprise Album Tops 1.3 Million Sales In 24 Hours

Taylor Swift Declared Best-Selling Global Artist of 2019

2019’s US-Based Streaming Music Market Was Larger Than the Entire Recorded Music Market in 2017

VR Headset Sales Drop Over 40% Compared to Last Year — Why?

BTS’ Latest Album Receives 3.4 Million Pre-Orders in Just 7 Days

German Music Industry Breaks the 100 Billion Stream Barrier

Britain’s Music Streaming Market Tops £1 Billion for the First Time Ever

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Streaming Accounted for 80% of US-Based Recording Revenues in 2019, Up from 7% in 2010