Record Store Day helps boost vinyl sales by 122 per cent

Kamala Harris showed off her new vinyl records earlier this week and shared some of her favourite artists.The politician had been shopping in Home Rule Records in Washington, D.C.

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From the crowd to the stage! One day after Matty Healy was spotted dancing at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, he joined opening act Phoebe Bridgers’ supporting set.

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Phoebe Bridgers opened for Taylor Swift on the Nashville stop of her ‘Eras’ tour tonight (May 5), surprising fans with an unannounced appearance from the rest of Boygenius.As a trio, Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker played ‘Not Strong Enough’ from their recent debut album as Boygenius, ‘The Record’, as well as Bridgers’ own songs ‘Graceland Too’ and ‘I Know The End’. The group were all clad in the same skeleton onesies that Bridgers herself typically performs in, and strummed along on black guitars with gold accents.Have a look at some footage of the moment (via Consequence) below, then see the full setlist from Bridgers’ set (via setlist.fm):boygenius is a surprise opener at Taylor Swift’s Nashville show tonight. pic.twitter.com/KkKa89HQ0N— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) May 6, 20231. ‘Motion Sickness’ 2. ‘DVD Menu’ 3. ‘Garden Song’ 4. ‘Kyoto’ 5. ‘Scott Street’ 6. ‘Moon Song’ 7. ‘Not Strong Enough’ (with Boygenius) 8. ‘Graceland Too’ (with Boygenius) 9. ‘I Know The End’ (with Boygenius)Tonight’s performance adds to a growing number of surprise Boygenius appearances: March saw them perform an unannounced set at Austin Airport for SXSW, and last month they made a cameo during MUNA’s set at Coachella. Alongside Bridgers’ own sets on tour with Swift, Boygenius are currently touring in support of ‘The Record’ – a North American headline tour will continue in June – with the record itself arriving at the end of March and earning the band their first UK Number One.

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Luminate, which recently published its Top Entertainment Trends for 2023 report, “50 per cent of consumers who have bought vinyl in the past 12 months own a record player, compared to 15per cent per cent among music listeners overall” [via Music Business Worldwide].Luminate appears to have credited those statistics largely to “superfans” whom it defines as “music listeners who spend above average (median) time AND money on music, actively discover new music, participate in music-related activities on social media, and plan on attending a live music event in the next 12 months”.The majority of music revenue (84 per cent in 2022) still comes from streaming services.That suggests that many of these “superfans” buy vinyl as part of merch – not necessarily listening to it.The news follows vinyl outselling CD in the UK for first time in 35 years, according to figures released by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) in January.Overall music sales increased by three per cent in 2022 to almost £2billion, which is the highest figure since 2003 and nearly double the level of their low point in 2013.According to the published figures, physical sales fell slightly by 3.8 per cent to £280.4million, but levelled out as the vinyl format showed sustained growth while CD declined.Vinyl album sales grew 11 per cent to £150.5million, while CD album sales in contrast fell 17.4 per cent to £124million, the first time that vinyl has outsold CD by value since 1987.

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift is looking at becoming the first artist to have an exclusive Record Store Day release enter the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart when the next results are reported this coming weekend. That’s because nearly all 75,000 domestic copies of her RSD-exclusive double-LP, “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions,” are believed to have sold through within a day of having gone on sale Saturday. Even though the 75,000 copies of “Long Pond Studio Sessions” issued in the U.S. was almost four times as many copies as any RSD release has been issued with before, it was no surprise that it was a hot enough commodity to sell out in a day. The 115,000 copies that went out globally are said to be the only pressing the album will ever receive. While that might be a high quantity for anybody else, it’s worth remembering that Swift’s previous album, “Midnights,” sold about 400,000 copies in its first day out — and that was without the promise that it would never be available again.

Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ has become the best-selling vinyl album of the year so far.Released last month, the ninth studio album to be released by the pop icon debuted at the Number One spot on the Official Albums chart – making it her sixth chart-topping LP in the UK.Now, the album has also been certified as the best-selling album on wax for 2023, surpassing the likes of Pink, Paramore and Taylor Swift. It has also provided Del Rey’s strongest first week on the charts since 2014, when her second LP ‘Ultraviolence’ reached the peak position.As reported in the Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40, less than a month after its release, ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ sold over 20,800 copies on the format.

Zendaya fans got the surprise of a lifetime when the  star joined Labrinth during his set at Coachella Saturday.The 26-year-old singer-actress performed the final two songs of his set — «I'm Tired» and «All for Us,» the first of which was featured in the HBO series. The epic surprise marked Zendaya's first live performance in seven years.Zendaya was festival-chic for the appearance, wearing her hair in a long, wavy style, while sporting a pink dress that featured a corset bodice and a white tank top underneath. She paired the look with thigh-high black boots, silver hoop earrings and a ring.The Emmy-winner took to her Instagram Stories following the performance to express her gratitude to Labrinth for letting her join him on stage for what she called a «magical night.»«Thank you to my brother @labrinth for inviting me and giving me the most beautiful safe space to be on a stage again,» Zendaya wrote.

We’re going to have this performance on replay!

A record store housed on a canal barge sank the night before Record Store Day as it sailed to Manchester. Rubber Ducky Records owner Myles Greenwood lost around 1,000 vinyl records as the 28ft boat went down on the Rochdale Canal on Friday.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The checkout lines for Record Store Day might move more swiftly than usual this year, due to the likely numbers of customers who will be buying one exclusive album and one exclusive alone — Taylor Swift’s “Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions,” the most massively coveted item RSD has seen or ever might see. And listen, we’ll be picking it up, too… if supplies last. (The title has been pressed in quantities of 75,000 for the U.S. and 115,000 for the world — about four times as many as any previous RSD title. Will those be enough to last on shelves for even a day? We’ll find out.) But slow down, Swifties. There are 300 other new releases where that one came from, and this is a chance to indulge some other retail-therapy whims or make some new discoveries. Yes, there are hundreds of middle-aged guys outside in line behind you who weren’t motivated to get up quite so early, and why should they be the only ones who get to enjoy newly minted LPs from the Cure, Arooj Aftab, Nas, Orville Peck, Charlie Parker or the Pixies on a Saturday night? There’s more to life than hoarding Taylor Swift, and it is hoarding absolutely everything that has a “limited edition” sticker slapped on it, with no prejudice as to the genre, level of obscurity or how long the artist has been dead.

Record collectors and music lovers have descended onto Manchester’s ‘vinyl valley’ in their droves this morning for the annual Record Store Day event. And one eager fan camped out overnight outside Piccadilly Records in order to secure an exclusive release from his favourite artist.