Joel Corry & MNEK extend their reign at Number 1 with Head & Heart to a second week.
16.07.2020 - 17:13 / officialcharts.com
The cassette continues to prove the unlikely comeback kid of music formats, with sales soaring so far in 2020.
In the first six months of the year, 65,000 cassettes were purchased in the UK, a 103% increase compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, figures are set to eclipse 2019's figure of 80,000, and are on course to top 100,000 for the first time since 2003.
Impressively, more cassettes have been sold so far in 2020 than the entirety of 2018.
The pop genre is the primary driver for
Joel Corry & MNEK extend their reign at Number 1 with Head & Heart to a second week.
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