UK cassette sales have more than doubled in 2020

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Cassette sales almost doubled in 2020 to their highest level in 17 years.

Lewis Capaldi and The Weeknd have been named among the best-selling artists of 2020 in the UK.New data published by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) today (January 4) sheds light on what the UK listened to and bought in 2020, with the findings also revealing that recorded music consumption in the UK rose by 8.2% last year.There were 139 billion audio streams in the UK in 2020 (up by over a fifth compared to 2019) as nearly 200 artists had their music streamed over 100 million times.

vinyl records in the UK this year are the highest since the early ’90s, new data has revealed.End-of-year figures released by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) show that sales have soared despite two national coronavirus lockdowns, with vinyl sales growing for the 13th year running.The new figures reveal that nearly one in five (18%) of all albums purchased across 2020 were vinyl, with 4.8 million LPs being purchased.

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.

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the prospect of a No Deal Brexit still a distinct possibility, the prevailing sense of uncertainty over the future of UK and EU relations is already having a knock-on effect across the UK music industry.