U.S. vinyl album gross sales surged within the week ending Dec. 21, with 2.054 million copies offered, based on Luminate. That marks the most important week of 2023 for vinyl albums, and the third-largest week within the fashionable period — since Luminate started electronically monitoring gross sales in 1991.
The one two bigger weeks registered since 1991 each got here within the earlier two years. The second-largest body got here within the week ending Dec. 23, 2021, with 2.115 million; whereas the most important week is held by the body ending Dec. 22, 2022, with 2.232 million.
Vinyl gross sales acquired a lift within the week ending Dec. 21, 2023 due to vacation procuring and sale pricing and promotions throughout retailers.
The highest-selling vinyl album within the week ending Dec. 21 (as mirrored on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart dated Dec. 30) was Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Model) with 57,000 copies offered. Swift had the highest four-selling vinyl albums of the week, and 6 of the highest seven. Midnights, Lover and Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) are Nos. 2-4, whereas Folklore and Fearless (Taylor’s Model) are Nos. 6 and seven.
In whole, within the week ending Dec. 21, 2023, Swift’s vinyl album gross sales throughout all of her albums added as much as 194,000 — 9.5% of all vinyl albums offered by all artists within the U.S. that week.
There may be another week in Luminate’s monitoring 12 months for 2023 — the week of Dec. 22-28. As that week comprises three procuring days earlier than the Christmas Day vacation on Dec. 23, there could possibly be some sizable vinyl gross sales that are available in earlier than the shut of the 12 months.
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