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Vinyl sales have been steadily rising over the past few years, much to everyone's delight, but is anyone actually listening to their records?
Tomorrow (16 April) is Record Store Day, where exclusive records from the likes of David Bowie, Nirvana, The Who and The Weekend are set to be released. Unfortunately, many of those records will never go near a turntable.
According to research published by the BBC, though sales are up by more than 60% this year, and are set to reach levels not seen since the late ‘80s, 41% of people who buy vinyl admit to owning a turntable they never use. A further 7% don’t even own one.
It seems, then, that the resurgence of vinyl is as much for aesthetic and nostalgic reasons as practical ones.
Meanwhile, David Bowie’s Blackstar has been revealed as the best-selling vinyl album of the past 12 months, with Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black at No.2, and The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep... at No.3.
See the full list of top selling vinyl albums 2016 below.
1) David Bowie Blackstar
2) Amy Winehouse Back To Black
3) The 1975 I Like It When You Sleep...
4) Adele 25
5) The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
6) David Bowie Nothing Has Changed - The Very Best Of
7) Various Artists Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack
8) David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
9) Bob Marley Exodus
10) Fleetwood Mac Rumours
