Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Is vinyl dead?



I am sure this question must be buzzing in your mind. Is this guy living in the past? you might say "My grandpa used to own something black, round and antique looking" Its dusty, dirty and nobody uses turtablles anymore. But I beg to differ. Why? Well just to share some facts about vinyl resurgence:

Sales of vinyl albums grew by 33%, with 2.5 million vinyl units sold. Many of the top-selling vinyl artists like The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan are household names, but just as many are lesser-known independent artists and darlings of the indie-rock blogosphere like Animal Collective, Bon Iver and Iron & Wine who round out the top 10 with critical darlings Radiohead and Wilco.

The top-selling artists on vinyl in 2009 were:

* Radiohead
* The Beatles
* Michael Jackson
* Metallica
* Wilco
* Bob Dylan
* Animal Collective
* Pearl Jam
* Bon Iver
* Iron & Wine


The above data can be viewed at Nielsen Soundscan 2009 stats


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