This statistic displays a timeline of album sales in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2016, by format. In 2016, 47.3 million albums were sold on CD. CD was still the best-selling album format, while 18.1 million albums were sold in digital format that year. The number of albums sold on LP continued to rise in 2016, to over three million units sold.
Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format
(in million albums)
* "Other" includes: cassette, miniDisc, DVD audio, DVD video, DMD and 7" box set albums. Figures have been rounded. Figures previous to 2013 were published earlier by Music Week.
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BPI. (January 3, 2017). Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format (in million albums) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/
BPI. "Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format (in million albums)." Chart. January 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/
BPI. (2017). Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format (in million albums). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/
BPI. "Music Album Unit Sales in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2008 to 2016, by Format (in Million Albums)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/
BPI, Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format (in million albums) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2016, by format (in million albums) [Graph], BPI, January 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276188/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-format/
