Discogs Sales In 2020 Increased 40%
CD and cassette sales also saw sizable bumps across the marketplace. Overall sales of physical music on online music marketplace Discogs saw a 40.12% increase in 2020 over the year prior, the company reported today in its year-end wrap up, with a total of 16.29 million pieces of physical music -- vinyl records, CDs and cassettes -- sold. The total number of orders, at 8.85 million, jumped 35.78% over the year prior. Unsurprisingly, as sales of it the format have been growing across the board for more than a decade, vinyl led the way in terms of popular formats on the marketplace. Just shy of ...
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