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Cassette sales went up in 2016

Discussion in 'Cassettes' started by retro, Jan 23, 2017.

  1. retro

    retro Active Member S2G Supporter

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    According to this article, cassette sales went up from 74,000 in 2015 to 129,000 in 2016 thanks to specialty cassette albums from Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and a few others. Hopefully more artist will continue this trend.
     
  2. walkman archive

    walkman archive Administrator Staff Member

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    That's good news indeed.
     
  3. Boodokhan

    Boodokhan Well-Known Member

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    according to the engadget news:

    report only reflects US market:

    Vinyl albums sold 13.1 millions in 2016
    Cassette tapes sold 129000 copies in 2016 (74% increase from 2015)

    The Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 sold about 4,000 copies each in 2016 and 2015

    Justin Bieber album sold 1000 copies
     

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