Greta Van Fleet’s ‘Palace for the People’ Tops Vinyl as Taylor Swift Leads Overall Physical
Greta Van Fleet’s Palace for the People Tops Vinyl as Taylor Swift Leads Overall Physical Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 19, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 41 · Tracking ending Oct. 15, 2026 Physical albums1.52MWeek 41 Vinyl albums880.2KWeek 41 CD albums627.8KWeek 41 Indie store sales454.1KModeled Top of the charts This […]
Alice in Chains’ ‘MTV UNPLUGGED’ Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country
Alice in Chains’ MTV UNPLUGGED Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 5, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 39 · Tracking ending Oct. 1, 2026 Physical albums1.35M▲ +2.3% vs. 2025 Vinyl albums748.3K▲ +3.4% vs. 2025 CD albums597.3K▲ +1.6% vs. 2025 Indie store sales432K▲ […]
Miley Cyrus’s ‘Bass Persuades’ Sweeps All Retail & Indie Stores as Beck Drives Storefront Traffic
Miley Cyrus’s ‘Bass Persuades’ Sweeps All Retail & Indie Stores as Beck Drives Storefront Traffic Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 2, 2026 — 4 min read Miley Cyrus’s Bass Persuades swept physical retail this week, topping both overall sales and independent record stores, while Beck’s Ride Lonesome drove unusually strong over-the-counter traffic at indie shops. […]
Record Store Day 2025: Get To Know Its Vinyl-Buying U.S. Audience
In its 18th year of celebrating independent record stores and vinyl music, Record Store Day continued to draw enthusiastic crowds the week of April 12.
The Growth of Vinyl and the Impact of Independent Record Stores on Vinyl Sales
While many in our industry focus on streaming consumption and the billions of streams that occur weekly, there is another consumption format that has shown growth year after year for the last 18 years straight: vinyl album sales.