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.