UK Record Sales 1964-2011

UK Record Sales 1964-2011

Albums by Quarter & Format 1972-2008, million units. Trade Deliveries

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	8Ts	%			Total

1964	T									24.000

1972	T	59.300	87.98%	4.900	7.27%	3.200	4.75%			67.400

1973	T	81.000	83.94%	9.800	10.16%	5.700	5.91%			96.500

1974	T	89.500	81.59%	14.000	12.76%	6.200	5.65%			109.700

1975	T	91.600	81.93%	16.500	14.76%	3.700	3.31%			111.800

1976	Q1	18.600	82.30%	3.700	16.37%	0.300	1.33%			22.600
1976	Q2	16.900	82.84%	3.000	14.71%	0.500	2.45%			20.400
1976	Q3	17.300	81.22%	3.400	15.96%	0.600	2.82%			21.300
1976	Q4	31.000	82.23%	5.900	15.65%	0.800	2.12%			37.700
1976	T	83.800	82.16%	16.000	15.69%	2.200	2.16%			102.000

1977	Q1	19.400	81.86%	4.200	17.72%	0.100	0.42%			23.700
1977	Q2	15.300	80.95%	3.400	17.99%	0.200	1.06%			18.900
1977	Q3	17.400	80.18%	3.900	17.97%	0.400	1.84%			21.700
1977	Q4	29.600	80.00%	7.000	18.92%	0.400	1.08%			37.000
1977	T	81.700	80.65%	18.500	18.26%	1.100	1.09%			101.300

1978	Q1	17.700	80.82%	4.100	18.72%	0.100	0.46%			21.900
1978	Q2	16.700	80.68%	3.900	18.84%	0.100	0.48%			20.700
1978	Q3	18.800	80.00%	4.500	19.15%	0.200	0.85%			23.500
1978	Q4	32.900	79.85%	8.100	19.66%	0.200	0.49%			41.200
1978	T	86.100	80.24%	20.600	19.20%	0.600	0.56%			107.300

1979	Q1	17.000	75.89%	5.300	23.66%	0.100	0.45%			22.400
1979	Q2	14.100	75.00%	4.700	25.00%					18.800
1979	Q3	15.000	75.00%	5.000	25.00%					20.000
1979	Q4	28.400	77.60%	8.200	22.40%					36.600
1979	T	74.500	76.18%	23.200	23.72%	0.100	0.10%			97.800

1980	Q1	14.800	74.00%	5.200	26.00%					20.000
1980	Q2	11.400	66.28%	5.800	33.72%					17.200
1980	Q3	13.100	72.78%	4.900	27.22%					18.000
1980	Q4	28.100	75.13%	9.300	24.87%					37.400
1980	T	67.400	72.79%	25.200	27.21%					92.600

1981	Q1	12.600	67.02%	6.200	32.98%					18.800
1981	Q2	11.200	67.88%	5.300	32.12%					16.500
1981	Q3	13.700	68.16%	6.400	31.84%					20.100
1981	Q4	26.500	70.67%	11.000	29.33%					37.500
1981	T	64.000	68.89%	28.900	31.11%					92.900

1982	Q1	11.900	66.48%	6.000	33.52%					17.900
1982	Q2	10.600	64.63%	5.800	35.37%					16.400
1982	Q3	10.900	61.58%	6.800	38.42%					17.700
1982	Q4	24.400	65.42%	12.900	34.58%					37.300
1982	T	57.800	64.73%	31.500	35.27%					89.300

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	CD	%			Total
1983	Q1	9.900	61.49%	6.200	38.51%					16.100
1983	Q2	10.500	59.36%	7.100	40.14%	0.090	0.51%			17.690
1983	Q3	11.200	57.55%	8.200	42.14%	0.060	0.31%			19.460
1983	Q4	22.700	61.19%	14.300	38.54%	0.100	0.27%			37.100
1983	T	54.300	60.10%	35.800	39.62%	0.250	0.28%			90.350

1984	Q1	10.100	58.05%	7.200	41.38%	0.100	0.57%			17.400
1984	Q2	10.500	52.76%	9.200	46.23%	0.200	1.01%			19.900
1984	Q3	10.200	49.76%	10.100	49.27%	0.200	0.98%			20.500
1984	Q4	23.300	54.69%	18.900	44.37%	0.400	0.94%			42.600
1984	T	54.100	53.88%	45.400	45.22%	0.900	0.90%			100.400

1985	Q1	9.800	49.75%	9.300	47.21%	0.600	3.05%			19.700
1985	Q2	10.200	49.28%	1	48.31%	0.500	2.42%			20.700
1985	Q3	10.700	45.34%	12.100	51.27%	0.800	3.39%			23.600
1985	Q4	22.200	46.84%	24.000	50.63%	1.200	2.53%			47.400
1985	T	53.000	47.53%	55.400	49.69%	3.100	2.78%			111.500

1986	Q1	9.100	43.54%	10.600	50.72%	1.200	5.74%			20.900
1986	Q2	9.700	40.93%	12.600	53.16%	1.400	5.91%			23.700
1986	Q3	12.000	38.34%	17.500	55.91%	1.800	5.75%			31.300
1986	Q4	21.500	39.67%	28.800	53.14%	3.900	7.20%			54.200
1986	T	52.300	40.14%	69.600	53.42%	8.400	6.45%			130.300

1987	Q1	9.639	37.80%	12.361	48.48%	3.498	13.72%			25.498
1987	Q2	10.212	36.31%	14.408	51.23%	3.502	12.45%			28.122
1987	Q3	11.429	34.86%	17.228	52.55%	4.129	12.59%			32.786
1987	Q4	20.875	35.79%	30.426	52.16%	7.033	12.06%			58.334
1987	T	52.155	36.03%	74.423	51.42%	18.162	12.55%			144.740

1988	Q1	10.467	34.53%	13.849	45.69%	5.995	19.78%			30.311
1988	Q2	8.674	31.13%	14.061	50.47%	5.127	18.40%			27.862
1988	Q3	10.177	28.93%	18.533	52.68%	6.472	18.40%			35.182
1988	Q4	20.890	31.21%	34.431	51.45%	11.602	17.34%			66.923
1988	T	50.208	31.33%	80.874	50.46%	29.196	18.22%			160.278

1989	Q1	8.848	26.20%	16.830	49.84%	8.092	23.96%			33.770
1989	Q2	8.035	24.42%	16.197	49.23%	8.669	26.35%			32.901
1989	Q3	7.007	21.31%	17.608	53.56%	8.261	25.13%			32.876
1989	Q4	14.007	22.19%	32.405	51.34%	16.704	26.47%			63.116
1989	T	37.897	23.30%	83.040	51.05%	41.726	25.65%			162.663

1990	Q1	6.384	19.93%	14.673	45.80%	10.981	34.27%			32.038
1990	Q2	4.966	16.11%	15.336	49.75%	10.522	34.14%			30.824
1990	Q3	4.376	13.95%	16.865	53.77%	10.122	32.27%			31.363
1990	Q4	8.993	15.94%	28.202	49.98%	19.228	34.08%			56.423
1990	T	24.719	16.41%	75.076	49.84%	50.853	33.76%			150.648

1991	Q1	3.590	12.01%	13.531	45.27%	12.769	42.72%			29.890
1991	Q2	2.946	10.41%	12.551	44.34%	12.811	45.26%			28.308
1991	Q3	2.257	7.71%	13.520	46.20%	13.488	46.09%			29.265
1991	Q4	4.099	7.45%	27.186	49.39%	23.762	43.17%			55.047
1991	T	12.892	9.05%	66.788	46.87%	62.830	44.09%			142.510

1992	Q1	1.792	6.78%	10.528	39.85%	14.101	53.37%			26.421
1992	Q2	1.654	6.21%	10.539	39.60%	14.423	54.19%			26.616
1992	Q3	1.225	4.44%	11.404	41.33%	14.961	54.23%			27.590
1992	Q4	1.993	3.76%	23.978	45.27%	27.000	50.97%			52.971
1992	T	6.664	4.99%	56.449	42.25%	70.485	52.76%			133.598

1993	Q1	1.164	3.85%	10.390	34.38%	18.669	61.77%			30.223
1993	Q2	1.255	4.10%	10.809	35.28%	18.573	60.62%			30.637
1993	Q3	1.086	3.12%	12.505	35.88%	21.262	61.00%			34.853
1993	Q4	1.454	2.52%	21.994	38.05%	34.353	59.43%			57.801
1993	T	4.959	3.23%	55.698	36.28%	92.857	60.49%			153.514

1994	Q1	0.941	3.09%	8.072	26.51%	21.436	70.40%			30.449
1994	Q2	1.024	3.03%	10.372	30.66%	22.438	66.32%			33.834
1994	Q3	1.240	3.24%	11.817	30.87%	25.223	65.89%			38.280
1994	Q4	1.307	1.76%	25.782	34.68%	47.259	63.56%			74.348
1994	T	4.512	2.55%	56.043	31.68%	116.356	65.77%			176.911

1995	Q1	0.849	2.19%	9.247	23.90%	28.601	73.91%			38.697
1995	Q2	1.168	2.95%	10.725	27.10%	27.679	69.95%			39.572
1995	Q3	0.691	1.78%	10.043	25.92%	28.006	72.29%			38.740
1995	Q4	0.913	1.15%	23.350	29.51%	54.873	69.34%			79.136
1995	T	3.621	1.85%	53.365	27.21%	139.159	70.95%			196.145

1996	Q1	0.706	1.59%	8.559	19.23%	35.247	79.19%			44.512
1996	Q2	0.605	1.51%	8.309	20.69%	31.250	77.81%			40.164
1996	Q3	0.507	1.13%	9.423	21.09%	34.740	77.77%			44.670
1996	Q4	0.629	0.80%	19.919	25.20%	58.494	74.00%			79.042
1996	T	2.447	1.17%	46.210	22.17%	159.731	76.65%			208.388

1997	Q1	0.540	1.31%	5.913	14.30%	34.901	84.40%			41.354
1997	Q2	0.676	1.89%	6.053	16.88%	29.122	81.23%			35.851
1997	Q3	0.566	1.27%	8.359	18.81%	35.514	79.92%			44.439
1997	Q4	0.693	0.91%	16.304	21.39%	59.219	77.70%			76.216
1997	T	2.475	1.25%	36.629	18.51%	158.756	80.24%			197.860

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	CD	%	MD	%	Total
1998	Q1	0.515	1.18%	5.907	13.59%	37.023	85.16%	0.030	0.07%	43.475
1998	Q2	0.496	1.27%	5.968	15.23%	32.686	83.40%	0.040	0.10%	39.190
1998	Q3	0.628	1.43%	7.102	16.18%	36.103	82.27%	0.050	0.11%	43.883
1998	Q4	0.569	0.68%	13.265	15.82%	69.903	83.36%	0.120	0.14%	83.857
1998	T	2.208	1.05%	32.242	15.32%	175.715	83.51%	0.240	0.11%	210.405

1999	Q1	0.556	1.40%	2.651	6.67%	36.461	91.73%	0.080	0.20%	39.748
1999	Q2	0.444	1.20%	3.788	10.23%	32.729	88.35%	0.085	0.23%	37.046
1999	Q3	0.569	1.40%	4.139	10.17%	35.907	88.22%	0.089	0.22%	40.704
1999	Q4	0.690	0.86%	7.825	9.72%	71.770	89.19%	0.180	0.22%	80.465
1999	T	2.259	1.14%	18.403	9.30%	176.867	89.34%	0.434	0.22%	197.963

2000	Q1	0.589	1.40%	2.143	5.09%	39.272	93.27%	0.103	0.24%	42.107
2000	Q2	0.838	1.98%	2.851	6.73%	38.578	91.12%	0.070	0.17%	42.337
2000	Q3	0.765	1.74%	2.122	4.82%	41.069	93.33%	0.049	0.11%	44.005
2000	Q4	0.976	1.11%	4.262	4.84%	82.705	93.96%	0.077	0.09%	88.020
2000	T	3.168	1.46%	11.378	5.26%	201.624	93.14%	0.299	0.14%	216.469

2001	Q1	0.717	1.58%	0.939	2.07%	43.582	96.27%	0.034	0.08%	45.272
2001	Q2	0.833	1.81%	0.876	1.90%	44.395	96.25%	0.021	0.05%	46.125
2001	Q3	0.530	1.23%	0.922	2.14%	41.657	96.61%	0.011	0.03%	43.120
2001	Q4	0.540	0.59%	1.873	2.05%	88.996	97.35%	0.006	0.01%	91.415
2001	T	2.620	1.16%	4.610	2.04%	218.630	96.77%	0.072	0.03%	225.932

2002	Q1	0.525	1.13%	0.429	0.92%	45.606	97.94%	0.004	0.01%	46.564
2002	Q2	0.655	1.59%	0.425	1.03%	39.989	97.36%	0.006	0.01%	41.075
2002	Q3	0.520	1.11%	0.425	0.91%	45.898	97.97%	0.004	0.01%	46.847
2002	Q4	0.518	0.57%	0.587	0.64%	90.121	98.79%	0.002		91.228
2002	T	2.218	0.98%	1.866	0.83%	221.614	98.18%	0.016	0.01%	225.714

2003	Q1	0.494	1.11%	0.142	0.32%	43.701	98.56%	0.002		44.339
2003	Q2	0.611	1.33%	0.213	0.46%	45.099	98.20%	0.001		45.924
2003	Q3	0.471	0.93%	0.252	0.50%	49.705	98.57%			50.428
2003	Q4	0.432	0.45%	0.296	0.31%	95.445	99.24%			96.173
2003	T	2.008	0.85%	0.903	0.38%	233.950	98.77%	0.003		236.864

2004	Q1	0.494	1.14%	0.099	0.23%	42.635	98.63%			43.228
2004	Q2	0.401	0.87%	0.117	0.26%	45.321	98.87%			45.839
2004	Q3	0.269	0.52%	0.115	0.22%	51.547	99.26%			51.931
2004	Q4	0.304	0.31%	0.132	0.13%	97.935	99.56%			98.371
2004	T	1.468	0.61%	0.463	0.19%	237.438	99.19%			239.369
2005	Q1	0.273	0.62%	0.220	0.50%	43.288	98.87%			43.781
2005	Q2	0.359	0.79%	0.117	0.26%	45.078	98.96%			45.554
2005	Q3	0.284	0.54%	0.105	0.20%	52.180	99.26%			52.569
2005	Q4	0.266	0.30%	0.139	0.16%	88.702	99.55%			89.107
2005	T	1.182	0.51%	0.581	0.25%	229.248	99.24%			231.011

2006	T									222.5**

2007	T									193.8**

2008	T									188.7**

2009	T									n/a

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	CD	%	MD	%	Total

Albums by Format 2000–2008, million units. Trade Deliveries (new definition)**

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	CD	%	other	%	DL	%	Total
2000	T	1.700	1.03%	7.800	4.74%	155.000	94.22%					164.500
2001	T	1.400	0.82%	3.000	1.75%	167.000	97.43%					171.400
2002	T	1.200	0.72%	1.400	0.84%	164.000	98.44%					166.600
2003	T	1.100	0.65%	0.500	0.30%	167.500	99.05%					169.100
2004	T	0.800	0.45%	0.200	0.11%	175.100	99.43%					176.100
2005	T	0.700	0.40%	0.400	0.23%	172.600	99.37%					173.700
2006	T	0.600	0.36%	0.200	0.12%	164.400	97.86%	0.000	0.00%	2.799	1.67%	167.999
2007	T	0.500	0.34%	0.000	0.00%	139.000	95.37%	0.000	0.00%	6.249	4.29%	145.749
2008	T	0.400	0.28%	0.000	0.00%	131.200	92.46%	0.000	0.00%	10.309	7.26%	141.909

Albums by Format 2000–2011, million units. Retail Sales

Year	Quarter	LP	%	MC	%	CD	%	other	%	DL	%	Total
2000	T	0.752	0.56%	7.286	5.43%	125.864	93.74%	0.362	0.27%			134.264
2001	T	0.762	0.53%	2.615	1.80%	141.407	97.58%	0.127	0.09%			144.911
2002	T	0.657	0.44%	0.718	0.48%	147.754	99.05%	0.049	0.03%			149.178
2003	T	0.579	0.36%	0.243	0.15%	158.248	99.35%	0.208	0.13%			159.278
2004	T	0.453	0.28%	0.100	0.06%	162.357	99.36%	0.496	0.30%			163.406
2005	T	0.351	0.22%	0.039	0.02%	158.310	99.57%	0.289	0.18%			158.989
2006	T	0.251	0.16%	0.021	0.01%	151.415	97.85%	0.256	0.17%	2.799	1.81%	154.742
2007	T	0.205	0.15%	0.017	0.01%	131.419	95.18%	0.177	0.13%	6.249	4.53%	138.067
2008	T	0.209	0.16%	0.014	0.01%	122.973	92.02%	0.139	0.10%	10.309	7.71%	133.644
2009	T	0.219	0.17%	0.008	0.01%	112.485	87.23%	0.138	0.11%	16.096	12.48%	128.946
2010	T	0.234	0.20%	0.000	0.00%	98.545	82.18%	0.105	0.09%	21.023	17.53%	119.907
2011	T	0.337	0.30%	0.000	0.00%	86.177	76.14%	0.057	0.05%	26.615	23.51%	113.186

**) New definition of "units":
The data [...] shows the volume and value of trade deliveries of recorded music in the UK since 1978. Historically, published volume data has reflected the number of units shipped of each individual disc (or cassette); so a double CD set was reported as two units. To help standardise data reporting around the world, BPI is now collecting trade delivery volume data in terms of 'packages' whereby double or multi-disc sets count as one package. The table shows trade delivery volume in terms of packages from 2000 onwards.
(Source: BPI Statistical Handook, 2007, p.19.)

Sources:

Statistical Handbooks and Yearbooks of the BPI -- British Phonographic Industry Ltd., and surveys by the BPI and IFPI published by Music Week, MBI, IFPI, and the BPI Website.