Bandcamp reports 54% rise in vinyl sales in 2017

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Independent music platform Bandcamp has revealed its sales stats for 2017, posting a big jump in the sale of vinyl records in a year which saw label revenue increase by 73%.

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A hub for labels and artists to sell releases directly to the public, Bandcamp reported a 54% year on year rise in vinyl sales in 2017, with other physical formats like CDs (up 18%) and cassettes (up 41%) following suit.

There was also a 36% increase in the sale of merchandise, reflecting a trend explored by VF last year whereby labels and artists are increasingly exploring revenue streams as multi-disciplinary platforms in their own right.

Digital track and album sales were also up (33% and 16% respectively), with Bandcamp reporting a 73% increase in label revenue for 2017, and an all-time pay-out of $270 million to artists on the platform.

In a post late last year, Bandcamp also revealed that a staggering 500 artist pages were set up every day, helping fuel the release of 17,872 cassette tapes, or one every 29 minutes. No wonder sales have gone up.

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