For the past 5 years, its interesting to note how the physical CD singles have fared for the past 5 years.

 

 

http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/BPI%20ne...011%20final.pdf

I bet over half of the 1.9m CDs were 'When We Collide', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Heroes'.

I bet over half of the 1.9m CDs were 'When We Collide', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Heroes'.

 

 

LOL, I was just thinking that, hang on while I go and tally those up

I'm quite surprised at how 7" singles sales have fallen so much recently. Weren't they up about five/six years ago? I remember there being a news report about five years ago saying something along the lines of 'the young people think it's cool to buy vinyl again'. And HMVs in particular always sold a reasonable selection up until 2009/10. I suppose any short-term boom must have coincided with the 2003-06 period when guitar music, always more popular on vinyl, was dominant - 7" singles aren't really an urban/rap/dance format, and certainly aren't for pop/r'n'b any more, and these are more popular genres now.

 

I suppose the slump in 12" sales is due to DJs playing everything from their laptops.