Posted January 2, 201312 yr BPI 2012 figures: Album sales fall 11.2% as singles hit record high Source: MW by Tim Ingham Annual UK album sales dropped by more than 10% in 2012 as the CD albums market shrunk by a fifth – although singles sales hit a new high. According to new BPI figures, sales of albums on CD declined 19.5% year-on-year to 69.4m in total in 2012, as combined volume sales of digital and physical albums fell overall by 11.2% to 100.5m. Digital album sales rose 14.8% to 30.5m, but it wasn’t enough to make up the shortfall in physical sales. However, 16 albums sold more than 100,000 digital copies in 2012. Despite the growth in digital formats, the CD remained popular with album buyers in 2012, accounting for more than two-thirds (69.1%) of total sales compared to a 30.4% share for digital albums and 0.4% for vinyl LPs. In the UK singles market, track sales volumes continued to break records for the fifth year in succession. Total singles sales increased 6.0% to 188.6m in 2012, with the overwhelming majority (99.6%) accounted for by digital tracks and bundles. All the top 20 best-selling singles of 2012 sold more than 500,000 copies each. The final week of 2012 proved to be the year’s record week for digital sales as consumers redeemed their Christmas music vouchers and downloaded more than 1.3m albums and 5.6m singles. Meanwhile, Brits streamed audio tracks more than 3.7 billion times during 2012, according to Official Charts Company figures - equivalent to 140 music streams for every household in the UK. Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye ft Kimbra, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen and Titanium by David Guetta ft Sia were the three most-streamed tracks of the year. Geoff Taylor, BPI Chief Executive, said, “2012 was an encouraging year for UK artists and for music’s digital future. Digital albums grew strongly and singles sales hit a new record. Music fans are now streaming billions of songs from new services enabled by record labels. “The Jubilee celebrations and the London 2012 Olympics provided a great showcase for British music internationally, but market conditions at home remained difficult and pressure on the ‘leisure wallet’ impacted music sales on the high street. “However, the quality of our music and digital innovation by UK labels means we have excellent potential for domestic growth and to increase our share of the global music market. We hope Government will recognise the potential of digital music to contribute to economic recovery and provide more active support in 2013.” Tony Wadsworth, BPI Chairman, added: “British artists continue to resonate strongly with music fans in their home territory, with albums by Emeli Sande, Adele and Ed Sheeran topping the end-of-year charts. “The domestic success of albums from Mumford & Sons and One Direction has been replicated abroad - both British acts have achieved massive success in the US.” British acts accounted for seven of the UK’s top ten selling artist albums of 2012 and the entire top three. Emeli Sande’s debut album Our Version Of Events was the biggest seller of 2012, ending the year with 1.4m copies sold. Adele’s 21 ended 2012 in second place, with + by Ed Sheeran finishing at No.3. There were strong 2012 artist album chart placings for One Direction’s Up All Night (No.5), Mumford & Son’s Babel (No.6), Olly Murs’ Right Place Right Time (No.7) and Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto. X Factor 2012 winner James Arthur was the highest placed Brit in the Official Singles Chart 2012 ? his hit single Impossible ended the year as the fifth biggest-selling single. The only other British artist in the 2012 Singles top ten was Jessie J with Domino at No.8. ALBUMS: UK MARKET VOLUMES BY FORMAT 2008 - 2012 Format 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012% 2012 +/- CD 123.0m 112.5m 98.5m 86.2m 69.4m 69.10% -19.50% LP 0.209m 0.219m 0.234m 0.337m 0.389m 0.40% 15.30% Digital 10.3m 16.1m 21.0m 26.6m 30.5m 30.40% 14.80% Other* 0.154m 0.146m 0.104m 0.052m 0.147m 0.10% 158.50% TOTAL 133.6m 128.9m 119.9m 113.2m 100.5m 100.00% -11.20% * 'Other' includes Cassette, MiniDisc, DVD Audio, DVD Video, DMD and 7" box set albums. SINGLES: UK MARKET VOLUMES BY FORMAT 2008 - 2012 Format 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012% 2012 +/- 7? vinyl 0.486m 0.222m 0.152m 0.123m 0.096m 0.10% -21.70% 12? vinyl 0.254m 0.110m 0.067m 0.063m 0.055m - -14.00% CD singles 4.1m 2.5m 1.9m 1.1m 0.617m 0.30% -44.20% Digital singles 109.8m 148.8m 158.6m 175.1m 183.3m 97.20% 4.70% Other* 0.556m 1.154m 1.142m 1.513m 4.448m 2.40% 193.90% TOTAL 115.1m 152.7m 161.8m 177.9m 188.6m 100.00% 6.00% * 'Other' includes DVD, DMD, Digital Bundles and Cassette Singles. OFFICIAL ARTIST ALBUMS CHART 2012 Title Artist Label Company 1 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sand? Virgin EMI Music 2 21 Adele XL Recordings XL Beggars 3 + Ed Sheeran Atlantic Warner Music 4 Born To Die Lana Del Rey Polydor Universal Music 5 Up All Night One Direction Syco Music Sony Music 6 Babel Mumford & Sons Gentlemen Of The Road/Island Universal Music 7 Right Place Right Time Olly Murs Epic Sony Music 8 Christmas Michael Bubl? Reprise Warner Music 9 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay Parlophone EMI Music 10 Unapologetic Rihanna Mercury Universal Music © Official Charts Company OFFICIAL SINGLES CHART 2012 Title Artist Label Company 1 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye ft Kimbra Island Universal Music 2 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen Polydor Universal Music 3 We Are Young Fun ft. Janelle Monae Atlantic/Fueled by Ramen Warner Music 4 Titanium David Guetta ft Sia Parlophone EMI Music 5 Impossible James Arthur Syco Music Sony Music 6 Gangnam Style Psy Island Universal Music 7 Starships Nicki Minaj Cash Money/Island Universal Music 8 Domino Jessie J Island/Lava Universal Music 9 Payphone Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa Polydor Universal Music 10 Wild Ones Flo Rida ft Sia Atlantic Warner Music © Official Charts Company
January 2, 201312 yr 5 Up All Night One Direction Syco Music Sony Music I think it should be Take me home
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