FACT, The Vinyl Factory and BORN.COM Bring Artists An Easy Way To Release Vinyl

Are you a musician or in a band? FACT and The Vinyl Factory bring you VF Selects – A project to help you release your music on vinyl… Today (June 14th), FACT and The Vinyl Factory have announced a partnership with crowdfunding site BORN.COM to make the release of vinyl easy for artists. It’s simple. All […]

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Vinyl Sales Reach Highest Level Since 1988

Vinyl just keeps on growing… For a moment, we thought that vinyl sales were slowing down due to exclusive preliminary data shared by Nielsen Music in April of this year. The data showed that in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30% on the previous year, where Q1 of 2016 showed a smaller increase of 10%. Though, […]

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(EXCLUSIVE) Vinyl Sales Up 10% Year Over Year

Vinyl just keeps on growing, and there’s no signs of it slowing down… The resurgence started back in 2007, and every since sales have been increasing year on year. To highlight the current performance here is a look at sales over the past few years. Vinyl LP Sales 2013 – 2015 (in millions) DMN has received exclusive […]

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The Shocking Reality of Who’s Buying Vinyl

Vinyl sales are at their highest since the 90’s. But who’s buying? It’s not who you think.  According to a new ICM poll, nearly 50% of vinyl buyers are under the age of 35.  Approximately 16% of people buying vinyl records are aged 18-24 and 33% are aged 25-34. Makes sense…sort of. A growing population of […]

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48% Of People Who Buy Vinyl Don’t Even Listen To It, Study Finds

A large percentage of vinyl isn’t even played. 48% of people who actually buy vinyl don’t even listen to the records, according to just-released stats.  But this gets even crazier: of the 48%, 41% have a turntable but choose not to use it, while 7 % don’t even own a turntable. These figures show a growing trend […]

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Is Streaming Increasing Vinyl Sales?

According to a new ICM poll it is… The poll, shared exclusively with the BBC states that music streaming sites have helped to drive vinyl sales. The survey indicates that nearly half of the customers that purchased vinyl had already listened to the album or EP first via a music streaming service. But how? Now there are […]

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