This statistic displays a timeline of music album sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017. In 2017, 135.1 million albums were sold. The market shrank between 2008 and 2012, falling from over 130 million albums sold in 2008 to just over 100 million sold in 2012. Sales have increased again in more recent years.
Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums)
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British Phonographic Industry. (January 3, 2018). Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Phonographic Industry. "Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums)." Chart. January 3, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Phonographic Industry. (2018). Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Phonographic Industry. "Music Album Unit Sales in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2008 to 2017 (in Million Albums)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Phonographic Industry, Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 29, 2024)
Music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in million albums) [Graph], British Phonographic Industry, January 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276183/album-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/