The statistic above presents the distribution of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre. In 2018, rock vinyl album sales accounted for 41.7 percent of all vinyl album sales.
Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre
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BuzzAngle Music. (January 3, 2019). Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/
BuzzAngle Music. "Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre." Chart. January 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/
BuzzAngle Music. (2019). Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/
BuzzAngle Music. "Share of Vinyl Album Sales in The United States in 2018, by Genre." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/
BuzzAngle Music, Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/ (last visited May 29, 2024)
Share of vinyl album sales in the United States in 2018, by genre [Graph], BuzzAngle Music, January 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/694926/vinyl-album-sales-genre/