This statistic displays the number of albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold. In 2015, one album sold more than one million copies, while none of the albums reached this sales mark in 2016. Overall, 375,636 albums were sold in 2016, and the majority of them (87.4 percent) sold 100 albums or less, while only 2.5 percent of albums managed to reach the threshold of 1000.
Number of music albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold
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British Recorded Music Industry. (May 18, 2017). Number of music albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/324298/music-albums-sold-by-sales-threshold-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
British Recorded Music Industry. "Number of music albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold." Chart. May 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/324298/music-albums-sold-by-sales-threshold-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
British Recorded Music Industry. (2017). Number of music albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/324298/music-albums-sold-by-sales-threshold-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
British Recorded Music Industry. "Number of Music Albums Sold in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2015 to 2016, by Sales Threshold." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/324298/music-albums-sold-by-sales-threshold-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Number of music albums sold in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2016, by sales threshold [Graph], British Recorded Music Industry, May 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/324298/music-albums-sold-by-sales-threshold-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed