Taylor Swift helps vinyl albums outsell UK CDs for first time in 35 years with Midnights – Daily Mail

Taylor Swift helped propel vinyl album sales so high they topped CD sales for the first time in 35 years.

Her fanbase made the 33-year-old singer’s album Midnights the UK’s best-selling vinyl record of the century.

It helped push annual revenue from the sale of vinyl albums above CDs for the first time since 1987, according to the Guardian.

While CD sales have been in decline for two decades, the popularity of vinyl has returned in recent years.

Speaking to the publication, Kim Bayley, chief executive of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), said: “This is a watershed moment for the entire music industry.

“After the CD came along and practically wiped out the vinyl industry, few of us would have believed a renaissance like this was possible.”

Midnights has sold over six million album equivalents worldwide, including three million in the United States.

Taylor broke a sales record by moving so many units in just two months, according to NME.

Midnights also had the distinction of becoming the first album to sell over one million physical copies since 2015.

Along with the impressive accomplishments, the Anti-Hero singer becomes the only artist to ever have five albums with over a million units sold in their release week.

In a statement released by Universal Music Group, Chairman and Chief Executive Sir Lucian Grainge said: “Taylor is a multi-dimensional creative force whose achievements place her among the most accomplished artists in music history, and we are thrilled and honored to partner with her through so many aspects of her career.

Taylor, who turned 33 on Dec. 13, was also celebrating his Society of Composers and Lyricists Award nomination on Thursday for Outstanding Song for a Drama/Documentary for his song Carolina, from the movie Where the Crawdads Sing.

The Grammy winner will face Black Panther’s Lift Me Up: Rihanna’s Wakanda Forever, Lady Gaga’s Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, Applause, written by Diane Warren of Tell It Like A Woman, and (You Made It Feel Like) Home” by Bones and All, which was written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

The nomination unofficially shortlists Taylor’s song for Oscar nomination.

The Amsterdam actress is set to begin her The Eras tour in March and is expected to perform some 52 shows in stadiums across North America through August.

Despite difficulties buying tickets online, Taylor has already sold around two point four million tickets, breaking the single-day sales record and making The Eras Tour the highest-grossing tour ever for a female artist. feminine.

Tickets are still available for various locations through online vendors such as Stub Hub, Seat Geek and Vivid Seats.

Some fans who were unable to purchase seats on the day tickets went on sale are suing Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, alleging fraud, misrepresentation and antitrust violations regarding its botched sales of Eras Tour tickets. .

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