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# Indie Music Grabs 32.6% Of U.S. Album Sales In 2012
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/indie-music-grabs-326-of-us-album-sales-in-2012/
- Published: 2013-01-08T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-08T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: According the A2iM, The American Association For Independent Music, Billboard and SoundScan stats show that independent labels grabbed 32.6% of U.S. album sales in 2012. As in 2011, indie labels. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/indie-music-grabs-326-of-us-album-sales-in-20
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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According the A2iM, The American Association For Independent Music, Billboard and SoundScan stats show that independent labels grabbed 32.6% of U.S. album sales in 2012\. As in 2011, indie labels outpaced each of the major  
label groups grabbing the #1 sales spot followed by Universal,  
Sony, Warner Music and EMI respectively. This chart breaks sales down by label group:

[![image from a2im.org](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017ee715970c970d-450wi "image from a2im.org")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017ee715970c970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)[Billboard ](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/universal-music-still-market-top-dog-in-1008068352.story?ref=hypebot.com)chart via [A2IM](http://a2im.org/2013/01/07/indie-label-u-s-sales-market-share-grows-to-32-6-indies-remain-1-sales-sector/?ref=hypebot.com)