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# Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/record-store-day-drives-impressive-sales-boost/
- Published: 2013-04-26T13:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-26T13:58:00.000Z
- Description: "Record Store Day is a great way to shine the spotlight on the amazing experience that independent record stores bring to music consumers," David Bakula,SVP at Nielsen Entertainment,said in a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/record-store-day-drives-impressive-sales-boost.ht
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"Record Store Day is a great way to shine the spotlight on the amazing  
experience that independent record stores bring to music consumers,"  
David Bakula,SVP at Nielsen Entertainment,said in a statement. "With year-over-year  
growth, and exclusive packages in a format that consumers value with  
rich content, Record Store Day will continue to be an event that drives  
music consumers to independent record stores." **Check out these impressive stats:**  

- Total album sales increased 60% over the previous week
- Vinyl LPs at independent record stores sold 200,000 units vs. 147,000 units last year
- 244,000 vinyl albums were sold during the entire week from all retailers
- Vinyl albums were 37% of all album sales in any format that week
- 14 vinyl albums sold more than 1,000 copies each
- 82% of vinyl LPs last week were sold at independent record stores
- Album sales  
in all formats at indie stores was up 59% percent over sales  
from the previous week