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# The LP Is Back [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-lp-is-back-chart/
- Published: 2014-01-07T12:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-01-07T12:28:00.000Z
- Description: The vinyl album LP continued its unlikely comeback in 2013, with sales in the United States reaching 6 million units. As opposed to CD sales which declined 14.5% and digital album. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/the-lp-is-back-chart.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, business, Compact disc, Gramophone record, Justin Timberlake, LP record, Nielsen SoundScan, Robin Thicke, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

[![image from musformation.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fbd4e676970b-200wi "image from musformation.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fbd4e676970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

The vinyl album LP continued its unlikely comeback in 2013, with sales in the United States reaching 6 million units. As opposed to CD sales which declined 14.5% and digital album sales which stagnated, LP sales grew by 32% from 4.55 million units in 2012\. Overall album sales suffered an 8.4% decline, slumping to 289.4 million from 316 million units in 2012.

**The LP Sales Chart:**

[![Vinyl sales](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fbd4e155970b-450wi "Vinyl sales")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fbd4e155970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

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