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# Where People Are Buying Music [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/where-people-are-buying-music-infographic/
- Published: 2015-10-26T11:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-26T11:30:00.000Z
- Description: Physical music sales are certainly on the decline, but while the numbers for mass merchants and chain stores are dropping, some non-traditional merchants are seeing an improvement.
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Best Buy, Chain store, Departments of France, Facebook, Online shopping, Price, Retail and Wholesalers, Walmart, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![1](https://a4.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b7c7e1dcb4970b-150wi "1")](http://a4.typepad.com/6a016766638dee970b01b7c7e1dcb4970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Physical music sales** are certainly on the **decline**, but while the numbers for **mass merchants** and **chain stores** are **dropping**, some **non-traditional merchants** are seeing an **improvement**.

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Guest Post by **Bobby Owsinski** on [Music 3.0](http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2015/10/where-are-people-buying-their-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)

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There's still a lot of physical music product being sold despite what you might read, but the places that people are buying it is changing.According to **Soundscan**, retail stores are selling less and less, but some of the slack is being taken up by non-traditional retailers like **Amazon**, which grew 8%.Retail chains, mass merchants like **Wal Mart,** dowload stores, and mom & pop stores all saw their sales decrease last quarter.Overall, CD sales are down 10%, but still sold a healthy 82.6 million, and vinyl sales still continue to surge, up 32% to 8 million sales.Physical product is far from dead, but it's certainly decreasing at a rapid rate.

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