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The Vinyl resurgence continues to boost music sales into 2016 despite a drop in physical music sales.<\/h4>\n

Nielsen music reporting company revealed stats for vinyl in their US mid-year report for music. The report shows that Vinyl LPs made up 12% of physical music sales in the first half of 2016.<\/p>\n

Vinyl is currently at it’s highest point in the last 28 years<\/a>\u00a0with growth of 32% in 2015 equating to $416 million in sales. Thanks to Nielsen we also know the top 10 selling Vinyl LPs so far this year which reveals some interesting throwbacks as well as not-so-surprising recent hit records.<\/p>\n

Here’s the top 10 Vinyl records for the first half of 2016 and how many copies they’ve sold so far:<\/p>\n

10: The Lumineers – Cleopatra\u00a0(19,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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9: Miles Davis – Kind of Blue\u00a0(19,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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8: Twenty One Pilots – Vessel\u00a0(20,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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7: Beatles – Abbey Road\u00a0(21,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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6: Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly\u00a0(22,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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5: Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend\u00a0(23,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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4: Amy Winehouse – Back to Black\u00a0(27,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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3: Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface\u00a0(31,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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2: Adele – 25\u00a0(36,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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1: David Bowie – Blackstar\u00a0(57,000 copies sold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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