2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS & DATABASE HIGHLIGHTS 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights
FACING THE MUSIC – A YEAR-OVER-YEAR LOOK AT DISCOGS
• Nielsen reports a drop in the growth or physical sales of -15.10%, while Discogs shows an increase of 9.14%.
• The most popular physical music format sold this year has been vinyl, with an increase in sales year-over-year (+3.03%). However, CDs have seen the most growth in sales (+23.60%).
• Vinyl brought in 43% of all Discogs submissions with a total of 289,922.
• Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here were the top two most popular Master Releases for the first half of 2019, while also stealing the number one spot for Most Wanted and Most Collected album.
• Catalog sales (releases 18-months and older) have increased (+7.19%) over last year.
• The most popular genres sold in the Discogs Marketplace are Rock, Electronic, and Funk/Soul. However, both Pop (+15.5%) and Brass & Military (+17.86%) genres have seen a large year-over-year increase in sales.
MOST POPULAR CATALOG* VS. NEW
Year-over-year figures for Catalog and New Release sales.
2019 2018 % CHG.
CATALOG 5,384,739 5,023,614 7.19%
NEW 369,686 385,150 -4.02%
*Catalog is defined as over 18 months since release.
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 2 DATABASE FORMATS
Year-over-year comparison of the total number of Discogs Database submissions.
2019 2018 % CHG.
VINYL 289,874 308,269 -5.97%
CD 215,486 229,803 -6.23%
OTHER 63,885 66,038 -3.26%
CASSETTE 102,687 90,096 13.98%
TOTAL 671,932 784,301 -14.33%
MOST POPULAR FORMATS
Year-over-year comparison of the most popular formats sold in the Discogs Marketplace.
2019 2018 % CHG.
VINYL 4,348,614 4,220,920 3.03%
CD 1,268,108 1,025,973 23.60%
CASSETTE 105,580 97,444 8.35%
TOTAL 5,722,302 5,344,337 7.07%
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 3 MOST POPULAR GENRES
Year-over-year comparison of the most popular genres sold in the Discogs Marketplace.
GENRE 2019 2018 % CHG.
ROCK 2,354,395 2,186,074 7.70%
ELECTRONIC 1,995,847 1,946,388 2.54%
FUNK/SOUL 689,070 658,126 4.70%
POP 696,811 603,310 15.50%
JAZZ 445,894 399,590 11.59%
HIP HOP 340,357 329,144 3.41%
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY 296,274 261,743 13.19%
REGGAE 190,184 176,493 7.76%
STAGE & SCREEN 133,294 119,403 11.63%
BLUES 123,252 111,009 11.03%
CLASSICAL 113,378 100,197 13.16%
LATIN 99,547 89,201 11.60%
NON-MUSIC 39,840 37,375 6.60%
CHILDREN'S 11,840 10,423 13.59%
BRASS & MILITARY 3,359 2,850 17.86%
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 4 MOST POPULAR TOP 30
Most Popular Top 30 Master Releases for the first half of 2019.
RANK ARTIST TITLE MASTER RELEASE I.D.
1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362
2 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703
3 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 8883
4 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 38722
5 PINK FLOYD LA PARED (THE WALL) VOLUMEN II 11329
6 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 5863 SGT. PEPPER'S 7 THE BEATLES 23934 LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 8 DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS 23684
9 LED ZEPPELIN UNTITLED 4300
10 THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 46402
11 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047
12 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170
13 QUEEN GROOTSTE HITS 7941
14 SUPERTRAMP BREAKFAST IN AMERICA 25362
15 MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE 5460
16 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 13814
17 EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA 59501
18 NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY 3297
THE RISE AND THE FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST 19 DAVID BOWIE 1561 AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS 20 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 4126
21 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE U.S.A. 26701
22 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 105802
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - 23 KING CRIMSON 406634 AN OBSERVATION BY KING CRIMSON 24 PINK FLOYD ANIMALS 10370
25 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PURPLE RAIN 16245
26 THE BEATLES REVOLVER 45284
27 SADE DIAMOND LIFE 43936
28 DIRE STRAITS DIRE STRAITS 23759
29 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD 8517
30 THE BEATLES 1967-1970 24155
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 5 MOST WANTED ALBUMS
The Top 10 Most Wanted Albums on Discogs users’ Wantlists for the first half of 2019.
RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID TOTAL
1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362 80,060
2 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703 43,213 SGT. PEPPER'S 3 THE BEATLES 23934 42,976 LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 4 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 11329 39,782
5 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 4126 35,073
6 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 13814 34,438
7 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 5863 29,926
8 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170 29,769
9 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN III 4199 27,875
10 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047 27,489
MOST COLLECTED ALBUMS
The Top 10 Most Collected Albums by Discogs users for the first half of 2019.
RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID TOTAL
1 PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 10362 31,457 SGT. PEPPER'S 2 THE BEATLES 23934 22,407 LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 3 PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE 11703 21,130
4 PINK FLOYD THE WALL 11329 20,403
5 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 8883 19,951
6 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 24047 19,854
7 THE BEATLES THE BEATLES 46402 19,750
8 LED ZEPPELIN UNTITLED 4300 19,635
9 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 38722 19,090
10 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II 4170 16,563
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 6 TOP CATALOG SALES
The Top 10 Catalog Sales for the first half of 2019.
RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID
1 TALK TALK SPIRIT OF EDEN 3552909
2 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 371951
3 PORTISHEAD DUMMY 1526433
4 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION PURPLE RAIN 194021
5 KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING 2496819
6 VELLY JOONAS STOPP, SEISKU AEG! 7280700
7 STARDUST MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU 4087
8 QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 612780
9 KHRUANGBIN THE UNIVERSE SMILES UPON YOU 8149748
10 DAFT PUNK RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES 4570366
TOP NEW ALBUM SALES
The Top 10 New Album Sales for the first half of 2019.
RANK ARTIST TITLE RELEASE ID
1 BOB DYLAN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS TEST PRESSING 13477396
THE CROW 2 VARIOUS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) 13468916
3 U2 THE EUROPA EP 13459846
LOST IN TRANSLATION 4 VARIOUS (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) 13468045
5 PINK FLOYD A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 13452289
6 NU GUINEA NUOVA NAPOLI 12097296 TWIN PEAKS: 7 ANGELO BADALAMENTI AND DAVID LYNCH 13468810 SEASON TWO MUSIC AND MORE 8 NUJABES METAPHORICAL MUSIC 12639854
9 GREEN DAY WOODSTOCK 1994 13469504
10 GARFIELD FLEMING DON'T SEND ME AWAY 13479478
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 7 DATABASE SUBMISSION GROWTH
Year-over-year comparison of the total number of Discogs Database submissions.
2019 2018 % CHG.
VINYL 289,922 308,269 -5.95%
CD 215,487 229,803 -6.23%
CASSETTE 63,877 66,038 -3.27%
DIGITAL/ OTHER 102,663 90,096 13.95%
TOP 10 VINYL SALES
Nielsen vs. Discogs Top 10 New Album Sales for the first half of 2019.
NIELSEN DISCOGS
RANK ARTIST TITLE ARTIST TITLE
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1 QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BOB DYLAN (THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) TEST PRESSING 2 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 1 U2 THE EUROPA EP WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, 3 BILLIE EILISH VARIOUS LOST IN TRANSLATION WHERE DO WE GO? (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) SOUNDTRACK GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: 4 PINK FLOYD A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AWESOME MIX 5 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD NU GUINEA NUOVA NAPOLI
6 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON NUJABES METAPHORICAL MUSIC
7 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS LEGEND GREEN DAY WOODSTOCK 1994
8 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS GARFIELD FLEMING DON’T SEND ME AWAY
9 MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER KILLING JOKE KILLING JOKE
10 BILLIE EILISH DONT SMILE AT ME MORRISSEY LOVER-TO-BE
DISCOGS | 2019 MID-YEAR REVIEW: Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights 8 MARKETPLACE GROWTH IN PHYSICAL SALES
Year-over-year comparison of the growth in physical sales in the Discogs Marketplace.
2019 2018 % CHG.
NEILSEN 32.5M 38.3M -15.10%
DISCOGS 3,300,893 3,024,367 9.14% (Orders)
MARKETPLACE GROWTH IN VINYL LP SALES
Year-over-year comparison of the growth in vinyl LP sales in the Discogs Marketplace.
2019 2018 % CHG.
NEILSEN 7.7M 7.0M 9.6%
DISCOGS 2,374,535 2,228,790 6.54% (Orders)
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