Chart Watch and New Release News from Now Spinning Magazine - Music Biz Chat and Analysis -Ep22

<p><strong>Chart watch and New Release News : Episode 22&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><em>The Weekly Show for Music Fans who love to buy physical music. &nbsp;</em></p> <p>In this week's episode &nbsp;</p> <p>1- UK Album Charts - Number 1 &nbsp;The Reytons : What's Rock n Roll? &nbsp;Total Sales = 12,252 No Record Label and no backing apart from their fans &nbsp;A triumph of marketing, with headline sales of 4,131 CDs, 5,430 vinyl albums, 894 cassettes, 1,039 digital downloads and 758 sales-equivalent streams being the sum total of a plethora of variants, probably the most ever for a No.1 album. Encompassing signed editions, exclusive artwork, colour variations, gatefold sleeves and a deluxe ‘podcast’ edition of the album with commentaries on every track, there are 32 versions of the set – 16 CD, nine vinyl, five cassette and two digital. &nbsp;</p> <p>2 - Thin Lizzy : Live and Dangerous - why did the super deluxe edition box set stall at number No.86 (1,583 sales) ? It sold out on day one - how many were pressed? &nbsp;</p> <p>3. Streaming - 100,000 tracks are now uploaded each day - how are new artists going to stand out? &nbsp;Why Physical Music helps &nbsp;</p> <p>4. The end of 'Catalogue albums as everything becomes part of the chart mix. New artists are competing against everything ever released. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>5. CDs are actually more popular than vinyl records &nbsp;- the facts and stats&nbsp;</p> <p>BPI 2022 UK Vinyl Sales = 5.5 Million UK CD Sales = 11.6 Million &nbsp;</p> <p>Germany 2021 Vinyl Sales = 4.5 Million CD Sales = 25.1 Million &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>USA 2021 Vinyl Sales = 39.7 Million CD Sales = 46.6 Million &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>6. Have we reached peak vinyl? &nbsp;</p> <p>7. What do the vinyl and CD manufacturers think? &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>8. A word of warning to the Music Industry - &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.nowspinning.co.uk">Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine</a> &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/nowspinning">Subscribe to Now Spinning Magazine</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><a hre