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Nielsen Music's RSD sales numbers

From Nielsen Music. Pretty surprised that Sublime topped the list.

Sorry about the all-caps. I cut-and-paste from a press release and didn't feel like cleaning it up.

RECORD STORE DAY: 2016

• Album Sales at Independent Record Stores surged 130% over the prior week, while Single sales were up 2,600%.
• Vinyl Album Sales at Independent Record Stores jumped by 321% over the prior week
• Independent Record Stores accounted for 75% of total Vinyl LPs sold in the US this week.
• Independent Record Stores account for 96% of all Physical Singles sold in the US this week.
• Record Store Day limited edition Albums and Singles combined to sell nearly 300,000 copies in the US.

Top 10 Record Store Day Album Releases
Artist Title
SUBLIME "JAH WON'T PAY THE BILLS"
J DILLA "DIARY"
MADONNA "LIKE A VIRGIN & OTHER BIG HITS"
METALLICA "LIVE AT LE BATACLAN"
GRATEFUL DEAD "CAPITOL THEATRE PASSAIC NJ 4/2"
THE OTHER SIDE OF SUN RECORD "OTHER SIDE OF SUN: SUN RECORDS"
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS "KISS MY AMPS VOL. 2"
SEX PISTOLS "NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS"
BOWIE*DAVID "I DIG EVERYTHING"
DEFTONES "B-SIDES & RARITIES"



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Topic - Nielsen Music's RSD sales numbers - Jeffrey Lee 12:36:54 04/27/16 (0)

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