![]() This authoritative industry annual reports on and analyses trends in 2021 UK music consumption 3. ![]() The BPI insights are based on Official Charts Company data and are taken from All About the Music 2022 – the 43 rd edition of the BPI Yearbook, which is published today. Their share of the UK vinyl market has risen even more sharply and in 2021 they accounted for four in every ten (39.5%) vinyl LP purchases – up from 33.9% in 2019. Indie label share of artist album sales has grown by more than a tenth in just two years, increasing across every format, from 30.4% in 2019 to 34.2% in 2021. This was up from 25.9% in 2020 and is markedly higher than the 22.1% figure registered in 2017 2. ![]() The collective share of music consumption in the UK attributable to independent labels 1 – including BPI members such as Dirty Hit, Partisan and PIAS – rose to stand at 26.9% in 2021. New analysis from the BPI – the UK association of independent and major record labels – shows that independently released music is thriving and in 2021 enjoyed its fourth consecutive year of growth.
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