Harry Styles was, once again, largely responsible for the UK music industry reaching new peaks in streams and sales

According to Billboard, Harry Styles was, once again, largely responsible for the UK music industry reaching new peaks in streams and sales.

According to the BPI report, 159 billion songs were streamed in the UK in 2022, an increase of 8.2% compared to 2021..

and more than double the volume of audio streams recorded five years ago – and more 40 times greater than a decade ago.

Vinyl sales increased 2.9% in 2022 to 5.5 million units – marking the 15th consecutive year of growth for the once-dead format..

CD sales fell 19.3% this year to 11.6 million units, cassettes rose 5.2% to 195K units. The UK is the world’s third-largest market for recorded music, behind the US & Japan, with sales of just over $1.8 billion in commercial value, according to IFPI’s 2022 Global Music Report.