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The UK's Official Top 20 bestselling cassette albums of 2020 so far
Cassette sales were up over 100% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
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The cassette continues to prove the unlikely comeback kid of music formats, with sales soaring so far in 2020.
In the first six months of the year, 65,000 cassettes were purchased in the UK, a 103% increase compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, figures are set to eclipse 2019's figure of 80,000, and are on course to top 100,000 for the first time since 2003.
Impressively, more cassettes have been sold so far in 2020 than the entirety of 2018.
The pop genre is the primary driver for the three figure increase in sales, with younger music fans bolstering their pop collections with the sought-after limited edition tapes. Seven of the Top 10 albums on cassette so far in 2020 are by pop acts.
MORE: The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2020 so far
The Number 1 best-seller is 5 Seconds of Summer's CALM. The band's chart-topping fourth album - available on five cassette variants - is also the fastest-selling cassette in almost 18 years, and shifted 12,000 units in its first week on sale. The last time an album scored that many cassette sales in seven days was NOW 52 back in July 2002.
MORE: The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2020 so far
Lady Gaga has also seen her cassettes fly off the shelves of her webstore, shifting 12,000 copies of chart topper Chromatica. The 1975 rank third with their recent Number 1 record Notes on a Conditional Form, while US singer Selena Gomez is fourth with Rare. Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia - the biggest album release of 2020 so far by a British artist - is fifth.
Other pop acts in the Top 20 rundown include Louis Tomlinson's debut album Walls, Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated: Side B, Louise with her comeback record Heavy Love, Pet Shop Boys' latest album Hotspot, and Harry Styles' Fine Line, originally released in 2019 but still proving popular.
MORE: The Official Top 40 biggest vinyl albums of 2020 so far
Rock has representation from Ozzy Osbourne's latest album Ordinary Man, and Enter Shikari, while indie fans are also keen on cassettes, with the likes of Sports Team, The Courteeners, The Strokes and Blossoms selling well.
The UK's Official Top 20 bestselling cassette albums of 2020 so far
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST | PEAK |
| 1 | CALM | 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER | 1 |
| 2 | CHROMATICA | LADY GAGA | 1 |
| 3 | NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM | 1975 | 1 |
| 4 | RARE | SELENA GOMEZ | 2 |
| 5 | FUTURE NOSTALGIA | DUA LIPA | 1 |
| 6 | ORDINARY MAN | OZZY OSBOURNE | 3 |
| 7 | WALLS | LOUIS TOMLINSON | 4 |
| 8 | DEEP DOWN HAPPY | SPORTS TEAM | 2 |
| 9 | NOTHING IS TRUE & EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE | ENTER SHIKARI | 2 |
| 10 | DEDICATED - SIDE B | CARLY RAE JEPSEN | 42 |
| 11 | JUNK FOOD | EASY LIFE | 7 |
| 12 | MORE. AGAIN. FOREVER. | COURTEENERS | 2 |
| 13 | THE NEW ABNORMAL | STROKES | 3 |
| 14 | HEAVY LOVE | LOUISE | 11 |
| 15 | HOTSPOT | PET SHOP BOYS | 3 |
| 16 | EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GONE WRONG | BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB | 4 |
| 17 | THE SLOW RUSH | TAME IMPALA | 3 |
| 18 | FOOLISH LOVING SPACES | BLOSSOMS | 1 |
| 19 | A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE | 1975 | 1 |
| 20 | FINE LINE | HARRY STYLES | 3 |
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George
I am very pleased to hear this! Cassette sales on the increase compared to 2019! 👌
Yolanda Merkel
Unlike vinyl collecting, this is a bit of a silly fad.
Duncan Biscotto 🖤
Buy it to get the digital download.
JoeNak
Cassetes are too annoying to use for me. You have to wait to skip a song or go back, and have to guess when it actually begins. Plus the sound deteriorates a lot
Duncan Biscotto 🖤
With ASMS you don't have to guess when a song begins.
Nomine Patris
95% of people who buy tapes never play them.
Brandon Mwinga
Stores them on shelves lol