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Discogs Users Bulked Up Their Collections in 2024, With Taylor Swift Leading the Way


As Discogs marches towards its 25th anniversary later this year, the music discovery platform has announced new milestones in collection trends among its physical music-loving users.


According to fresh figures released Tuesday (Jan. 7), Discogs members cataloged over 105.7 million pieces of music in 2024 — an average of 2 million vinyl albums, CDs, tapes, 8-tracks and any other catalogable format you can think of per week.


Since its inception, more than 830 million items have been cataloged, with average collections — which are predominantly vinyl — hovering around 195 items per user, the company said. Collectors made sure to log a lot of copies of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, the year’s most collected album at more than 130,000, followed by releases from Charli XCX and Billie Eilish. The most collected artist of all time continues to be four lads from Liverpool and the most collected master is Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. The most collected individual release is the original 180-gram version of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, from 2013. (Incidentally, the label that released RAM — Columbia — is the most collected imprint out there.)

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Jeffrey Smith, Discogs’ vice president of marketing, emphasized the significance of reaching 105.7 million records cataloged in a single year, noting that each record represents a “deliberate choice” by a real person to “hold, own, and listen to music with intention.”


“Discogs continues to exist because people care deeply about music as something tangible and meaningful,” Smith added. “This collection milestone reflects a global community driven deeply by passion, connection, and an unwavering commitment to the music that shapes their lives.”


Discogs’ other function, as a viable place to buy and sell those physical music collections, is also hoping to hit a milestone this year. In early 2024, the company told Billboard that it wants to boost its online database to 25 million marketplace listings by its 25th anniversary in November 2025.


Here are some stats on Discogs’ collections:


Average collection size: 195 items


Average collection value: $317


Most collected album everThe Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd


Most collected albums of 2024:
The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift (130,000-plus)
Brat, Charli XCX (40,000-plus)
Hit Me Hard And Soft, Billie Eilish (40,000-plus)
Short N’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter (30,000)
Songs Of A Lost World, The Cure (27,000)


Most collected record ever: Original 180-gram vinyl of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories


Record label with the most items in collection: Columbia


Most collected formats:
1. Vinyl
2. CDs
4. Cassettes

https://www.billboard.com/pro/discogs-user-collections-stats-2024-physical-music/


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