Vinyl records will be added to the UK’s basket of goods used to calculate the rate of inflation for the first time since 1992. The surging success of Taylor Swift drove the sales of the item last year, contributing to the physical format’s growth in the country.
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The Taylor Swift effect: How vinyl records returned to U.K. inflation basket after 32 years
"Hackney Diamonds by The Rolling Stones was the bestselling vinyl record by a British artist or group last year [and second place to Swift]."
