Kylie Minogue performing at Glastonbury in June. The singer's album Golden is among the decade's highest cassette sellers in the UK. Photo / Getty Images
Cassette sales have hit a 15-year high, driven by album releases by long- established stars including Kylie Minogue and Madonna.
The number sold more than doubled year on year, while the final quarter of 2018 recorded the highest UK sales since 2004.
More recent stars such as Billie Eilish and
The 1975 also helped to boost cassette sales to 36,000 so far this year, the Daily Mail reports.
Although increasing rapidly, the number being snapped up by music fans is still small in comparison to downloads and streams.
The total accounts for only 0.2 per cent of the albums market, according to the British Phonographic Industry trade body. A desire for retro collectables by listeners appears to be driving the upward trend.
