As record stores were forced to close up shop last week due to coronavirus concerns, and music fans became preoccupied with social distancing and quarantine, U.S.

album sales hit a new weekly low. In the week ending March 19, overall album sales fell 29% to 1.52 million, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

That number combines sales of all formats of albums: digital albums, CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes and so forth. 1.52 million is the smallest number of albums sold in a week since the firm began tracking music sales in 1991.

The previous Nielsen/MRC Data-era low for overall album sales came only earlier this year, when 1.65 million were sold in the week ending Jan.

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