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Statistics compiled and published by the BPI show that more than 3.2m LPs were sold in the UK during 2016, a rise of 53% on the previous year and the highest number since 1991. 
Two weeks of staged readings of the upcoming Cher-based musical The Cher Show begin in New York City, USA.
An analysis of consumer habits and trends in 2016 in the USA, by New York-based music analytics company BuzzAngle Music, reveals, among other facts, that :1. Overall music consumption for the year was up 4.9% over 2015 (413.9m project units in 2016 vs. 394.5m album project units in 2015).
2. Song Consumption for the year was up 27.2% over 2015 (2.4 million song project units in 2016 vs. 1.9bn song project units in 2015).
3. Audio streams reached a new record high of 250.7bn, up 82.6% over 2015.
Kim Kashardian, celebrity wife of Kanye West, racks up a reported record-breaking 84m viewers to her Twitter page in 24 hours after posting a picture of her family on her timeline.
It is reported by Nielsen Music that sales of George Michael-related music in the USA, in the week ending December 29, increased 2,678 percent (to 477,000 albums and songs) as compared to the previous week (17,000) since his death on December 25, 2016.
Singer Janet Jackson, aged 50, gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Eissa Al Mana. Jackson is married to Qatari businessman husband, Wissam Al Mana. 
John Mayer plays an acoustic show at the 167 capacity Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Goat Girl play at The Old Blue Last, London, England, UK, Europe.