The record industry have launched a 'National Album Day' in bid to revive the format among younger fans.

This October 13 will mark the highlight of a week-long celebration of the UK's love for musical albums as the album celebrates its 70th anniversary.

Demand for albums remains strong in the UK. Last year, 135million albums were either purchased, downloaded or streamed; a rise of 9.5 per cent on the previous year. BPI estimated that a total of 5 billion albums were sold in the UK since the format’s advent in 1948.

A study by the Entertainment Retailers Association in May showed nearly 60 per cent of respondents had listened to an album in full in the month prior to the online survey.

Although albums were most associated with older music consumers, the research suggested it was younger fans who were more likely to have listened to an album recently.