The Official Charts Company has published some charts showing the UK's best-selling vinyl albums and singles for the first half of 2020. Despite everything, vinyl sales look set to increase for their thirteenth consecutive year. Well, I guess if everyone's stuck at home, it's been a great time to be boosting your collection. Especially with local record shops doing home delivery during lockdown.
Classic albums from Fleetwood Mac, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana dominate the top end of that chart. The biggest selling new release is the still fresh out 'Chromatica' by Lady Gaga. That particular LP has shifted 11,200 copies - enough to give one to every woman over the age of 90 in Kent. You know, just to put it in perspective.
Over in the vinyl singles chart, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are at number one with 'Blue Moon Rising'. He beat's Blur's 'Girls & Boys', which sits at number five. So maybe that finally answers the Blur v Oasis argument. Glad we can put that one to bed.
I've put the top tens below for you, but you can see the full top 40 charts here.
Best-selling vinyl albums of 2020 so far:
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Lady Gaga - Chromatica
- Liam Gallagher - MTV Unplugged
- Harry Styles - Fine Lines
- Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent
- Gerry Cinnamon - The Bonny
- The 1975 - Notes On A Conditional Form
- Billie Eilish - When We All Go To Sleep, Where Do We Go?
Best-selling vinyl singles of 2020 so far:
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Blue Moon Rising
- David Bowie - Alabama Song
- Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
- Pet Shop Boys - Monkey Business
- Blur - Girls & Boys
- Morrissey - It's Over
- Pearl Jam - Dance Of The Clairvoyants
- Pet Shop Boys - I Don't Wanna
- Gerry Cinnamon - Dark Days
- Jamie XX - Idontknow