![]() ![]() The Specials' classic Number 1 Ghost Town is the best-selling vinyl single of 2021 in the UK, following a re-release to celebrate its 40th anniversary. MORE: Vinyl and cassette sales surge to 30 year high in UK The best-selling vinyl singles of 2021 It became Lana's fifth UK Number 1 in the UK, and at the time even saw her break a record for fastest-selling vinyl by a female act of the 21st century.Ĭoldplay's Music of the Spheres comes in at 13, Taylor Swift is at 20 with Red (Taylor's Version) and Olivia Rodrigo's massive debut album Sour is at 22. Other popular 2021 releases to make the Vinyl Top 40 include Ed Sheeran's = in 4th place, while Lana Del Rey's Chemtrails Over The Country Club is in 8th position. Her experimental fourth album sold 37,000 copies on vinyl in 2021 - with 16,700 of those coming from its record-breaking opening week. Not far behind in second place is Adele with 30. MORE: The Official Top 40 best-selling albums of 2021 In its opening week ABBA's Voyage racked up 29,900 sales on vinyl, making it the fastest-selling vinyl release of the century, overtaking the 24,500 first-week vinyl sales of Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino in 2018. Voyage instantly debuted at the top of the Official Albums Chart, powered by 90% physical copies. The Swedish pop supergroup's first full-length release in nearly 40 years, Voyage comes out on top of our vinyl best sellers list, having sold over 40,000 copies on wax since its release last November. The biggest vinyl album released in 2021 was Voyage by ABBA. This is also the 14th consecutive year of growth for vinyl records. Vinyl sales in the UK were the highest for three decades in 2021, the Official Charts Company can confirm.ĭespite challenges to both supply and production demand during the pandemic, vinyl sales have jumped up by 11%, to 5.3 million copies purchased last year. ![]()
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