That said here are the ten hottest vinyl records of 2017 according to discogs.
Top vinyl sales 2017.
An impressive 4 1 vinyl albums were sold in the uk last year.
14 of the top 20 albums this year were reissues.
The news comes as the record labels association the bpi revealed that sales of vinyl were up 26 8 a tenth consecutive year of growth with 4 1 million purchased in 2017 compared to 205 000 in.
Of course we are a super small yet fun and funky record store so our vinyl record sales don t count much towards the ultimate numbers for 2017.
The joshua tree u2 9.
Nielsen music s mid year album charts has revealed that vinyl album sales have continued to grow up 2 from 6 22 million to 6 36 million in the usa in the first six months of 2017.
But the biggest selling vinyl album of 2017 so far was originally released 50 years ago.
Further vinyl album sales were driven by an array of titles not just a handful of hot sellers.
2017 was another landmark year for vinyl with record sales peaking at their highest level since 1991 reports the bpi.
Vinyl now accounts for roughly 3 of all music consumed including digital.
Yesterday nielsen music released its q3 music industry insights for the nine month period ending september 28th 2017.
The top selling vinyl lp of the year was the re release of the beatles sgt.
Abby road the beatles 7.
Vinyl had a renaissance at retail by experiencing sales growth for the 12th consecutive year comprising 14 of all physical album sales.
Led zeppelin iv led zeppelin 8.
Prior to rsd 2017 indie record stores had accounted for 14 percent of all physical album sales in 2017.
Pepper s lonely hearts club band.
14 of the top selling albums of the year were reissues with amy winehouse s back to black making the top 5 for the third year in a row.
Brothers in arms dire straits.
Sales of vinyl records are at their highest level since 1991 reports the bpi with 4 1 vinyl albums sold in the uk in 2017.
Vinyl 12 singles sales grew 4 350 percent to 89 000 for the week compared to just.