The Beatles Have The #1 And #2 Best-Selling Vinyl Albums In 2017

The Beatles finish 2017 with the top two selling vinyl LPs of the year: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (72,000 — powered in large part by the album’s deluxe anniversary reissue in 2017) and Abbey Road (66,000). The soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is the third biggest with 62,000. Comparably, in 2016, the top three sellers were Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface (68,000), David Bowie’s Blackstar (66,000) and Adele’s 25 (58,000).

TOP 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2017 IN U.S.
Rank Artist, Title Sales
1 The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 72,000
2 The Beatles, Abbey Road 66,000
3 Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 62,000
4 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) 62,000
5 Amy Winehouse, Back to Black 58,000
6 Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) 58,000
7 Bob Marley and The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of… 49,000
8 Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon 54,000
9 Soundtrack, La La Land 49,000
10 Michael Jackson, Thriller 49,000
Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2016 through Dec. 28, 2017.

 

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