Lana Del Rey holds the biggest selling UK vinyl release so far this year
Gorrilaz, Paramore and Depeche Mode all feature in the top 10 albums.
Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd is the best-selling vinyl release of the year so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.
Del Rey’s ninth studio album has sold 20,800 vinyl copies this year, while first-week sales were her strongest since Ultraviolence back in 2014.
Behind Del Rey, Gorillaz’s Cracker Island take second place and St. Jude by The Courteeners is in third. Taylor Swift’s 2022 release Midnights and new albums from Paramore and Depeche Mode fill the rest of the list out. The usual suspects are also present with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours both in the top 10.
Within the top 40 vinyl releases this year, 21 are new releases, marking an increasing move away from back catalogue reissues.
Check out the top 10 albums chart below and see the full top 40 here.
1
DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE’S A TUNNEL UNDER
LANA DEL REY
POLYDOR
2
CRACKER ISLAND
GORILLAZ
PARLOPHONE
3
ST JUDE
COURTEENERS
A&M
4
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – LIVE AT
PINK FLOYD
PARLOPHONE
5
MIDNIGHTS
TAYLOR SWIFT
EMI
6
THIS IS WHY
PARAMORE
ATLANTIC
7
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
PINK FLOYD
RHINO
8
RUMOURS
FLEETWOOD MAC
WEA
9
MEMENTO MORI
DEPECHE MODE
COLUMBIA
10
CUTS & BRUISES
INHALER
POLYDOR
New Order dominates the top 10 vinyl singles of the year, following a reissue of 1985’s Low-Life; “The Perfect Kiss” takes first place while “Sub-Culture” and “Shell Shock” are in fifth and sixth position. New Order’s behemoth anthem, “Blue Monday”, also features.
Elsewhere the top 10 includes Inhaler, Ghost and Lewis Capaldi. Frightened Rabbit hold three slots in the top 20 thanks to a 10th-anniversary reissue of Pedestrian Verse.
See the 1op 10 below and check out the full top 20 singles here.
1
THE PERFECT KISS
NEW ORDER
RHINO
2
VALENTINE
INHALER
POLYDOR
3
BLUE MONDAY
NEW ORDER
RHINO
4
KISS THE GO-GOAT
GHOST
SPINEFARM
5
SUB-CULTURE
NEW ORDER
RHINO
6
SHELLSHOCK
NEW ORDER
RHINO
7
FORGET ME
LEWIS CAPALDI
EMI
8
GHOST TOWN
SPECIALS
CHRYSALIS
9
BEACH READY BOYS
JIM BOB
CHERRY RED
10
BRAVE NEW WORLD
TOYAH
CHERRY RED
