And the Biggest-Selling Vinyl Record of 2017 So Far Is…Really?

We’re a quarter of the way through 2017, which means record labels and music industry observers have some stats on where things stand so far. Factmag reports on the top-selling vinyl records so far this year in Canada. Who’s buying all those La La Land records?

1 Mother Mother – No Culture

2 La La Land soundtrack

3 Gord Downie – Secret Path

4 The XX – I See You

5 Ed Sheeran – Divide

6 The Lumineers – Cleopatra

7 Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon

8 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Legend

9 Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome

10 Metallica -Hardwired…To Self-Destruct

Let’s move to the US:

1. La La Land Soundtrack (25,000 sales)

2. Bob Marley and The Wailers – Legend (16,000)’

3. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (16,000)

4. Ed Sheeran – ÷ (15,000)

5. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 3 (14,000)

6. The Killers – Hot Fuss (14,000)

7. The Beatles – Abbey Road (13,000)

8. Ryan Adams – Prisoner (13,000)

9. Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface (13,000)

10. The xx – I See You (13,000)

And here’s what selling in the UK according to the Official Charts Company.

1	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN
2	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
3	LEGACY	DAVID BOWIE
4	HUMAN	RAG’N’BONE MAN
5	ABBEY ROAD	BEATLES
6	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
7	I SEE YOU	XX
8	GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – AWESOME MIX 1	ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
9	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	PINK FLOYD
10	PULP FICTION	ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
11	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
12	NEVERMIND	NIRVANA
13	BLACKSTAR	DAVID BOWIE
14	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
15	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN
16	LITTLE FICTIONS	ELBOW
17	X	ED SHEERAN
18	WISH YOU WERE HERE	PINK FLOYD
19	SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND	BEATLES
20	WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS

Digging deeper, it seems that the demand for new vinyl is tapering off. After averaging annual growth of 38% between 2012 and 2015, things are just up 3.2% this year. However, sales at the biggest maker of turntables in the world are up 400%.