The Official Charts Company are excited to announce the launch of the UK’s first ever weekly Official Vinyl Charts, published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com, as new figures reveal the vinyl resurgence continues strongly in 2015.
The very first Official Vinyl Charts Number 1s are…..
Single - UNDERWORLD VS HELLER & FARLEY - BABY WANTS TO RIDE
Album - ALL TIME LOW - FUTURE HEARTS
Kicking off Record Store Day week 2015, new proof arrives today that Britain’s renewed interest in music on vinyl shows little sign of slowing.
2014 witnessed vinyl LP sales reaching a 20-year high in the UK at 1.29 million, following seven years of unbroken growth, and now new Official Charts Company data for the first quarter of 2015 reveals that this trend is continuing at pace, with vinyl album purchasing up yet again a staggering 69% versus the same period in 2014, and vinyl singles also up 23%.
With such enduring love for vinyl from music fans and collectors alike, the Official Charts Company are pleased to introduce the UK’s first ever Official Vinyl Charts.
The Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 and Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 (combining sales of 7” and 12” singles) will launch Monday 13 April exclusively on the all-new OfficialCharts.com.
Leaders on the Official Albums Chart and also claiming the biggest selling vinyl record of the week, All Time Low’s frontman Alex Gaskarth said: “What’s been going on with vinyl at the moment is really cool. What I love is that there are different worlds of vinyl fans; there’s the audiophiles who swear by the sound of vinyl, the people for who like owning it as a collector’s piece, and then groups like our fans who buy a vinyl of our record simply so they can hang it on their wall.
“Back in Baltimore there’s this incredible record store called Sound Garden, which I can regularly be found in. What I love about vinyl is that it makes a real event out of music; you go into a record shop and have to search out what’s there. The world is in music overload at the moment, so it’s great to see more people honing in on certain artists by buying a vinyl and showing loyalty to their favourites. It makes the whole experience of listening to an album special.”
Official Vinyl Albums Chart - Q1 2015
1 CHASING YESTERDAY NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
2 PHYSICAL GRAFFITI LED ZEPPELIN
3 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
4 ROYAL BLOOD ROYAL BLOOD
5 THE RACE FOR SPACE PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
6 SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT BOB DYLAN
7 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD
8 LOST IN THE DREAM WAR ON DRUGS
9 HAPPY PEOPLE PEACE
10 FOUR SYMBOLS LED ZEPPELIN
©Official Charts Company 2015
Official Vinyl Singles Chart - Q1 2015
1 BALLAD OF THE MIGHTY I NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
2 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
3 YOUNG AMERICANS DAVID BOWIE
4 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
5 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE PAUL MCCARTNEY
6 THE HUNTER SLAVES
7 CUT ME AND I'LL BLEED BLOSSOMS
8 HANDSOME VACCINES
9 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
10 I COULD GIVE YOU ALL THAT YOU DON'T WANT TWILIGHT SAD
©Official Charts Company 2015
Annual UK vinyl album sales volumes
1995 1,410,905 1.6%
1996 1,083,206 1.0%
1997 817,018 0.7%
1998 642,102 0.5%
1999 672,866 0.6%
2000 751,857 0.6%
2001 761,558 0.5%
2002 657,127 0.4%
2003 579,248 0.4%
2004 453,254 0.3%
2005 351,224 0.2%
2006 250,926 0.2%
2007 205,292 0.1%
2008 208,526 0.2%
2009 219,449 0.2%
2010 234,471 0.2%
2011 337,041 0.3%
2012 388,768 0.4%
2013 780,674 0.8%
2014 1,288,510 1.5%
Source: Official Charts Company
