Albums by artists including Billie Eilish, Queen and Lewis Capaldi are among the highest selling on vinyl this year, according to data accumulated by the Official Charts Company. The highest ranking of them all is Queen’s Greatest Hits, amassing a total of 15,700 copies.
The sales have rocketed since the release of the Bryan Singer biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, which was released back in October 2018, with the soundtrack to the film taking tenth place on the list.
American singer Billie Eilish’s debut effort, the acclaimed ‘When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, was ranked second in the list. She was followed by Joy Division with ‘Unknown Pleasures’, Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album, ‘Rumours’, and Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ taking the third, fourth and fifth spots respectively.
The full list can be found through the Official Charts website, with the top fifteen listed as follows below:
1. Queen – ‘Greatest Hits’
2. Billie Eilish – ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’
3. Joy Division – ‘Unknown Pleasures’
4. Fleetwood Mac – ‘Rumours’
5. Lewis Capaldi – ’Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’
6. Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
7. David Bowie – ‘Legacy’
8. The Greatest Showman OST
9. Foals – ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1’
10. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody OST
11. Nirvana – ‘Nevermind’
12. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Western Stars’
13. Oasis – ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’
14. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back to Black’
15. The Specials – ‘Encore’
A second list through the Official Charts Company compiles data of the best selling singles on vinyl this year, topped by Liam Gallagher’s ‘Shockwave’, beating New Order’s ‘Ceremony’ in second and David Bowie’s ‘Boys Keep Swinging’, in third. Other artists that made the top twenty include Idles, two entries from Morrissey and one from Kate Bush.
Recently, Billie Eilish took to The Other Stage at Glastonbury 2019, producing a set deemed as ‘once in a generation’, with the ‘You Should See Me In A Crown’ singer being described as ‘a live-force to reckon with’.
