Top 25 Vinyl Album Sales
The information below is organized by genre. The top seller of that year is denoted with a black box. Hover over the boxes for more details.
Top-selling album
Rock
Pop
Hip-Hop
R&B
Jazz
Reggae
Folk
Electronic
Soundtrack
Country
2012
Rank: 1 – Blunderbuss
Rock – Jack White, 33,602 copies sold
Rank: 2 – Abbey Road
Rock – Beatles
Rank: 3 – Babel
Rock – Mumford & Sons
Rank: 4 – El Camino
Rock – Black Keys
Rank: 5 – Sigh No More
Rock – Mumford & Sons
Rank: 7 – For Emma, Forever Ago
Rock – Bon Iver
Rank: 8 – Boys & Girls
Rock – Alabama Shakes
Rank: 10 – Bon Iver
Rock – Bon Iver
Rank: 11 – In Rainbows (TBDR)
Rock – Radiohead
Rank: 12 – Shields
Rock – Grizzly Bear
Rank: 13 – Coexist
Rock – XX
Rank: 14 – Dark Side of the Moon
Rock – Pink Floyd
Rank: 15 – Port of Morrow
Rock – Shins
Rank: 18 – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Rock – Neutral Milk Hotel
Rank: 20 – Fleet Foxes
Rock – Fleet Foxes
Rank: 21 – Brothers
Rock – Black Keys
Rank: 22 – O.K. COMPUTER
Rock – Radiohead
Rank: 23 – Lonerism
Rock – Tame Impala
Rank: 24 – Are You Experienced
Rock – Jimi Hendrix
Rank: 25 – Helplessness Blues
Rock – Fleet Foxes
Rank: 6 – Bloom
Pop – Beach House
Rank: 9 – 21
Pop – Adele
Rank: 16 – Kind of Blue
Jazz – Miles Davis
Rank: 19 – Legend
Reggae – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Rank: 17 – Lumineers
Folk – Lumineers
2013
Rank: 2 – Modern Vampires Of The City
Rock – Vampire Weekend
Rank: 3 – Reflektor
Rock – Arcade Fire
Rank: 4 – Babel
Rock – Mumford & Sons
Rank: 5 – Sigh No More
Rock – Mumford & Sons
Rank: 6 – ...Like Clockwork
Rock – Queens of the Stone Age
Rank: 7 – For Emma, Forever Ago
Rock – Bon Iver
Rank: 9 – Trouble Will Find Me
Rock – The National
Rank: 12 – Lonerism
Rock – Tame Impala
Rank: 13 – Abbey Road
Rock – The Beatles
Rank: 16 – Amok
Rock – Atoms for Peace
Rank: 17 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rock – The Beatles
Rank: 18 – Am
Rock – Arctic Monkeys
Rank: 20 – Are You Experienced
Rock – Jimi Hendrix
Rank: 22 – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Rock – Neutral Milk Hotel
Rank: 23 – Boys & Girls
Rock – Alabama Shakes
Rank: 10 – 20/20 Experience
Pop – Justin Timberlake
Rank: 11 – Born To Die
Pop – Lana Del Rey
Rank: 19 – Give Up
Pop – Postal Service
Rank: 21 – My Head is an Animal
Pop – Of Monsters And Men
Rank: 24 – Good Kid M.A.A.D City
Hip-Hop – Kendrick Lamar
Rank: 14 – Back To Black
R&B – Amy Winehouse
Rank: 25 – Kind of Blue
Jazz – Miles Davis
Rank: 15 – Legend
Reggae – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Rank: 8 – Lumineers
Folk – Lumineers
Rank: 1 – Random Access Memories
Electronic – Daft Punk, 49,274 sold
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graphic BY Nicole Thompson
Source: Luminate