The Beatles finish 2017 with the top two selling vinyl LPs of the year: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (72,000 — powered in large part by the album’s deluxe anniversary reissue in 2017) and Abbey Road (66,000). The soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is the third biggest with 62,000. Comparably, in 2016, the top three sellers were Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface (68,000), David Bowie’s Blackstar (66,000) and Adele’s 25 (58,000).
TOP 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2017 IN U.S. | |||
Rank | Artist, Title | Sales | |
1 | The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 72,000 | |
2 | The Beatles, Abbey Road | 66,000 | |
3 | Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 | 62,000 | |
4 | Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) | 62,000 | |
5 | Amy Winehouse, Back to Black | 58,000 | |
6 | Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) | 58,000 | |
7 | Bob Marley and The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of… | 49,000 | |
8 | Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon | 54,000 | |
9 | Soundtrack, La La Land | 49,000 | |
10 | Michael Jackson, Thriller | 49,000 | |
Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2016 through Dec. 28, 2017. |