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From BPI.
Vinyl LP purchases have risen for the 16th consecutive year in the UK in 2023 and are growing at their fastest rate this decade. Following a 2.9% improvement in unit sales last year, the vinyl market in 2023 has, with just a few more days to go to year-end, increased more than four times as fast with an 11.7% rise to 5.9 million units. This is according to analysis of Official Charts data by the BPI, the association for the UK’s record companies and labels and the representative voice of British recorded music. The increase has been led by brand new releases from artists including Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Lewis Capaldi, The Rolling Stones, and Taylor Swift.

While more than four-fifths of recorded music consumption in the UK is now made up of streaming, demand for vinyl LPs continues to surge, with the market at its highest annual level since 1990. This includes over a quarter of a million vinyl albums having been sold during the course of last week, making it the highest sales week for the format this century. Additionally, the CD market has sustained its smallest annual decline in nearly a decade this year as it moves closer to plateauing. Nearly 11 million CDs, which remain important commercially and to Official Charts success, were sold across the year, while sales of cassettes topped 100,000 units in a calendar year for the fourth consecutive year.

Chart 1 – OFFICIAL VINYL ARTIST ALBUMS CHART 2023* – © Official Charts Company

Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Blur – The Ballad Of Darren
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Taylor Swift – Midnights
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Lewis Capaldi – Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent
*Up to Chart Week 51 2023


Chart 2 – OFFICIAL COMPACT DISC ARTIST ALBUMS CHART 2023* – © Official Charts Company

Take That – This Life
Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
Lewis Capaldi – Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent
Ed Sheeran – - (Subtract)
P!nk – Trustfall
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies
Kylie Minogue – Tension
*Up to Chart Week 51 2023


Chart 3 – OFFICIAL CASSETTE ARTIST ALBUMS CHART 2023 – © Official Charts Company

Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Ed Sheeran – - (Subtract)
Kylie Minogue – Tension
Inhaler – Cuts & Bruises
Blur – The Ballad Of Darren
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Sleep Token – Take Me Back To Eden
Lewis Capaldi – Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent
Hozier – Unreal Unearth
The 1975 – Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
*Up to Chart Week 51 2023