Posted January 24, 201213 yr The Gallagher brothers were the kings of 7 inch vinyl in 2011, the Official Charts Company can confirm – but with Liam winning out over his older brother Noel. The former Oasis twosome accounted for six of the Top 10 biggest selling 7 inch singles last year, with Liam’s Beady Eye taking the first and second spot in the end of year chart – with 'The Roller' and 'Millionaire'. Beady Eye overall took four places in the year-end 7 inch Top 10, which is today unveiled by the Official Charts Company. In comparison, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds was fifth for the year with 'The Death Of You And Me', with a total of two singles in the Top 10 and three in the Top 20. The only other acts to challenge the Gallaghers’ domination were Morrissey’s 'Glamorous Glue' and Arctic Monkeys' 'Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair', in third and eighth for the year respectively. It wasn’t a great year for seven inch vinyl overall though, with sales down to 122,000 units in 2011, compared to 152,000 in 2010 – according to Official Charts Company stats. Sales of 12 inch singles also fell, to 63,000 from 67,000 in 2010. As a result, total vinyl singles were down 15% to 186,000. Radiohead contributed the biggest selling 12 inch single in the form of 'The Butcher / Supercollider', while Paul Weller’s 'Starlite' was placed second for the year. In contrast to the decline in vinyl singles sales, vinyl albums reached a six year high, with 341,000 vinyl albums sold in 2011, up 44% compared to 237,000 in 2010. The last time album sales were as high was 2005, when 359,000 vinyl albums were sold. Radiohead’s 'The King Of Limbs' was the biggest selling vinyl album of the year, ahead of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds in second place, and Adele’s '21' in third place. While Beady Eye were on top for seven inch, the band’s debut album, 'Different Gear Still Speeding', was the seventh biggest seller on the vinyl albums chart. The full breakdown is as follows: OFFICIAL VINYL SINGLES CHART – 2011 01 THE ROLLER - BEADY EYE 02 MILLIONAIRE - BEADY EYE 03 GLAMOROUS GLUE - MORRISSEY 04 THE BEAT GOES ON - BEADY EYE 05 THE DEATH OF YOU AND ME - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 06 DON'T SIT DOWN 'CAUSE I'VE MOVED YOUR CHAIR - ARCTIC MONKEYS 07 AKA WHAT A LIFE - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 08 FOUR LETTER WORD - BEADY EYE 09 COME CLOSER - MILES KANE 10 POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 11 IF YOU WANNA - VACCINES 12 THE BUTCHER/SUPERCOLLIDER - RADIOHEAD 13 STARLITE - PAUL WELLER 14 KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE - QUEEN 15 IF I HAD A GUN - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 16 EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL - COLDPLAY 17 ALWAYS SEARCHING - TUFF PRODUCTIONS 18 MORNING MR MAGPIE - RADIOHEAD 19 SUCK IT AND SEE - ARCTIC MONKEYS 20 DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN - KASABIAN © The Official Charts Company 2012. OFFICIAL 7 INCH SINGLES CHART - 2011 01 THE ROLLER - BEADY EYE 02 MILLIONAIRE - BEADY EYE 03 GLAMOROUS GLUE - MORRISSEY 04 THE BEAT GOES ON - BEADY EYE 05 THE DEATH OF YOU AND ME - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 06 AKA WHAT A LIFE - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 07 FOUR LETTER WORD - BEADY EYE 08 DON'T SIT DOWN 'CAUSE I'VE MOVED YOUR CHAIR - ARCTIC MONKEYS 09 COME CLOSER - MILES KANE 10 POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN - MANIC STREET PREACHERS © The Official Charts Company 2012. OFFICIAL 12 INCH SINGLES CHART - 2011 01 THE BUTCHER/SUPERCOLLIDER - RADIOHEAD 02 STARLITE - PAUL WELLER 03 ALWAYS SEARCHING - TUFF PRODUCTIONS 04 MORNING MR MAGPIE - RADIOHEAD 05 DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN - KASABIAN 06 LITTLE BY LITTLE - RADIOHEAD 07 DON'T SIT DOWN 'CAUSE I'VE MOVED YOUR CHAIR - ARCTIC MONKEYS 08 RE-WIRED - KASABIAN 09 PLASTIC DREAMS - RHYTHM ROBBERS 10 STREET HALO - BURIAL © The Official Charts Company 2012. OFFICIAL VINYL ALBUMS CHART - 2011 01 THE KING OF LIMBS - RADIOHEAD 02 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 03 21 - ADELE 04 LET ENGLAND SHAKE - PJ HARVEY 05 SUCK IT AND SEE - ARCTIC MONKEYS 06 BON IVER - BON IVER 07 DIFFERENT GEAR STILL SPEEDING - BEADY EYE 08 50 WORDS FOR SNOW - KATE BUSH 09 SUBMARINE - OST - ALEX TURNER 10 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD 11 DIRECTOR'S CUT - KATE BUSH 12 NEVERMIND - NIRVANA 13 THE SINGLES COLLECTION 2001-2011 - GORILLAZ 14 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 15 BUILD A ROCKET BOYS - ELBOW 16 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 17 HELPLESSNESS BLUES - FLEET FOXES 18 WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD 19 GO-GO BOOTS - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS 20 THE QUEEN IS DEAD - SMITHS © The Official Charts Company 2012. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-n....inyl-release s/
January 24, 201213 yr Bought 7 of those LP's As for the 7"'s - I stay well clear from the Gallagher brothers.
January 24, 201213 yr The last 7" I bought was in 2010 I think. I don't think Feeder's Down To The River/This Town was released in 2011 anyway... :P So I contributed to none of these figures. :( I'll be buying some this year though (at least one anyway, cause I already have Feeder's newie pre-ordered! :P
January 24, 201213 yr Very odd to see Beady Eye comfortably beating Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on vinyl singles :o But that's pretty much the least important chart that there is so a very hollow victory for Liam there. And this must be one of the only year end charts where '21' is not the #1 album :lol: But it's done well to get to #3 really, only stuck behind two obvious (relatively) massive vinyl sellers. Radiohead were ahead of Adele by 10-1 or something stupid when the OCC posted an update on the top vinyl albums of the year a while ago, Noel G could have got a bit closer but I'd imagine Radiohead still won this by a mile (and they may be much of the reason for the big increase in vinyl album sales - but Radiohead-induced or not it's good to see at least one physical sector seeing an improvement from 2010 :lol:) I guess the B-Sides probably helped but it's nonetheless bizarre to see a 1992 US-only single by Morrissey getting number three on the year-end vinyl singles chart after finally being released in the UK 19 years later. Especially as it wasn't even a hit in the USA. Edited January 24, 201213 yr by Bré
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