The UK’s best selling vinyl albums and singles in 2021
The 80 records that topped the year.
The UK’s best selling vinyl albums and singles in 2021 have been released by Official Charts.
Read more: UK vinyl sales are at their highest point in over three decades
Perhaps unsurprisingly, ABBA’s new album Voyage rose to the number one spot, having sold 40,000 copies since its release in November.
Not far behind was Adele’s widely anticipated album 30, which sold an impressive 37,000 records across 2021, with 16,700 in its opening week alone.
Other entries include Ed Sheeran’s =, Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club, and Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under, alongside classics like Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Nirvana’s Nevermind.
In terms of singles, The Specials’ ‘Ghost Town’ took top spot, followed by Harry Styles’ ‘Watermelon Sugar’ and David Bowie & Morrisey’s Cosmic Dancer’.
2021 was a strong year for vinyl sales in the UK, reaching a 30 year high with 5.3 million records sold across the year.
Explore the full lists of the UK’s top 40 best selling vinyl albums and singles below.
The top 40 best-selling vinyl albums of 2021
2. Adele — 30
3. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours
4. Ed Sheeran — =
5. Amy Winehouse — Back To Black
6. Nirvana — Nevermind
7. Queen — Greatest Hits
8. Lana Del Rey — Chemtrails Over The Country Club
9. Wolf Alice — Blue Weekend
10. Harry Styles — Fine Line
11. Sam Fender — Seventeen Going Under
12. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side Of The Moon
13. Oasis — Knebworth 1996
14. Royal Blood — Typhoons
15. Coldplay — Music Of The Spheres
16. Foo Fighters — Medicine at Midnight
17. Arctic Monkeys — AM
18. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying — Back The Way We Came Vol.1
19. Billie Eilish — Happier Than Ever
20. Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor’s Version)
21. Taylor Swift — Evermore
22. Olivia Rodrigo — Sour
23. Beatles — Abbey Road
24. IDLES — Crawler
25. Stone Roses — The Stone Roses
26. Arlo Parks — Collapsed in Sunbeams
27. Beatles — Let It Be
28. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Legend
29. Paul Weller — Fat Pop
30. Oasis — What’s The Story Morning Glory
31. Iron Maiden — Senjutsu
32. London Grammar — California Soil
33. Dave — We’re All Alone In This Together
34. Little Simz — Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
35. Lana Del Rey — Blue Banisters
36. Radiohead — Kid A Mnesia
37. Arctic Monkeys — Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m
38. Inhaler — It Won’t Always Be Like This
39. Taylor Swift — Folklore
40. Snuts — W.L.
The top 40 best-selling vinyl singles of 2021
2. Harry Styles — Watermelon Sugar
3. Morrissey & David Bowie — Cosmic Dancer
4. Kylie Minogue & Dua Lipa — Real Groove
5. Liam Gallagher — All You’re Dreaming Of
6. Phoebe Bridgers — Kyoto
7. ABBA — I Still Have Faith In You
8. Billie Eilish — No Time To Die
9. Baddiel/Skinner/Lightning Seed — 3 Lions
10. Paul Weller — Cosmic Fringes
11. New Order — Blue Monday
12. David Bowie — Mother
13. Yard Act — Dark Days
14. U2 — Fire
15. Coldplay — Christmas Lights
16. Declan Mckenna — British Bombs
17. Lathums — I See Your Ghost
18. David Bowie — The Prettiest Star
19. Biffy Clyro — Errors In The History Of God
20. U2 — Gloria
21. Jerry Dammers — At The Home Organ – Demos 1980-1982
22. Royal Blood — Typhoons
23. IDLES — Model Village
24. Freddie Mercury — Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow
25. Ed Sheeran — The A Team
26. Haim Ft Taylor Swift — Gasoline
27. DMA’s — 1 Way
28. Flowered Up — Weekender
29. R.E.M. — Radio Free Europe
30. Brian May — Back To The Light
31. Royal Blood — Limbo
32. AC/DC — Through The Mists Of Time
33. Hayley Williams — Simmer
34. Squid — 2010
35. Lovely Eggs Ft Iggy Pop — I Moron
36. Pearl Jam — Alive
37. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges — Texas Sun
38. Johnny Marr — Spirit Power And Soul
39. Spice Girls — Wannabe
40. White Stripes — Seven Nation Army
