The xx album named best-selling vinyl of 2012, format's sales increase YoY by 15.3%

RHIAN JONES

The best-selling vinyl album of 2012 was The xx's Coexist and, according to Official Charts Company figures, sales for the retro format increased by 15.3% over 2011’s sales of 337,000.

Vinyl sales have now grown for the fifth successive year with a total of 389,000 LPs sold during 2012.

Claiming second spot on the top sellers was the 2012 re-release of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.

Other big-selling vinyl LPs during 2012 ...

Login to access this article

To access this article you need to be a subscriber. If you are a subscriber login below.

Subscribe

If you have previously taken a trial you will need to subscribe to access this article.

Subscribe Now
subscribe link free-trial link

follow us...