ABBEY ROAD TOPS US BESTSELLING VINYL OF THE 2010s

The Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road has been named the US’s biggest-selling vinyl LP of the 2010s, shifting more than 558,000 copies.

The Top 10, compiled by Nielsen Music, is comprised almost entirely of old albums, from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (2), Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend (4) and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (9).

The British public preferred Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to Abbey Road, with the Beatles’ 1967 album placing eighth. The Top 10 also offered some national variation, with the Stone Roses’ debut placing fifth and Oasis’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, seventh.

The British Phonographic Industry recently reported that 2019 marked the 12th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth, with 4.3m LPs sold.

Compare the US and the UK’s bestselling vinyl albums of the 2010s below:

US
1. The Beatles – Abbey Road
2. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
3. Various artists – Guardians of the Galaxy OST
4. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend
5. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
6. Michael Jackson – Thriller
7. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
8. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
9. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
10. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die

UK
1. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
2. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
3. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
4. Various artists – Guardians of the Galaxy OST
5. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
6. Arctic Monkeys – AM
7. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
8. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Nirvana – Nevermind
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend