The Official Top 40 Best-Selling Vinyl Albums and Singles of 2022
Vinyl sales in the UK hit a thirty-year high for 2022, the Official Chart Company confirms today.
Sales of vinyl LPs grew for the 15th consecutive year in 2022 to 5.5 million units, their highest level since 1990, when …But Seriously by Phil Collins was the year’s biggest-selling studio album, as brand new releases took a greater share of the market.
The best-selling album on wax this year was Taylor Swift's hyper-successful tenth album Midnights, which has spent three weeks at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, tying 2020's lockdown opus folklore as her longest-running Number 1 album here. In 2022, Midnights shifted over 89,000 vinyl copies.
2022 was certainly a big year for vinyl - with eight of the year's Top 10 LPs being released in the last year; also including Harry Styles' Harry's House (2), Arctic Monkeys' The Car (3), Liam Gallagher's C'mon You Know (4), Wet Leg's eponymous debut (6), The 1975 with Being Funny In A Foreign Language (7), Fontaine DC's Skinty Fia (9) and Muse's Will of the People (10).
We have several albums that hit Number 1 in 2022 too, including Paolo Nutini's Last Night In The Bittersweet (16) , Louis Tomlinson's first solo chart-topper Faith In The Future (23), George Ezra's Gold Rush Kid (24), Red Hot Chili Pepper's Unlimited Love (32) and Florence & The Machine's Dance Fever (35).
Other popular 2022 releases to make the wider list include Yard Act's The Overload (17), Foals' Life Is Yours (22), Radiohead spin-off The Smile's A Light For Attracting Attention (26), Black Country New Road's Ants From Up There (31) and and Tears For Fears' long-awaited comeback record The Tipping Point (36).
The best-selling vinyl singles of 2022
Sex Pistols' re-release of their anarchic, generation-defining protest single God Save The Queen is the biggest-selling single on wax of 2022.
Released to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, the 1977 hit, which has a fascinating history on the Official Singles Chart, also benefited from the release of a new Disney+ biopic based on the genesis of the band, Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Taylor Swift's folklore deluxe track The Lakes charts at Number 2 thanks to its special physical release on this year's National Album Day.
Singles released in 2022 to make the list include Harry Styles' perky Late Night Talking (3), Lewis Capaldi's synth-pop comeback single Forget Me (4) and Pink Floyd's first single in nearly 10 years, Hey! Hey! Rise Up! featuring Ukranian artist Andriy Khlyvnyuk (5).
Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl albums of 2022
POS | TITLE | ARTIST |
1 | MIDNIGHTS | TAYLOR SWIFT |
2 | HARRY'S HOUSE | HARRY STYLES |
3 | THE CAR | ARCTIC MONKEYS |
4 | C'MON YOU KNOW | LIAM GALLAGHER |
5 | RUMOURS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
6 | WET LEG | WET LEG |
7 | BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE | 1975 |
8 | AM | ARCTIC MONKEYS |
9 | SKINTY FIA | FONTAINES DC |
10 | WILL OF THE PEOPLE | MUSE |
11 | THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON | PINK FLOYD |
12 | BACK TO BLACK | AMY WINEHOUSE |
13 | NEVERMIND | NIRVANA |
14 | THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST | DAVID BOWIE |
15 | OLDER | GEORGE MICHAEL |
16 | LAST NIGHT IN THE BITTERSWEET | PAOLO NUTINI |
17 | THE OVERLOAD | YARD ACT |
18 | REVOLVER | BEATLES |
19 | SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER | SAM FENDER |
20 | WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M | ARCTIC MONKEYS |
21 | GREATEST HITS | QUEEN |
22 | LIFE IS YOURS | FOALS |
23 | FAITH IN THE FUTURE | LOUIS TOMLINSON |
24 | GOLD RUSH KID | GEORGE EZRA |
25 | FINE LINE | HARRY STYLES |
26 | A LIGHT FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION | SMILE |
27 | LEGEND | BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS |
28 | WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY | OASIS |
29 | BORN TO DIE | LANA DEL REY |
30 | FOLKLORE | TAYLOR SWIFT |
31 | ANTS FROM UP THERE | BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD |
32 | UNLIMITED LOVE | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS |
33 | GREATEST HITS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
34 | OK COMPUTER | RADIOHEAD |
35 | DANCE FEVER | FLORENCE & THE MACHINE |
36 | THE TIPPING POINT | TEARS FOR FEARS |
37 | SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO |
38 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
39 | FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE | ARCTIC MONKEYS |
40 | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 1 | ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |
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Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl singles of 2022
POS | TITLE | ARTIST |
1 | GOD SAVE THE QUEEN | SEX PISTOLS |
2 | THE LAKES | TAYLOR SWIFT |
3 | LATE NIGHT TALKING | HARRY STYLES |
4 | FORGET ME | LEWIS CAPALDI |
5 | HEY HEY RISE UP | PINK FLOYD FT ANDRIY KHLYVNYUK |
6 | OOH DO U FINK U R | SUGGS & PAUL WELLER |
7 | YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IT'S HALLOWEEN | MUSE |
8 | APHELION | ARAB STRAP |
9 | ESPECIALLY FOR YOU | KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN |
10 | EROTICA | MADONNA |
11 | WE'RE GONNA GET THERE IN THE END | NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING |
12 | HUNTER'S MOON | GHOST |
13 | BRILLIANT ADVENTURE EP | DAVID BOWIE |
14 | FACE IT ALONE | QUEEN |
15 | ROCK THE CASBAH | CLASH |
16 | THROUGH THE ECHOES | PAOLO NUTINI |
17 | DARK DAYS | YARD ACT |
18 | MAKING A FIRE | FOO FIGHTERS |
19 | A CELEBRATION | U2 |
20 | TAINTED LOVE | SOFT CELL |
21 | C'MON PEOPLE (WE'RE MAKING IT NOW) | RICHARD ASHCROFT |
22 | WHO'S THAT GIRL | MADONNA |
23 | BURGH ISLAND | BEN HOWARD |
24 | A WAVE ACROSS A BAY | FRANK TURNER |
25 | 3 LIONS | BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED |
26 | FIRESTARTER | PRODIGY |
27 | SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND | GIRLS ALOUD |
28 | CHAISE LONGUE | WET LEG |
29 | TEXAS SUN | KHRUANGBIN & LEON BRIDGES |
30 | ALRIGHT | SAM FENDER |
31 | OPEN THE FLOODGATES | SMILE |
32 | HAPPY NEW YEAR | ABBA |
33 | I THINK I NEED A NEW HEART | BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD |
34 | GHOST TOWN | SPECIALS |
35 | ISAIAH | PASTEL |
36 | PURPLE ZONE | SOFT CELL & PET SHOP BOYS |
37 | SAD FACE BABY | LATHUMS |
38 | HAND IN GLOVE | SANDIE SHAW |
39 | WHAT A WASTER | LIBERTINES |
40 | WE DIE YOUNG | ALICE IN CHAINS |
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