The Official best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2024

Taylor Swift lands the UK’s biggest vinyl album of 2024 with The Tortured Poets Department.

Taylor’s 11th studio album tops the list with 112,000 units sold on wax, the highest yearly figure of vinyl album sales this century. 2024 marks Taylor’s third consecutive year atop the year-end vinyl albums lists following 1989 (Taylor’s Version)’s supremacy in 2023, and Midnights’ domination in 2022.

On release, The Tortured Poets Department stormed to Number 1 with overall chart units of 270,000, 66,000 of which were vinyl units, making it the UK’s fastest-selling vinyl album of the millennium. 

Tortured Poets’ vinyl tally rocketed further following the release of its expanded Anthology edition in December, which led to the album spending a further two weeks atop the Official Albums Chart, taking its total to 10. The Tortured Poets Department is the longest-reigning Number 1 album of the 2020s so far, and has racked up the most weeks on top for an international female artist since 1999.

Not content with just leading the year-end chart, Taylor carves out a further five entries in the Top 40; 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (20), Lover (29), Folklore (30), Evermore (36) and Midnights (38).

The news comes as new analysis by the BPI, using Official Charts Company data, shows another record-breaking year of growth for the booming physical format.

6.7 million vinyl albums were sold in the UK across the past 12 months, a 9.1% increase on last year’s figure of 6.1 million. 2024 marks the 17th consecutive year of growth for vinyl album sales, with 6.7 million units being the highest total in three decades.

What’s more – sales of physical albums across all formats (vinyl, CD, cassette, etc) has increased year-on-year for the first time since 1994, rising 300,000 copies to 17.4 million.

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Coming in at Number 2 with the biggest vinyl reissue of 2024 are Oasis with Definitely Maybe. The monumental news of their 2025 live comeback and subsequent stadium sell-outs coincided with the 30th anniversary release of their debut album. Powered by its vinyl reissue, the album returned to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in September, and has surpassed 50,500 vinyl sales in 2024.

In third position is Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. First released in September 2023, the album came into its own in 2024, finally reaching Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart 46 weeks later in August 2024 in-part due to its Popstar Edition vinyl re-release. The Rise and Fall… has shifted 43,600 vinyl albums in 2024.

Logging 42,900 LP sales to rank fourth is Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter. The American pop starlet’s breakthrough sixth studio album went to Number 1 in the UK in August, and returned to the top spot to capture the coveted Christmas Number 1 album in December. 

Rounding out the Top 5 are Fontaines D.C. with Romance. Logging 42,100 sales, the Irish post-punk outfit once again sit behind Sabrina after peaking at Number 2 behind her on release in August. The band however can claim the honour of taking home 2024’s best-selling vinyl album by an international group.

Completing the Top 10 are Billie Eilish with Hit Me Hard and Soft (6), Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (its ninth consecutive stint in the vinyl year-end Top 10) (7), and 2024 Number 1 albums from The Cure’s Songs Of A Lost World (8) - the biggest new vinyl release by a British act - Coldplay’s Moon Music (9) and Charli XCX’s BRAT (10), with BRAT earning the title of 2024’s best-selling vinyl album by a British solo artist.

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Other chart-topping albums from 2024 that feature in the Top 20 vinyl bestsellers include; Prelude To Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party (12), the self-titled album from Liam Gallagher & John Squire (14), Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism (15), and Tangk from Bristol post-punk group IDLES (18).

More Number 1 albums from the past 12 months that secure a Top 40 placement are; Noah Kahan’s Stick Season (23), Eternal Sunshine by Ariana Grande (25), Linkin Park’s comeback album From Zero (26), Luck Is Strange by David Gilmour (30), Saviors by Green Day (32), and Beyoncé’s landmark country album Cowboy Carter (34).

Popular heritage releases in the Top 40 rundown include Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon at Number 11, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black at Number 13, Oasis’ (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? at Number 17, and Arctic Monkeys’ AM at Number 19.

The Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl albums of 2024

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT	TAYLOR SWIFT
2	DEFINITELY MAYBE	OASIS
3	THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS	CHAPPELL ROAN
4	SHORT N' SWEET	SABRINA CARPENTER
5	ROMANCE	FONTAINES DC
6	HIT ME HARD AND SOFT	BILLIE EILISH
7	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
8	SONGS OF A LOST WORLD	CURE
9	MOON MUSIC	COLDPLAY
10	BRAT	CHARLI XCX
11	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	PINK FLOYD
12	PRELUDE TO ECSTASY	LAST DINNER PARTY
13	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
14	LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE	LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE
15	RADICAL OPTIMISM	DUA LIPA
16	GUTS	OLIVIA RODRIGO
17	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS
18	TANGK	IDLES
19	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
20	1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT
21	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
22	THE STONE ROSES	STONE ROSES
23	STICK SEASON	NOAH KAHAN
24	GRACE	JEFF BUCKLEY
25	ETERNAL SUNSHINE	ARIANA GRANDE
26	FROM ZERO	LINKIN PARK
27	OK COMPUTER	RADIOHEAD
28	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT
29	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT
30	LUCK AND STRANGE	DAVID GILMOUR
31	THE QUEEN IS DEAD	SMITHS
32	SAVIORS	GREEN DAY
33	AMERICAN IDIOT	GREEN DAY
34	COWBOY CARTER	BEYONCE
35	EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT
36	WILD GOD	NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
37	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT
38	66	PAUL WELLER
39	CLANCY	TWENTY ONE PILOTS
40	CALIFORNICATION	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

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The Official best-selling vinyl singles of 2024

Liam Gallagher & John Squire end 2024 with the year’s best-selling vinyl single, Just Another Rainbow. Produced by pop supremo Greg Kurstin, the track’s vinyl sales were so strong that it led to Just Another Rainbow charting in the main Official Singles Chart at Number 16 in January.

Chappell Roan’s breakout hit Good Luck, Babe! ranks in second place, ahead of Noah Kahan’s Number 1 single Stick Season – 2024’s overall biggest song of the year – in third place.

Heritage releases complete the Top 5; Oasis’s Supersonic takes out Number 4, and WHAM!’s record-setting Christmas Number 1 single Last Christmas is at Number 5 following its zoetrope vinyl release.

Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan’s BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge covers double A-side ranks at 6. The 7” that sees Olivia cover Stick Season and Noah cover Lacy, was first released for Record Store Day in April on cream vinyl, before being reissued on teal vinyl in November.

Ariana Grande’s Yes, And? (7), B*tch by Dave McCullen (8), Genesis by RAYE (9), and Sabrina Carpenter's UK Number 1 single Espresso (10) complete the Top 10.

Dua Lipa carves out a duo of entries with Houdini and Training Season at 11 and 13 respectively, while Billie Eilish’s 2023 Number 1 single What Was I Made For? from the Barbie soundtrack lands at 12.

A new star-studded version of Mark Knopfler’s iconic instrumental track Going Home (Theme From Local Hero) by Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes lands at Number 15. Featuring over 60 rock legends, proceeds from the single went to Teenage Cancer Trust.

2024 Record Store Day ambassador Kate Bush’s Eat The Music special release lands at 16, and 40th anniversary reissues from George Michael with Careless Whisper and Band Aid with Do They Know It’s Christmas occupy 17 and 18.

Other acts in the wider Top 40 include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The 1975, Coldplay, Jade, Kylie Minogue, Paul Weller and Lana Del Rey.

The Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl singles of 2024

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	JUST ANOTHER RAINBOW	LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE
2	GOOD LUCK BABE	CHAPPELL ROAN
3	STICK SEASON	NOAH KAHAN
4	SUPERSONIC	OASIS
5	LAST CHRISTMAS	WHAM
6	STICK SEASON	OLIVIA RODRIGO
7	YES AND	ARIANA GRANDE
8	BITCH	DAVE MCCULLEN
9	GENESIS	RAYE
10	ESPRESSO	SABRINA CARPENTER
11	HOUDINI	DUA LIPA
12	WHAT WAS I MADE FOR	BILLIE EILISH
13	TRAINING SEASON	DUA LIPA
14	NOTHING MATTERS	LAST DINNER PARTY
15	GOING HOME (THEME FROM LOCAL HERO)	MARK KNOPFLER'S GUITAR HEROES
16	EAT THE MUSIC	KATE BUSH
17	CARELESS WHISPER	GEORGE MICHAEL
18	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS	BAND AID
19	SHOWTIME	CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
20	TOUGH	QUAVO/LANA DEL REY
21	PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE	SABRINA CARPENTER
22	COOL CAT	QUEEN
23	NOW AND THEN	BEATLES
24	IN A LITTLE WHILE	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
25	MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR	SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR
26	CREATURE SONGS	WOLF ALICE
27	ATOMIC CITY	U2
28	BAD IDEA RIGHT	OLIVIA RODRIGO
29	BLACK HOLE	BOYGENIUS
30	WE PRAY	COLDPLAY
31	MILK	1975
32	WATERLOO	ABBA
33	ANGEL OF MY DREAMS	JADE
34	LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION	KYLIE MINOGUE
35	MY OH MY	MINOGUE/BEBE REXHA/TOVE LO
36	THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID	PAUL WELLER
37	I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND	BEATLES
38	SAY YES TO HEAVEN	LANA DEL REY
39	WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE)	ARIANA GRANDE
40	SOUL WANDERING	PAUL WELLER

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