The Official Top 40 bestselling vinyl releases of 2019 so far

A mix of brand new and classic records make up the top selling vinyl albums and singles of the year so far.
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Queen continue to dominate the year’s biggest vinyl albums as their Greatest Hits album lands at Number 1 for the first half of 2019.

Thanks to the release of their biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, sales of the best of album, which was first released in 1981, have soared, with 15,700 copies sold on vinyl alone.

Coming in a close second is Billie Eilish’s debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which earned Billie earned the title of youngest ever female soloist to pick up a Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in April. Billie takes a second entry at Number 16 with her 2017 EP Don’t Smile At Me.

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Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures comes in at Number 3 following the release of a remastered version to mark the album’s 40th anniversary. The record reached its highest ever position on the Official Albums Chart in June, re-entering at Number 5, having previously peaked at Number 71.

Lewis Capaldi’s debut album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, completes the Top 5.

Other albums released in 2019 that are selling well on wax include Catfish & The Bottlemen’s latest The Balance (17), Madonna’s Madame X (23), and Father Of The Bride by Vampire Weekend (33).

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When it comes to vinyl singles, Liam Gallagher leads the way with his latest single Shockwave at Number 1.

New Order’s Ceremony comes in at Number 2, the first of three from the band following its re-pressing alongside other classic New Order singles, Temptation (12) and Everything’s Gone Green (15).

Boys Keep Swinging by David Bowie is close behind at Number 3, while Idles land at 4 with their Record Store Day release Meat EP, led by single Queens. Bowie makes a second Top 5 appearance with Boys Keep Swinging, originally from the soundtrack of the 1979 film Just A Gigolo.

Recent releases include Wait and Return from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (6); 90’s rock band Sleeper’s comeback single Look At You Now (17) which released in December 2018; and Sam Fender’s Play God (27).

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The Official Top 40 bestselling vinyl albums of 2019 so far 

POS TITLE ARTIST
1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN
2 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH
3 UNKNOWN PLEASURES JOY DIVISION
4 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC
5 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI
6 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD
7 LEGACY DAVID BOWIE
8 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
9 EVERYTHING NOT SAVED WILL BE LOST - PT 1 FOALS
10 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN
11 NEVERMIND NIRVANA
12 WESTERN STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
13 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS
14 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE
15 ENCORE SPECIALS
16 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH
17 THE BALANCE CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
18 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 1 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
19 AMO BRING ME THE HORIZON
20 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA
21 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
22 DOGREL FONTAINES DC
23 MADAME X MADONNA
24 I AM EASY TO FIND NATIONAL
25 THE STONE ROSES STONE ROSES
26 THE DIVISION BELL PINK FLOYD
27 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES
28 END OF SUFFERING FRANK CARTER/THE RATTLESNAKES
29 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN
30 RIPPLES IAN BROWN
31 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS JEFF WAYNE
32 UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK NIRVANA
33 FATHER OF THE BRIDE VAMPIRE WEEKEND
34 ETON ALIVE SLEAFORD MODS
35 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA
36 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
37 ERRATIC CINEMATIC GERRY CINNAMON
38 HOUNDS OF LOVE KATE BUSH
39 DEFINITELY MAYBE OASIS
40 THE BEATLES BEATLES

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The Official Top 40 bestselling vinyl singles of 2019 so far

POS TITLE ARTIST
1 SHOCKWAVE LIAM GALLAGHER
2 CEREMONY NEW ORDER
3 BOYS KEEP SWINGING DAVID BOWIE
4 QUEENS IDLES
5 REVOLUTIONARY SONG REBELS & DAVID BOWIE
6 WAIT AND RETURN NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
7 CLOUDBUSTING KATE BUSH
8 WEDDING BELL BLUES MORRISSEY
9 THE EUROPA U2
10 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN
11 ONE STEP BEYOND MADNESS
12 TEMPTATION NEW ORDER
13 GIVE STUPIDITY A CHANCE PET SHOP BOYS
14 SHE'S A RAINBOW ROLLING STONES
15 EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN NEW ORDER
16 NEW HORIZONS BRIAN MAY
17 LOOK AT YOU NOW SLEEPER
18 THE ROCKFIELD STUDIO TRACKS JOE STRUMMER
19 LOVER-TO-BE MORRISSEY
20 MAIN THEME - THE SHINING MARK AYRES
21 10 COMMANDMENTS SPECIALS
22 LIVING ON THE CEILING BLANCMANGE
23 EVERYBODY HERE HATES YOU COURTNEY BARNETT
24 SMALLTOWN BOY BRONSKI BEAT
25 HOLY MAN DENNIS WILSON
26 VOULEZ VOUS ABBA
27 WHITE STAR LINER PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
28 TALKING HEADS BLACK MIDI
29 PLAY GOD SAM FENDER
30 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW FATBOY SLIM
31 WHO'S BEEN HAVING YOU OVER PETER DOHERTY & PUTA MADRES
32 I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR ARCTIC MONKEYS
33 YOUR GENERATION GENERATION X
34 ROCKAWAY BEACH MOTORHEAD
35 LE FREAK CHIC
36 DISCOURSE SLEAFORD MODS
37 I WANNA BE YOURS GINGER WILDHEART
38 CLUB COUNTRY ASSOCIATES
39 LEAVE BEFORE THE LIGHTS COME ON ARCTIC MONKEYS
40 BURIED DEEP WITHIN ORBITAL

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Mylina Wyzomerski

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Hounds of Love by Kate Bush, what a great album, so glad that after all these years she is still getting so much love. She truly deserves it.