The Official Top 40 biggest selling vinyl albums and singles of 2016

Sales of vinyl passed three million in 2016 - the highest for the format in 25 years.

David Bowie was the leading force within 2016's continuation of the vinyl revival sweeping the nation.

David's final studio album Blackstar was the best selling LP on black plastic over the last 12 months, shifting 54,000 units since it was released in January 2016. Two days after the album was made available, David unexpectedly died from cancer, leading to a significant period of national mourning for one of the UK's most iconic musicians.

In addition to Blackstar, a further four of David's classic releases feature in the Official Top 40 biggest sellers of 2016: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (13), Hunky Dory (16), Nothing Has Changed - The Very Best Of (17), and Changesonebowie (28).

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More than three million LPs were sold in 2016, the first time that threshold has been passed for 25 years, a report from the British Phonographic Industry (the BPI) revealed today. The last time such a figure was spent was in 1991, when Simply Red's Stars was the best seller of that year. 2016 was the ninth year in a row that vinyl sales had increased (by 44% compared to 2015), with vinyl albums even making more money than digital album sales for one week across November and December.

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Back to the biggest vinyl records of the year and another artist sadly no longer with us is the year's second biggest seller. Strong sales influenced by her legacy and stocking in a wide variety of retailers, Amy Winehouse's Back to Black accumulated 35,500 sales in 2016. Other posthumous entries in the Top 10 come from Bob Marley, Prince, and Nirvana, whom were fronted by the late Kurt Cobain.

British acts dominate the overall Top 40, with the majority of the albums making the cut being the works of British acts. The likes of The Smiths, Oasis and Arctic Monkeys appear twice while 2016 success stories The 1975, The Last Shadow Puppets, Biffy Clyro and Catfish & The Bottlemen also appear.

Looking at vinyl singles, it is The Stone Roses who rule the roost. The band released their 2016 comeback singles All For One and Beautiful Thing on vinyl, with the two tracks sitting at Numbers 1 and 2 on the year-end list.

The Top 20 also features four entries from David Bowie, two entries for Noel Gallagher (one with Oasis and another with High Flying Birds) and a surprise entry from Kylie and Dannii Minogue's 100 Degrees.

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The Official Top 40 biggest selling vinyl albums of 2016 are:

1	BLACKSTAR	DAVID BOWIE
2	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
3	GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 1	ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
4	A MOON SHAPED POOL	RADIOHEAD
5	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
6	THE STONE ROSES	STONE ROSES
7	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
8	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND	BEATLES
9	PURPLE RAIN - OST	PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
10	NEVERMIND	NIRVANA
11	I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR YOU ARE SO	1975
12	THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST	DAVID BOWIE
13	25	ADELE
14	PULP FICTION	ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
15	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
16	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	PINK FLOYD
17	HUNKY DORY	DAVID BOWIE
18	THE QUEEN IS DEAD	SMITHS
19	HOTEL CALIFORNIA	EAGLES
20	EVERYTHING YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT	LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
21	UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK	NIRVANA
22	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS
23	HATFUL OF HOLLOW	SMITHS
24	FOUR SYMBOLS	LED ZEPPELIN
25	NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF	DAVID BOWIE
26	ABBEY ROAD	BEATLES
27	APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION	GUNS N' ROSES
28	CHANGESONEBOWIE	DAVID BOWIE
29	BLUE & LONESOME	ROLLING STONES
30	ELLIPSIS	BIFFY CLYRO
31	THE WONDER OF YOU	ELVIS PRESLEY
32	A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS	COLDPLAY
33	STAR WARS - EPISODE 4 - A NEW HOPE - OST	LSO/WILLIAMS
34	THE RIDE	CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
35	ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF	ELO
36	WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M	ARCTIC MONKEYS
37	SKELETON TREE	NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
38	GREATEST HITS	FOO FIGHTERS
39	GREATEST HITS	FLEETWOOD MAC
40	LONDON CALLING	CLASH

The Official Top 40 biggest selling vinyl singles of 2016 are:

1	ALL FOR ONE	STONE ROSES
2	BEAUTIFUL THING	STONE ROSES
3	TVC 15	DAVID BOWIE
4	REAPERS	MUSE
5	THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE	JEFF BUCKLEY
6	STAND BY ME	OASIS
7	A CHANGE OF HEART	1975
8	EL MEXICANO	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
9	GOLDEN YEARS	DAVID BOWIE
10	A DESIGN FOR LIFE	MANIC STREET PREACHERS
11	RITUAL SPIRIT	MASSIVE ATTACK FT AZEKEL
12	RAIN	FOALS
13	OBLIVIUS	STROKES
14	PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE	NEW ORDER
15	GOD ONLY KNOWS	BEACH BOYS
16	SPACE ODDITY	DAVID BOWIE
17	100 DEGREES	KYLIE MINOGUE & DANNII MINOGUE
18	THE OTHER SIDE	PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
19	DROWN	BRING ME THE HORIZON
20	MELANCHOLY MOOD	BOB DYLAN
21	FAME	DAVID BOWIE
22	GANGSTERVILLE	JOE STRUMMER
23	INNER SANCTUM	PET SHOP BOYS
24	GETAWAY	BLOSSOMS
25	THE POP KIDS	PET SHOP BOYS
26	BURN THE WITCH	RADIOHEAD
27	MARCH OF THE RESISTANCE	JOHN WILLIAMS
28	THE WHEEL	PJ HARVEY
29	RIDE 'EM ON DOWN	ROLLING STONES
30	SINGULARITY	NEW ORDER
31	AT MOST A KISS	BLOSSOMS
32	A FEW OLDER ONES	TWENTY ONE PILOTS
33	MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND	PRIMAL SCREAM
34	SAY IT TO ME	PET SHOP BOYS
35	WOLVES OF WINTER	BIFFY CLYRO
36	YOUNG DEATH	BURIAL
37	I AM A NIGHTMARE	BRAND NEW
38	LADY GYPSY	DAVID BRENT
39	THE SPOILS	MASSIVE ATTACK/HOPE SANDOVAL
40	SEX	1975