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These Were The 10 Bestselling Albums And Singles On Record Store Day 2017

This year, Record Store Day turned 10 years old, and the annual event celebrated by recruiting some of the biggest names in the business to release special editions, live recordings and previously unheard collections, as is the case every time one of the music industry's favorite days rolls around again.

When compared with last year, the 10th edition of Record Store Day was another triumph, with sales on the rise in most categories. According to data compiled and shared by BuzzAngle Music, total album sales in independent record shops on April 22 (the date Record Store Day took place this year) were up 6% from 2016. When looking at specifically vinyl album sales, that number swells to a 14% rise. It seems the public is no longer as interested in vinyl singles as they once were, as sales of that format were down 3% from the year before.

When Record Store Day sales numbers (which the organization doesn’t release to the public) are compared to the weekend prior, when there is no special promotion taking place, it is clear how effective the event truly is. Vinyl album sales on April 22 at indie stores rose just over 2,600% from the weekend before, while total album sales (including CDs) at small record shops were up 1,274%.

BuzzAngle also ranked the bestselling albums and singles on that day, and while many new artists do release their material on vinyl these days, the biggest names from decades past still performed the best, with rabid fans snapping up special items while they were still available.

These were the top 10 bestselling albums in independent record stores on Record Store Day 2017:

1. Grateful Dead - N.E. Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7/29/66

2. David Bowie - Cracked Actor

3. The Doors - Live At The Matrix ’67

4. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Live From Welcome To 1979

5. The Cure - Greatest Hits Acoustic

6. The Cure - Greatest Hits

7. Sublime - Badfish

8. Stevie Nicks - Rarities

9. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Lime and Limpid

10. The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again

These were the top 10 bestselling singles in independent record stores on Record Store Day 2017:

1. The Beatles - “Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane”

2. John Williams - “Star Wars: A New Hope”

3. U2 - “Red Hill Mining Town”

4. Pearl Jam - “State of Love and Trust / Breath”

5. Pink Floyd - “Interstellar Overdrive”

6. Prince - “Little Red Corvette / 1999”

7. The Smiths - “Boy With The Thorn In His Side”

8. Alice In Chains - “What The Hell Have I b/w Get Born Again”

9. Rush - “Cygnus X-1”

10. Def Leppard - Def Leppard EP



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