Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail

Top 10 Vinyl LPs of 2010: Beatles Beat Arcade Fire

image from www.teac.com Album sales may have declined by 13% in 2010, but the counterintuitive trend of vinyl resurgence persists. It's up by 14%. Course, one can't get too excited, because vinyl represents a less than 1% of total album sales. And, it's notable too that The Beatles nearly doubled the sales of Arcade Fire. The list:

1. The Beatles, Abbey Road (35,000)
2. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (18,800)

3. The Black Keys, Brothers (18,400)
4. Vampire Weekend, Contra (15,000)
5. Michael Jackson, Thriller (14,200)
6. The National, High Violet (13,600)
7. Beach House, Teen Dream (13,000)
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Valleys of Neptune (11,400)
9. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (10,600)
10. The xx, The xx (10,200)

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