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# Vinyl Album Sales Hit All-Time High Thanks To Record Store Day Black Friday Sale
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/vinyl-album-sales-hit-all-time-high-thanks-to-record-store-day-black-friday-sale/
- Published: 2020-12-09T14:01:40.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-09T14:01:41.000Z
- Description: Record Store Day’s Black Friday, November 27th sale pushed vinyl album sales to its biggest week ever according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data dating back to 1991. In the week of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/12/vinyl-album-sales-hit-all-time-high-thanks-to-record-store-day-blac
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, vinyl, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

Record Store Day’s Black Friday, November 27th sale pushed vinyl album sales to its biggest week ever according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data dating back to 1991.

In the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 1.253 million vinyl albums sold, a jump of 56%)

It’s also only the second time that weekly vinyl album sales topped 1 million. The last time was 1.243 million sold in the week ending Dec. 26, 2019.

![Vintage vinyl record collection organized in a wooden crate with record labels like "Talking Heads" and "Tame Impala" visible, perfect for music enthusiasts and collectors.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/spcdn-shortpixel-ai/spio/ret_img-q_cdnize/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vinyl-records-945396_19201.jpg)

The Top 5 in vinyl album sales according to [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9496488/finneas-another-year-tonight-show/?ref=hypebot.com):

“The top-selling vinyl album in the week ending Dec. 3 was Harry Styles’ Fine Line, with 15,000 copies sold (up 12%); it rises 2-1 on the latest Vinyl Albums chart (dated Dec. 12). Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to the A Charlie Brown Christmas TV special was the No. 2 vinyl seller of the week (rising 5-2 with 11,000; up 37%) while Queen’s Greatest Hits was the No. 3 biggest-selling LP of the week (up 4-3 with just under 11,000; up 26%). Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (6-4 with 10,000; up 70%) and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (1-5 with just under 10,000; down 36%) round out the top five.”