The Official best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2023 so far

The top sellers of the year on vinyl so far including Lana Del Rey, Niall Horan, Metallica and more

best-selling vinyl albums and vinyl singles of 2023

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd is the best-selling vinyl album of 2023 so far, Official Charts can confirm today.

The self-analytical ninth studio LP from the alt-pop icon, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. became Lana’s sixth UK Number 1 album earlier this year. To date, it’s sold 34,000 copies on vinyl. Upon its debut, Did you know… provided Lana with her strongest opening week in nearly a decade, since Ultraviolence in 2014. 

A brand-new showing in second place is Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), which extended Taylor’s record-setting run of 10 consecutive UK Number 1 albums. Still the only female artist to achieve this feat this century, Taylor is the female artist with the second-most Number 1 albums in UK chart history. Only Madonna, with 12 in total, has more. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) has now sold over 29,000 vinyl copies to date. 

Blur’s The Ballad of Darren earns the title of the third-biggest vinyl album of 2023 so far, while the Top 5 is completed by Lewis Capaldi’s Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent (4), which still boasts the biggest opening week of any album this year, and Kylie Minogue’s Tension (5) proving one to keep an eye on as it enters the vinyl best sellers list after just one week on sale.  

Also ranking in the Top 10 are Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ Council Skies (7) and the Gorillaz’s second Number 1 LP Cracker Island (9).  

Elsewhere, other 2023 Number 1 albums to make the list include Foo Fighters’ But Here We Are (11), Boygenius’s the record (12), Olivia Rodrigo’s recent chart-topper GUTS (13), Ed Sheeran’s – (21), Niall Horan’s The Show (22), Paramore’s This is Why (25) and Metallica’s 72 Seasons (28). 

Thanks to celebratory re-releases, several hit albums from yesteryear have returned to relevance, including Courteeners’ St Jude (16) which hit Number 1 for the first time ever last year, De La Soul’s 1989 debut 3 Feet High And Rising (18), David Bowie’s revelatory 1972 record The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust celebrating its 50th anniversary (30) and The 1975’s self-titled debut (35) one of the most quietly-influential albums in modern pop.

The Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl albums of 2023 so far

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER	LANA DEL REY
2	SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT
3	THE BALLAD OF DARREN	BLUR
4	BROKEN BY DESIRE TO BE HEAVENLY SENT	LEWIS CAPALDI
5	TENSION	KYLIE MINOGUE
6	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
7	COUNCIL SKIES	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
8	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT
9	CRACKER ISLAND	GORILLAZ
10	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	PINK FLOYD
11	BUT HERE WE ARE	FOO FIGHTERS
12	THE RECORD	BOYGENIUS
13	GUTS	OLIVIA RODRIGO
14	HARRY'S HOUSE	HARRY STYLES
15	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
16	ST JUDE	COURTEENERS
17	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - LIVE AT	PINK FLOYD
18	3 FEET HIGH AND RISING	DE LA SOUL
19	FOLKLORE - THE LONG POND STUDIO SESSIONS	TAYLOR SWIFT
20	THE SINGLES - ECHOES FROM THE EDGE OF	WHAM
21	-	ED SHEERAN
22	THE SHOW	NIALL HORAN
23	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
24	IN TIMES NEW ROMAN	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
25	THIS IS WHY	PARAMORE
26	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN
27	MEMENTO MORI	DEPECHE MODE
28	72 SEASONS	METALLICA
29	REPUTATION	TAYLOR SWIFT
30	THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST	DAVID BOWIE
31	HATFUL OF HOLLOW	SMITHS
32	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS
33	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT
34	CUTS & BRUISES	INHALER
35	THE 1975	1975
36	NEVERMIND	NIRVANA
37	WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M	ARCTIC MONKEYS
38	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
39	SONGS OF SURRENDER	U2
40	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT

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The Official Top 20 best-selling vinyl singles of 2023 so far

Experimental producer Aphex Twin claims the best-selling vinyl single of 2023 so far.  

Blackbox Life Recorder 21F was the first music Twin (real name Richard D James) released in half a decade, and his first to chart in the UK Top 100 since 1999.  

Anarchic icons Sex Pistols sink the remaining two places in the Top 3 with classic singles Anarchy In The UK (2) and Holidays In The Sun (3), following limited edition vinyl runs released earlier this year. 

Elsewhere, The Rolling Stones’ 2023 comeback tune Angry makes it to Number 4, the first single from their new record Hackney Diamonds. Angry came complete with a buzzy music video featuring Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney, and delivered The Stones their first Top 40 hit on the Official Singles Chart in 18 years. 

Brand new 2023 releases to also make the list include Niall Horan’s Heaven (10) and Meltdown (26), Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping vampire (13), Chase & Status, Bou, Flowdan, Irah, Trigga & Takura’s Top 10 smash Baddadan (26), Alison Goldfrapp & Claptone’s Digging Depper (23), Inhaler’s Valentine (24) and the Last Dinner Party’s Nothing Matters (35). 

The Official Top 20 best-selling vinyl singles of 2023 so far

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	BLACKBOX LIFE RECORDER 21F	APHEX TWIN
2	ANARCHY IN THE UK	SEX PISTOLS
3	HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN	SEX PISTOLS
4	ANGRY	ROLLING STONES
5	WILD GREY OCEAN	SAM FENDER
6	BREATHE	PRODIGY
7	THE VOID STARES BACK	ENTER SHIKARI & WARGASM
8	TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE	U2
9	THE PERFECT KISS	NEW ORDER
10	HEAVEN	NIALL HORAN
11	100 PERCENT ENDURANCE	YARD ACT
12	BLUE MONDAY	NEW ORDER
13	VAMPIRE	OLIVIA RODRIGO
14	OOH DO U FINK U R	SUGGS & PAUL WELLER
15	KISS THE GO-GOAT	GHOST
16	ROCKET FUEL	KASABIAN
17	NPR MUSIC TINY DESK CONCERT	MAC MILLER
18	THE TRENCH COAT MUSEUM	YARD ACT
19	BADDADAN	CHASE & STATUS/BOU/FLOWDAN
20	WROTE FOR LUCK	HAPPY MONDAYS