Top 40 biggest selling albums from UK’s indie record stores revealed!

To celebrate Record Store Day 2013, we reveal the Top 40 biggest selling albums from the UK’s independent record stores of the last 12 months. Mumford & Sons, David Bowie and Jack White make the Top 5!

To celebrate Record Store Day 2013, we reveal the Top 40 biggest selling albums from the UK’s independent record stores of the last 12 months.

Exactly one year ago this week, the Official Charts Company teamed up with Record Store Day to launch a brand new chart – the Official Record Store Chart, reflecting record sales through 100 of the UK’s coolest and most vibrant independent record shops.

On the eve of Record Store Day 2013, and to celebrate the chart’s first birthday, we can now unveil the Official Record Store Chart 2012-13 – the Top 20 biggest selling albums of the past year in the UK’s independent record shops.

Mumford & Sons, David Bowie and Jack White make the Top 5!

The Official Charts Company reveal Mumford & Sons’ Babel as the biggest selling artist album of the last 12 months in UK indie retailers.

Mumford & Sons found global success in 2012 as the band’s second album, Babel, hit Number 1 around the world including topping the UK’s Official Albums Chart and the US' Billboard Chart, amongst a string of other countries. Babel also became 2012’s fastest selling album on these shores after selling 159,000 copies in its opening week, according to Official Charts Company sales figures.

Babel takes the title of the biggest seller of the year on the Official Record Store Chart, ahead of Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events, which was 2012’s biggest seller across all retailers.

Jack White’s critically acclaimed Blunderbuss, The XX’s Coexist (2012’s biggest selling vinyl release) and Brit icon David Bowie’s The Next Day all rack up Top 5 placings on the best sellers list. See the Top 40 below...

Top Official 40 biggest selling albums from UK’s indie record stores 2012/13

1	BABEL	MUMFORD & SONS	GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/ISLAND
2	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE	VIRGIN
3	BLUNDERBUSS	JACK WHITE	XL RECORDINGS
4	COEXIST	XX	YOUNG TURKS
5	THE NEXT DAY	DAVID BOWIE	RCA
6	BOYS & GIRLS	ALABAMA SHAKES	ROUGH TRADE
7	AN AWESOME WAVE	ALT-J	INFECTIOUS MUSIC
8	JAKE BUGG	JAKE BUGG	MERCURY
9	PUSH THE SKY AWAY	NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS	BAD SEED
10	STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE	RICHARD HAWLEY	PARLOPHONE
11	COME OF AGE	VACCINES	COLUMBIA
12	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	POLYDOR
13	LONERISM	TAME IMPALA	MODULAR
14	EL CAMINO	BLACK KEYS	NONESUCH
15	TEMPEST	BOB DYLAN	COLUMBIA
16	CELEBRATION DAY	LED ZEPPELIN	ATLANTIC/RHINO/SWANSONG
17	21	ADELE	XL RECORDINGS
18	FALL TO GRACE	PALOMA FAITH	RCA
19	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME	OLLY MURS	EPIC
20	THE VERY BEST OF	NEIL DIAMOND	COLUMBIA
21	VISIONS	GRIMES	4AD
22	DJANGO DJANGO	DJANGO DJANGO	BECAUSE MUSIC
23	THE LION'S ROAR	FIRST AID KIT	WICHITA RECORDINGS
24	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION	SYCO MUSIC
25	EVERY KINGDOM	BEN HOWARD	ISLAND
26	BLOOM	BEACH HOUSE	BELLA UNION
27	THE 2ND LAW	MUSE	HELIUM 3/WARNER BROS
28	DON'T PANIC	ALL TIME LOW	HOPELESS
29	MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY	ROD STEWART	VERVE
30	PSYCHEDELIC PILL	NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE	WARNER BROS
31	180	PALMA VIOLETS	ROUGH TRADE
32	BATTLE BORN	KILLERS	VERTIGO
33	MAGIC OF THE MOVIES	ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR	DECCA
34	SIGH NO MORE	MUMFORD & SONS	GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/ISLAND
35	IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL	CRIBS	WICHITA RECORDINGS
36	UNAPOLOGETIC	RIHANNA	DEF JAM
37	+	ED SHEERAN	ASYLUM
38	TAKE THE CROWN	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	ISLAND
39	UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX	BRUNO MARS	ATLANTIC
40	SHIELDS	GRIZZLY BEAR	WARP

About the Official Record Store Chart

The Official Record Store Chart is published every Sunday at 7pm at www.officialcharts.com, reflecting the cutting edge music purchased through independent record stores the length and breadth of the UK.

Counting purely physical sales, the panel surveys record shops including London’s Rough Trade, Sister Ray, Phonica, Manchester’s Piccadilly Records, Rise Records, Banquet Records (Kingston), Crash Records (Leeds), Spillers (Cardiff), Coda (Edinburgh), Rise (Bristol), Reflex (Newcastle), Head and many, many more!

Heart Your Local Record Shop!

To celebrate the nation’s record retailers, the Official Chart Company has also launched a new campaign for Record Store Day 2013 – under the tagline, 'Heart Your Local Record Shop'. Badges and stickers are being distributed through a selection of the UK’s biggest independent record shops tomorrow.

A vinyl word...

In 2012, vinyl sales across the board surged by more than 15% to 389,000, with sales now at their highest level since 2004. Q1 of 2013 has seen a further increase year on year of 78%.

It is worth noting that independent record shops accounted for 3% of all artist albums sold physically in the UK in 2012, however these indie retailers contributed to a disproportionate 38% of all vinyl album sales!