Record Store Day: The Official biggest albums in record shops each year 2012-2021

Mumford & Sons' second studio album, Babel, was the biggest selling album of 2012 in independent record shops.

Arctic Monkeys' fifth studio album, AM, shifted the most copies in independent record stores in 2013.

Ed's first album on this list, X was independent record shops' biggest-selling album of 2014.

Adele's 25 reigns as 2015's biggest-selling album in independent record shops.

David Bowie's 26th, and final, studio album Blackstar proved 2016's biggest-seller in independent record shops. Bowie passed away in January 2016.

Not content with claiming 2014's biggest-seller in independent record stores, Divide managed the same feat in 2017.

Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, proved the best seller of 2018 in independent record stores.

Foals claimed 2019's biggest-seller in the UK's independent record retailers with Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1.

Ultra Mono, the third studio record from Idles, shifted the most physical copies in independent record shops in 2020.

Wolf Alice's third studio album was 2021's biggest-seller in the independents.