Record Store Day 2017 - Estes Foram Os Albums E Singes Mais Vendidos

These Are the Top-Selling Albums & Singles of Record Store Day 2017, As Vinyl Album Sales Surge 213%

The 10th installment of Record Store Day (April 22) continued to drive big sales of music at independent retailers, according to Nielsen Music. The company reports that in the tracking week ending April 27, album sales at indie stores increased 194 percent compared to the previous week -- the largest weekly gain in the retail sector in the history of Record Store Day.

The annual indie music retailer celebration traditionally offers a robust slate of exclusive and limited-edition vinyl albums and singles, generally only found at indie stores (and in limited quantities). Thus, it’s no surprise to see that vinyl album sales grew 213 percent to 547,000 sold (across all retailers, not just indies). That’s the biggest non-Christmas season week for vinyl albums since Nielsen began electronically tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991.

Specifically, at indie retailers, there were 409,000 vinyl albums sold in the week ending April 27 (up 484 percent).

The top-selling Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl album during the week was Grateful Dead’s P.N.E. Garden Auditorium… (see Top RSD Exclusive Albums chart, below). It was followed by The Doors’ Live at the Matrix and The Black Angels’ Deathsong at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

Record Store Day exclusives are not limited to vinyl albums, as there were a bevy of vinyl singles that were issued for the event. The top three sellers, according to Nielsen (see Top RSD Exclusive Singles chart, below), were U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town,” The Beatles’ “Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever” and Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive.”

Fast facts on Record Store Day 2017 sales & the top-selling RSD-exclusive titles: 

- Vinyl album sales grew 213 percent in the week ending April 27, rising to 547,000 sold. That’s the biggest week for vinyl album sales outside of the Christmas season since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991.

- Total album sales at indie retailers rose 193 percent (to 649,000), while vinyl album sales at indies grew 484 percent (to 409,000). Both increases are the largest weekly gains for the respective formats in the retail sector in Record Store Day’s 10-year history.

- In the week ending April 27, independent record stores’ overall album sales grew 1.4 percent as compared to the week ending April 21, 2016 (reflecting last year’s RSD on April 16, 2016). Sales grew from 640,000 to 649,000. In terms of just vinyl album sales, the format grew 3.8 percent -- rising from 383,000 to 409,000.

- The 649,000 albums sold at indie record stores during the week was the highest non-Christmas season sales week for the retail sector since 2006.

- Independent stores represented 31 percent of the total industry’s physical album sales for the week -- the sector’s highest weekly share ever -- up from 27 percent during RSD week of 2016. Prior to RSD 2017, indie record stores had accounted for 14 percent of all physical album sales in 2017.

- Vinyl 12” singles sales grew 4,350 percent to 89,000 for the week -- compared to just 2,000 in the week previous. Of the 89,000 vinyl 12-inch singles sold, nearly all of them (88,000) were sold at indie stores.

Top RSD Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores
Rank	Artist	Title
1	Grateful Dead	P.N.E. Garden Auditorium…
2	The Doors	Live at the Matrix
3	The Black Angels	Deathsong
4	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Live From Welcome to 1979 (EP)
5	The Cure	Greatest Hits
6	Santana	Woodstock: Saturday August 16, 1969
7	Stevie Nicks	Rarities
8	The Cure	Greatest Hits Acoustic
9	Rush	Cygnus X-1 (EP)
10	Various Artists	Really Rock 'Em Right: Sun Records…
11	David Bowie	Bowie: Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
12	Vangelis	Blade Runner (Soundtrack)
13	Fleetwood Mac	Alternate Mirage
14	David Bowie	Bowpromo
15	Dave Matthews Band	Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
16	Drive-By Truckers	Electric Lady Sessions
17	Elton John	11/17/70
18	The Head and the Heart	Stinson Beach Sessions
19	Sia	Spotify Sessions (EP)
20	Alice in Chains	Get Born 93/99 (EP)
Source: Nielsen Music, for the week ending April 27, 2017.

Top RSD Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores
Rank	Artist	Title
1	U2	Red Hill Mining Town (2017 Mix)
2	Beatles	Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
3	Pink Floyd	Interstellar Overdrive
4	Pearl Jam	State of Love and Trust
5	The Smiths	The Boy with the Thorn in his Side
6	John Williams	Main Title - Star Wars: A New Hope
7	Jimmy Page & Black Crowes	Misty Mountain Hop (Live at Jones Beach)
8	Prince	Little Red Corvette/1999
9	Patti Smith	Hey Joe
10	Prince	Partyman
11	Def Leppard	Ride Into the Sun (The Def Leppard EP)
12	The Lumineers	Angela (Song Seeds)
13	Jane's Addiction	Been Caught Stealing
14	Sharon Jones/E.L. Fields Gospel Wonders	Heaven Bound
15	Deee-Lite	Groove Is In the Heart
16	Frank Zappa	Rollo
17	The War on Drugs	Thinking of a Place
18	Spoon	Hot Thoughts
19	Prince	Sign 'O' the Times
20	Against Me!	Stabitha Christie
Source: Nielsen Music, for the week ending April 27, 2017.