Vinyl sales up 77% in Australia: each label’s best sellers of 2013

This morning ARIA unveiled its 2013 wholesale figures. Amidst statistics that show digital sales have overtaken physical for the first time, and overall sales are down, sits the pleasing and not wholly unsurprising news that vinyl sales in 2013 were up 77% from 2012.

In light of this, the labels exclusively revealed to TMN their five top selling vinyl records during 2013. The lists threw up a mixture of new releases, and evergreen records – as well as a few surprises. Enjoy!

Inertia

1. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away

2. The National: Trouble Will Find Me

3. Rodriguez: Cold Fact

4. Queens Of The Stone Age: …Like Clockwork

5. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires Of the City

Universal Music

1. Lorde: Pure Heroine

2. Arctic Monkeys: AM

3. Eminem: Marshall Mathers LP2

4. The Beatles: On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2

5. Paul Kelly: Spring & Fall

Sony Music

1. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories

2. Michael Jackson: Thriller

3. Kings Of Leon: Mechanical Bull

4. Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience

5. David Bowie: The Next Day

MGM

1. Drones: I See Seaweed

2. Regurgitator: Unit

3. The Jezabels:  Prisoner

4. San Cisco:  Awkward/Golden Revolver

5. The Basics:  Leftovers

Warner Music

1. Various: Down Under Nuggets: Original Artyfacts

2. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

3. The Black Keys: El Camino

4. Ed Sheeran: +

5. Paramore: Paramore

Shock

1. Tumbleweed: Sounds From The Other Side

2. Charles Bradley: Victim Of Love

3. Balance and Composure: The Things We Think We’re Missing

4. Bloods: Golden Fang EP

5. Saskwatch: Hands 7″

EMI Music

1. The Beatles: Abbey Road

2. The Beatles: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

3. Birds Of Tokyo: March Fires

4. The Beatles: Revolver

5. Pink Floyd: The Wall 

Mushroom Group 

1. Chvrches: Recover EP

2. Chvrches: The Bones Of What You Believe

3. Violent Soho: Tinderbox

4. Cloud Control: Dream Cave

5. Lanie Lane: To The Horses