JIMI HENDRIX, METALLICA Among Top Selling Vinyl Artists In The US
January 7, 2011, 13 years ago
JIMI HENDRIX and METALLICA have made Nielsen SoundScan's 2010 list of top 10-selling vinyl artists. The top ten is as follows:
1. THE BEATLES (36,700)
2. THE BLACK KEYS (36,000)
3. RADIOHEAD (30,500)
4. ARCADE FIRE (28,600)
5. JIMI HENDRIX (26,400)
6. NATIONAL (24,600)
7. PAVEMENT (24,200)
8. VAMPIRE WEEKEND (21,900)
9. METALLICA (20,000)
10. BOB DYLAN (17,000).
The top 10 selling vinyl albums of 2010:
1. Abbey Road, The Beatles (35,000)
2. Suburbs, Arcade Fire (18,800)
3. Black Keys, Brothers (18,400)
4. Contra, Vampire Weekend (15,000)
5. Thriller, Michael Jackson (14,200)
6. High Violet, National (13,600)
7. Teen Dream, Beach House (13,000)
8. Valleys of Nepture, Jimi Hendrix Experience (11,400)
9. Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd (10,600)
10. XX, The XX (10,200).
The Beatles rank second on the top 10 selling artists from 1991 to January 2, 2011, placing second with 62,066,000 units sold to GARTH BROOKS with 68,513,000. Metallica's Metallica is the top selling album in the same period with 15,620,000.
