The Official Vinyl Albums Chart is a weekly record chart in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the music industry. It lists the top 40 most popular albums in the vinyl format each week. The chart, along with the corresponding Official Vinyl Singles Chart, was launched on 6 April 2015 to coincide with Record Store Day, and was introduced in response to the major rise in popularity of vinyl records, both songs and albums; 2014 saw 1.3 million vinyl albums sold in the UK for the first time since 1995.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: "We're delighted to launch the UK's first Official Vinyl Albums and Official Vinyl Singles charts on OfficialCharts.com, to coincide with Record Store Day this coming weekend. With vinyl album sales up by almost 70% already this year, vinyl junkies could well have snapped up 2 million units by the end of this year – an extraordinary number, if you consider sales were one-tenth of that just six years ago. This growth underlines the continuing resurgence of this much-loved format, whether you're a fan of Arctic Monkeys, Noel Gallagher, Led Zeppelin or David Bowie."
On 12 April 2015, Future Hearts by All Time Low became the first number one on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.
Best-selling vinyl albums by year YearAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.2011RadioheadXL"The biggest selling vinyl albums of 2011 revealed". Official Charts.2012CoexistYoung Turks"The Top 10 biggest selling vinyl albums of 2012". Official Charts.2013AMArctic MonkeysDomino"The Official Top 10 Biggest Selling Vinyl Albums Of 2013". Official Charts.2014Pink FloydParlophone201525AdeleXL"Official Biggest Vinyl Singles and Albums of 2015 revealed". Official Charts.2016BlackstarRCA"The Official Top 40 biggest selling vinyl albums and singles of 2016". Official Charts.2017÷Asylum"The Official Top 40 biggest selling vinyl albums and singles of 2017". Official Charts.2018Tranquility Base Hotel & CasinoArctic MonkeysDomino"The Official Top 40 biggest vinyl albums and singles of 2018". Official Charts.2019Why Me? Why Not.Warner"The Official Top 40 biggest vinyl albums and singles of 2019". Official Charts.2020RumoursFleetwood MacWEA2021VoyageABBAPolar"The Official Top 40 best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2021".2022MidnightsEMI"The Official Top 40 Best-Selling Vinyl Albums and Singles of 2022".20231989 (Taylor's Version)EMI"The Official best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2023".2024EMI"The Official best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2024".2025EMI"The Official best-selling vinyl albums and singles of 2025".
See also List of Official Vinyl Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s List of Official Vinyl Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s List of Official Vinyl Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s List of Official Vinyl Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s
References
External links Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company