Music

Abbey Road is the best-selling vinyl of 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

One of the things that will be remembered from this past year was that the Beatles agreed to sell their music through iTunes, and, in turn, made an insane amount of money.

But alongside all the digital sales, the vinyl comeback trend has been very useful to the fab four, as their eleventh studio album Abbey Road, the final album recorded by the band, was named the best-selling vinyl of 2010.

According to Nielson SoundScan, Abbey Road ranks ahead of a slew of newer albums like Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs and the Black Keys’ Brothers to claim top spot for the second year in a row. [Consequence of Sound]

Top 10 vinyl records of 2010:

01. The Beatles – Abbey Road
02. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
03. Black Keys – Brothers
04. Vampire Weekend – Contra
05. Michael Jackson – Thriller
06. National – High Violet
07. Beach House – Teen Dream
08. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Valleys of Neptune
09. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
10. The XX – XX