It was a "record" breaking year for vinyl sales in the UK. Or at least the highest it's been since 1997 when 817,000 records were sold, The Telegraph reports. Data from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Official Charts Company show 780,000 vinyl albums were sold.
We reported this rising sales prediction back in October. Now, the numbers are out: Sales are officially up 101 percent since 2012.
Topping the sales was Arctic Monkeys' AM and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories. The Next Day by David Bowie followed behind.
In terms of a non-vinyl album, One Direction's Midnight Memories topped the charts with 685,000 albums sold in just six weeks.
One Direction's response: "This tops an amazing year for us! We're so excited to have the biggest selling album in the UK this year, especially with a record we are all so proud of. We'd like to thank everyone who has bought the album, it really means a lot to us."
Like Adele in 2011, One Direction had the highest selling non-compilation album. (Speaking of Adele, the music world is anxious to see what she will put out in 2014.)
As far as highest album sales across all formats, the winner was Now That's What I Call Music 86. It sold 1.1 million copies.
Digital album sales rose 6.8 percent, as well as digital streaming sites such as Deezer. Bad Blood by Bastille was the best digital album. CD sales are slumping, however.
Chris Maples, Spotify VP of Europe said:
"2013 has been another brilliant year for British music, and for British music fans, who today are enjoying listening to more music from more artists than ever before. We have seen a number of great new British artists break through this year on Spotify, such as Bastille, who were a huge viral success with our users from very early on, as well as seeing huge success from more established British acts such as One Direction.
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