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Daft Punk's 2013 comeback album Random Access Memories has been revealed as the biggest selling vinyl release on Amazon of all time.
The French duo's fourth studio album has sold more vinyl copies than any other release in the retailer's 14 year trading history. Random Access Memories has now outsold Adele's record-breaking 21 as the biggest selling vinyl since 1999, as well as other big sellers by Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Arctic Monkets and Arcade Fire.
See Daft Punk's vinyl unboxing video for Random Access Memories below
The top twenty best-selling vinyl albums on Amazon of all time are as below:
1. Daft Punk, 'Random Access Memories'
2. Adele, '21'
3. Amy Winehouse, 'Back to Black'
4. David Bowie, 'The Next Day'
5. Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon'
6. David Bowie, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars'
7. Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not'
8. Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon (30th Anniversary Edition)'
9. Arcade Fire, 'The Suburbs'
10. The Beatles, 'Love Me Do (50th Anniversary Limited Edition 7” Single)'
11. Radiohead, 'In Rainbows'
12. Pink Floyd, 'Wish You Were Here'
13. Bon Iver, 'For Emma Forever Ago'
14. Radiohead, 'Ok Computer'
15. Micah P. Hinson, 'Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress…'
16. PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'
17. Kate Bush, '50 Words for Snow'
18. Alt-J, 'An Awesome Wave'
19. The White Stripes, 'Elephant'
20. The xx, 'xx'
Vinyl has seen a huge resurgence in popularity in the past 12 months, with 44% more records sold in the first half of 2013 in comparison to the same period in 2012 - particularly in rock releases.
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