Liam Gallagher performing at Rebel in Toronto (Lisa Mark / Live4ever)
Liam Gallagher has the new UK Vinyl Singles Chart number one with One Of Us, the latest from his forthcoming second solo album Why Me? Why Not.
Bastille, Blur, Girl Band and Taylor Swift complete the Top 5, while Idles’ latest piece of unmissable fury, Mercedes Marxist, is at #6. The Top 20 also includes a string of Arctic Monkeys’ past glories, including Fluorescent Adolescent and Black Treacle.
Reflecting the surge in popularity of the traditional format, dedicated vinyl album and singles charts were launched by the Official Charts Company in 2016 with the singles chart compiled from sales of 7″ and 12″ records.
UK Vinyl Singles Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) Liam Gallagher – One Of Us
2 – (new) Bastille – Quarter Past Midnight
3 – Blur – Girls And Boys
4 – (new) Girl Band – Going Norway
5 – (new) Taylor Swift – Tim McGraw
6 – Idles – Mercedes Marxist
7 – (new) Sleater-Kinney – Hurry On Home
8 – Slaves – One More Day Won’t Hurt
9 – (new) Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Cut To Black
10 – Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
11 – The Wedding Present – Jump In The Water’s Fine
12 – Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down
13 – Elbow – Dexter & Sinister
14 – Arctic Monkeys – Black Treacle
15 – Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
16 – Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
17 – Liam Gallagher – Shockwave
18 – David Bowie – DJ
19 – Thom Yorke – Not The News
20 – Idles – Danny Nedelko
