Taylor Swift performs live at the O2 Arena in London (Photo: Alex Elms for Live4ever Media)
Taylor Swift quickly followed up Folklore in December with Evermore.
The first of two 2020 studio albums from Taylor Swift is in turn the first top the UK Record Store Chart in the new year.
Folklore leads an obviously quiet week for new releases, with acclaimed 2020 albums from the likes of Laura Marling, Phoebe Bridgers and Working Men’s Club still proving popular, while the more recent McCartney III from Paul McCartney is at #11.
It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Taylor Swift – Folklore
2/ (new) Knuckle Puck – Shapeshifter
3/ Harry Styles – Fine Line
4/ TLC – Crazysexycool
5/ Arctic Monkeys – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
6/ Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
7/ Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
8/ Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
9/ Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
10/ (new) Yellowcard – Yellowcard
11/ Paul McCartney – McCartney III
12/ Working Men’s Club – Working Men’s Club
13/ Rina Sawayama – Sawayama
14/ (new) Moose Blood – I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore
15/ Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death
16/ The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You
17/ NWA – Straight Outta Compton
18/ (new) WSTR – Identity Crisis
19/ Portishead – Dummy
20/ Idles – Ultra Mono
