Arctic Monkeys have another week at #1 on UK Record Store Chart with The Car


Arctic Monkeys by Zackery Michael

Arctic Monkeys by Zackery Michael

Arctic Monkeys were one of the UK’s biggest selling artists on vinyl last year.

Arctic Monkeys are at number one on the UK Record Store Chart for another week with their 2022 album The Car.

Elsewhere, Pulp are back in the charts with their Britpop classic Different Class, while Wet Leg’s self-titled debut album continues to go strong as it at #3 this week.




It was in 2012 when The Official Charts Company began reflecting the surge in vinyl sales around the UK by compiling the UK Record Store Chart from general sales figures collected at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1/ Arctic Monkeys – The Car
2/ (new) Pulp – Different Class
3/ Wet Leg – Wet Leg
4/ Ben Howard – Collections From The Whiteout
5/ Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
6/ Ezra Collective – Where I’m Meant To Be
7/ Taylor Swift – Midnights
8/ Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
9/ Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
10/ Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
11/ Yard Act – The Overload
12/ The Specials – Protest Songs 1924-2012
13/ Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes
14/ Arctic Monkeys – AM
15/ Radiohead – OK Computer
16/ The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention
17/ (new) Horrible Crowes – Elsie
18/ Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
19/ Oasis – Be Here Now
20/ Childish Gambino – Kauai


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