David Bowie and his version of The Alabama Song has remained at number one on the UK Vinyl Singles Chart.
A quiet week for new entries does nevertheless include Andrew Weatherall’s Unknown Plunderer after the DJ and producer sadly passed away last month, while Noel Gallagher is back in the Top 20 with If Love Is The Law.
Aiming to acknowledge the last decade’s surge in vinyl sales, the Official Charts Company started dedicated vinyl album and singles charts in 2016, compiling this one from sales of 7″ and 12″ records.
UK Vinyl Singles Chart, Top 20:
1/ David Bowie – Alabama Song
2/ (new) Andrew Weatherall – Unknown Plunderer
3/ Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Sun
4/ Sports Team – The Races
5/ David Bowie – Silly Boy Blue
6/ Pet Shop Boys – Monkey Business
7/ (new) Primitives – Thru The Flowers
8/ A-Ha – Take On Me
9/ (new) Hudson Taylor – How I Know It’s Christmas
10/ Gerry Cinnamon – Dark Days
11/ T-Rex – Ride A White Swan
12/ ABBA – Does Your Mother Know?
13/ Squid – Savage
14/ (new) Tindersticks – See My Girls
15/ Gerry Cinnamon – Sun Queen
16/ Coldplay – Orphans
17/ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – If Love Is The Law
18/ Pet Shop Boys – Burning The Heather
19/ Jake Bugg – Kiss Like The Sun
20/ Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy