James playing a joint bill with The Charlatans at Liverpool’s Echo Arena (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
James‘ track Better Than That – taken from the recent EP of the same name and which will feature on their forthcoming Living In Extraordinary Times album – is at number one on the UK Vinyl Singles Chart.
From there, Noel Gallagher singles dominate with It’s A Beautiful World still holding a high spot, while its follow-up She Taught Me How To Fly is a new entry at #12, and Holy Mountain and The Dying Of The Light re-enter at #11 and #20 respectively.
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) James – Better Than That
2 – (new) The Lovely Eggs – Big Sea
3 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – It’s A Beautiful World
4 – (new) Brian Jonestown Massacre – Hold That Thought
5 – Rammstein – Ich Tu Dir Weh
6 – Rammstein – Haifisch
7 – Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll
8 – (new) Maison Book Girl – Karma
9 – Morrissey – My Love I’d Do Anything For You
10 – Bicep – Opal
11 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Holy Mountain
12 – (new) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – She Taught Me How To Fly
13 – Wolf Alice – Space & Time
14 – Hookworms – Medicine Cabinet
15 – David Bowie – Let’s Dance
16 – Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass
17 – Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete The Kisses
18 – Courtney Barnett – Nameless Faceless
19 – Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – Right On
20 – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Dying Of The Light