Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd is the best-selling vinyl album so far this year

It might have an exceptionally long name – rivalling Yves Tumor’s Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) – and it also turns out, Lana’s latest album has had exceptionally long demand for copies of it on vinyl.

That’s because Lana’s album – which became her sixth UK Number 1 – surpassed Pink’s Trustfall in having the strongest first-week of sales for an album this year.

In doing so, Lana had her strongest opening week since her sophomore studio album Ultraviolence, released in 2014.

As well as strong streaming numbers, Did you know… also sold some 20,800 copies in vinyl as of the middle of this month (15 April), according to data from the Official Charts Company.

In second place so far is Gorillaz’ Cracker Island, which gave Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s cartoon creations their first UK Number 1 in 17 years.

Other notable aspects of the top-selling vinyl records so far this year include Pink Floyd’s appearance not once, but twice, with a live 1974 Wembley recording of the band’s seminal album The Dark Side Of The Moon featuring above the original record.

Courteneers’ current third-place position also came after the band set a new record for the time taken between an album’s release and it topping the charts – with 15 years between the two in this case.

Whilst a number of classics continue to feature on the list of best-selling vinyl – from Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, to Nirvana’s Nevermind – there’s a number of new releases making the cut.

In fact, 21 new releases feature in the current top crop of albums on vinyl, including Depeche Mode’s Memento Mori (9), Slowthai’s Ugly (12) and Sleaford Mods’ UK Grim (17).

Anyhow, here’s the current list of best-selling vinyl album so far this year.

What are the best-selling vinyl albums of 2023?

1. Did you know that there’s a tunnel… – Lana Del Rey
2. Cracker Island – Gorillaz
3. St Jude – Courteneers
4. The Dark Side Of The Moon (Live) – Pink Floyd
5. Midnights – Taylor Swift
6. This Is Why – Paramore
7. The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd
8. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
9. Memento Mori – Depeche Mode
10. Cuts & Bruises – Inhaler
11. Harry’s House – Harry Styles
12. Ugly – Slowthai
13. Songs Of Surrender – U2
14. What’s Rock and Roll? – The Reytons
15. From Nothing To A Little Bit More – The Lathums
16. AM – Arctic Monkeys
17. UK Grim – Sleaford Mods
18. Trustfall – Pink
19. Nevermind – Nirvana
20. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse