The vinyl singles were once the most important thing for the charts. But the record companies stopped releasing vinyl singles, because of the cd and afterwards because of the donwloads. Now there are also the streaming services that got in the game, so the whole thing has completely changed from physical to digital. The truth is that if somebody liked a song (back in the day), the first thing in mind was to go buy it (on 7 inch or look for the album) and have it on the record collection (you weren’t supposed only to be a dj to do this, everybody did!)
On the other hand the official vinyl chart in UK, started again a week ago having on the no.1 a tribute single to Frankie Knuckles, that Underworld and Heller & Farley made, called “Baby wants to ride”. Hoping to get those vinyl sales back on track again, time will tell if they succeed. Have a listen on the track here:
Check out the rest of the Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Vinyl Singles of the Millennium so far below:
| 1 | GROOVEJET (IF THIS AIN’T LOVE) | SPILLER |
| 2 | SILENCE | DELERIUM FT SARAH MCLACHLAN |
| 3 | IN DA CLUB | 50 CENT |
| 4 | OPERATION BLADE (BASS IN THE PLACE) | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| 5 | SANDSTORM | DARUDE |
| 6 | TOCA’S MIRACLE | FRAGMA |
| 7 | JUMP AROUND | HOUSE OF PAIN |
| 8 | TIME TO BURN | STORM |
| 9 | LONELINESS | TOMCRAFT |
| 10 | KERNKRAFT 400 | ZOMBIE NATION |
| 11 | GOTTA GET THRU THIS | DANIEL BEDINGFIELD |
| 12 | SET YOU FREE | N-TRANCE |
| 13 | RAPTURE | IIO |
| 14 | SATISFACTION | BENNY BENASSI PTS THE BIZ |
| 15 | CALL ON ME | ERIC PRYDZ |
| 16 | LK (CAROLINA CAROL BELA) | DJ MARKY & XRS |
| 17 | PITCHIN’ (IN EVERY DIRECTION) | HI-GATE |
| 18 | MYMYMY | ARMAND VAN HELDEN |
| 19 | RESURECTION | PPK |
| 20 | LOLA’S THEME | SHAPESHIFTERS |
| 21 | LAZY | X-PRESS 2 FT DAVID BYRNE |
| 22 | CASTLES IN THE SKY | IAN VAN DAHL |
| 23 | LUVSTRUCK | SOUTHSIDE SPINNERS |
| 24 | ONE MORE TIME | DAFT PUNK |
| 25 | ANOTHER CHANCE | ROGER SANCHEZ |
| 26 | MOVIN’ TOO FAST | ARTFUL DODGER & ROMINA JOHNSON |
| 27 | IT FEELS SO GOOD | SONIQUE |
| 28 | TOUCH ME | RUI DA SILVA FT CASSANDRA |
| 29 | SSSST (LISTEN) | JONAH |
| 30 | STAN | EMINEM |
| 31 | DOOMS NIGHT | AZZIDO DA BASS |
| 32 | PLAYED A LIVE (THE BONGO SONG) | SAFRI DUO |
| 33 | LOSE YOURSELF | EMINEM |
| 34 | A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION | ELVIS VS JXL |
| 35 | MAKE LUV | ROOM 5 FT OLIVER CHEATHAM |
| 36 | FLASHDANCE | DEEP DISH |
| 37 | ON THE BEACH | YORK |
| 38 | AMERICAN DREAM | JAKATTA |
| 39 | ADAGIO FOR STRINGS | TIESTO |
| 40 | THE NEXT EPISODE | DR DRE FT SNOOP DOGG |
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