According to data tracking company Luminate, Noah Kahan, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, MF Doom and The Beatles The vinyl albums released by the Beatles were all among the best-selling albums on the 2024 Record Store Day (RSD) Black Friday.
The Independent Record Store Celebration, held the day after Thanksgiving (November 29), is a partner holiday that traditionally complements the major Record Store Day blowout held each April. Both occasions spurred the release of many unique, limited-edition music, much of it on vinyl, that could only be purchased at participating independent record stores. More than 150 titles are expected to be released during the 2024 RSD Black Friday celebrations.
Kahan holds the title of RSD’s best-selling Black Friday 2024, with his Tiger Eye Brown vinyl Town Hall (Stick Season collaboration). (See RSD’s full list of the top 25 best-selling albums of 2024 on Black Friday below.) The rest of the top five is filled out by Billie Eilish Hit me hard, hit me softly (solo)Olivia Rodrigo’s Courage (overflow) (red and purple double vinyl), MF Doomsday: 25th Anniversary (metallic silver with purple, metallic silver with green double vinyl) and The Spongebob Movie – Music from the Movie and More… (Clear with yellow and pink splattered vinyl).
RSD’s best-selling Black Friday 2024 single is The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand”/“I Saw Her Standing There” (7-inch vinyl). (Scroll down to see the top 10 best-selling singles.) Other top-selling singles include songs by Pearl Jam and Stevie Nicks.
The best-selling record store exclusive albums at US independent record stores on Black Friday 2024
Ranking, artist, titlee
1. Noah Kahan, Town Hall (Stick Season collaboration) (tiger eye brown vinyl)
2. Billie Ellish, Hit me hard, hit me softly (solo) (vinyl plastic)
3. Olivia Rodrigo, Courage (overflow) (Red and Purple Double Vinyl)
4.MF doomsday, Operation: 25th Anniversary of Doomsday (Metallic Silver with Purple, Metallic Silver with Green Dual Vinyl)
5.Original Soundtrack, The Spongebob Movie – Music from the Movie and More… (Clear with yellow and pink splattered vinyl)
6. U2, How to reassemble an atomic bomb (Black and Red Vinyl)
7. Kacey Musgraves, deep in the well (green vinyl)
8. Van Halen, Dallas Live Concert 1981 (red double vinyl)
9.The Ramones, Featured (red vinyl)
10. Grateful Dead, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT 5/5/77 (Four vinyl records)
11. door, live in detroit (Four vinyl records)
12. The Allman Brothers Band Manley Field House, Syracuse, New York, April 7, 1972 (Orange, Blue and Splash Triple Vinyl)
13 (tied). Rage against the machine, 2000 Democratic National Convention (Window Glass Clear Color 180 Gram Vinyl)
13 (tied). various artists, Jazz Pharmacy: Golden Hour (gold wave swirl colored vinyl)
15. The Rolling Stones, Get Yaya out (candy cane swirl colored vinyl)
16. Jimi Hendrix, Songs for Hipster Kids: Fillmore East Concert (Blue and Purple Swirl Color Vinyl)
17. Jerry Garcia, Electric Eel: August 29, 1987 (Orange Sunshine Vinyl)
18. The humble mouse, Baron Feng Nonsense hits the road again (vinyl plastic)
19. Joni Mitchell, Hegela Demos (180g black vinyl)
20. Helmets, Betty (light blue double vinyl)
21. Teddy swimming, I’ve tried everything except therapy (Part 1.5) (light blue vinyl)
22 (tied). Yes, vulnerable spending (vinyl plastic)
22 (tied). Birds/Buffalo Springfield, Monterey International Pop Music Festival Live Performance (opaque orchid and opaque sky blue double vinyl)
22 (tied). morphine, Side B and others (Lemonade Yellow and Black Marble Vinyl)
22 (tied). stone temple pilot, purple rarity (purple vinyl)
22 (tied). Tegan and Sara, So jealous (milky translucent double vinyl)
22 (tied). thieves company, The richest man in Babylon (Red and white double vinyl)
Source: Luminate, week ending December 5, 2024
The best-selling record store exclusive singles from US independent record stores on Black Friday 2024
Ranking, artist, title
1. The Beatles, I Want to Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There (7-inch vinyl record)
2. Pearl Jam, Waiting for Stevie (Live) / Wreckage (Live) (12-inch 45-RPM vinyl record)
3. Stevie Nicks, “The Lighthouse” (white 7-inch vinyl)
4. Bluey, Rug Island / Bluey Theme Tune (Picture CD 7-inch vinyl record)
5. The Beatles, My Beloved (3-inch Vinyl Record)
6. Echo & The Bunnymen, The Killing Moon (12-inch vinyl)
7. Jane’s Addiction, Redemption Is Imminent (12-inch Vinyl Record)
8. Steve Martin, “King Tut” (12-inch vinyl)
9. Sam Cooke, A Change Is Gonna Come / Shake (white iridescent 7-inch vinyl)
10. Jungle, Back On 74 (12-inch vinyl record)
Source: Luminate, week ending December 5, 2024
