“We can dance and we can see the singles swing“
The Official Charts Company (OCC) in the UK announced the first ever Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 (12 April 2015 – 18 April 2015) on Sunday evening.
The chart is compiled by the OCC from the UK’s biggest vinyl singles of the week, based on sales of 7, 10 and 12 inch formats across a seven day period.
Bowie currently has three singles in the Top 40 (more than any other artist), with two of those in the Top 20.
#07 = Young Americans (Peak position #1, previous week #1, 8 weeks on chart)
#20 = Diamond Dogs (Peak position #1, previous week #20, 32 weeks on chart)
#39 = Rebel Rebel (Peak position #8, Re-entry, 33 weeks on chart)
All of the above are from the 40th anniversary series of limited edition picture discs. See this week’s full chart here.
Though the Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 wasn’t published until today, previous charts are available to view and last week’s chart (05 April 2015 – 11 April 2015) was even more impressive for Bowie, with 5 placings in the Top 40, four of which were previous #1s!
#01 = Young Americans (Peak position #1 – previous week #3)
#13 = Knock On Wood (Peak position #1 – previous week #23)
#20 = Diamond Dogs (Peak position #1 – Re-entry)
#25 = Life On Mars? (Peak position #4 – Re-entry)
#33 = Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (Peak position #1 – Re-entry)
See last week’s full chart here.