Vinyl releases by Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Pearl Jam and others were among the top sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2024 in the United States, according to data tracking firm Luminate.
The independent record store's annual celebration took place on April 20 this year and featured a number of unique and limited edition albums and singles (mostly vinyl pressings) created for the holidays. More than 350 titles were released for RSD 2024 on independent record stores in the United States.
Kahan pulls double-duty with both the RSD single and the top-selling album, according to Luminate (see charts, below). The exclusive top-selling single was a joint effort by Kahan and Rodrigo: a two-song, 7-inch color vinyl. The single features Rodrigo's cover of Kahan's “Stick Season” and Kahan's cover of Rodrigo's “Lacy”, both recorded at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. The top-selling RSD exclusive was a blue vinyl of Kahan's 2021 sophomore album I was/I am.
The Nos. 2 through 5 best-selling exclusive RSD albums were: Paramore's; This Is Why / Re: This Is Why (double vinyl set, bone and ruby red vinyl), Pearl Jam's Dark matter (on fantastically colored yellow and black vinyl), Paramore's Re: This is the reason (on rose red vinyl) and Talking Heads' Live on WCOZ 77 (double vinyl). (Paramore was also the 2024 RSD Ambassador, following in the footsteps of recent past RSD Ambassadors such as Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (2023), Taylor Swift (2022), Fred Armisen (2021), Brandi Carlile (2020) and Pearl Jam (2019).
While most RSD 2024 titles had fairly limited pressings – under 5,000 each – a few titles this year gained longer production runs (such as I was/I am and the Kahan/Rodrigo single, which each had over 30,000 runs).
Record Store Day 2024 Top Selling Albums Exclusives at Independent Record Stores in the US
Rating, Artist, Title
1. Noah Kahan, I was/I am (vinyl in blue)
2. Paramore, This Is Why / Re: This Is Why (Standard + Remix) (double vinyl with bone and ruby red)
3. Pearl Jam, Dark matter (fantasy colored yellow and black vinyl)
4. Paramore, Re: This is the reason (ruby red vinyl)
5. Talking Heads, Live on WCOZ 77 (double vinyl)
6. In 1975, 1975 Live at Gorilla (double vinyl in white)
7. The Weeknd, Live at SoFi Stadium (triple vinyl)
8. ATEEZ, The World EP.Fin: Will [X. Ver.] (clear or black vinyl + 7 inch vinyl)
9. Fleetwood Mac Rumors (image vinyl record)
10. David Bowie, Waiting in the sky (Before Starman Came to Earth) (Vinyl)
11. Bullets, Nothing Happens (5th Anniversary Edition) (aqua splatter and aqual with white double vinyl in splatter color)
12. Young Thug, Jeffery (vinyl)
13. Group sleeping, Group sleep (double vinyl in gold color)
14. Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Fuck you (clear color double vinyl)
15. Ramones, In 1975 Sire Demos (vinyl)
16. Gorillaz, Cracker Island (Deluxe Vinyl Version) (double vinyl in pink and magenta)
17. Substitutions, Not Ready for Prime Time: Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986 (double vinyl)
18. Grateful Dead, Nightfall of Diamonds (Set of four 180 gram vinyl LPs)
19. Soundtrack, Lost in Translation (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack [Deluxe Edition]) (double vinyl)
20. The treatment, The top (image vinyl record)
21. Bill Evans, Everyone digs Bill Evans (180 grams of vinyl)
22. Lil Uzi Vert, Luv Is Rage (vinyl)
23. The doors, Live at the Konserthuset, Stockholm, 20 September 1968 (triple vinyl)
24. Various Artists, South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert (Towel-Triple vinyl in blue)
25. John Lennon, Mind Games EP (140 gram glow in the dark vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 25, 2024
Top Selling Record Store Day 2024 Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores in the US
Rating, Artist, Title
1. Olivia Rodrigo & Noah Kahan, Stick Season (Rodrigo) / Lacy (Kahan), Live from the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge (7″ color vinyl)
2. David Byrne & Paramore, Hard Times / Burning Down the House (12 inch vinyl)
3. U2, Atomic City (Live at Sphere, Las Vegas) / Atomic City (Mike WiLL Made-It Remix) (10 inch clear red vinyl)
4. 100 Gecs, Hey Big Man / Torture Me / Runaway (10 inch vinyl)
5. Daft Punk, Something About Us / Veridis Quo / Voyager (Dominique Torti's Wild Style Edit) (12 inch vinyl)
6. The Beatles, She Loves You (3 inch vinyl)
7. GBI, The Regulator (7 inch vinyl)
8. Lil Peep, Star Shopping / Star Shopping (Live in London) / Star Shopping (Live in Belgium) (7-inch vinyl)
9. Holly Humberstone/MUNA, Into Your Room (with MUNA) (7″ vinyl)
10. Chappell Roan, Pink Pony Club / Nude in Manhattan (Baby Pink 7″ Vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 25, 2024
