Paul McCartney has pushed up vinyl sales in the United States.
Fans of the former Beatles star flocked to grab the vinyl version of his new release, McCartney III, during the week before Christmas, sparking the best sales week for the format since modern records began in 1991 - over 1.8 million.
For the first time since 1986, vinyl outsold CDs over four weeks at the end of 2020.
McCartney III sold 32,000 units - the highest figure for any current release, and the third-largest for an album since 1991.
Meanwhile, the veteran rocker performed a celebratory dance and posted footage on social media after bagging his first U.S. number one in 31 years - McCartney III sits atop the new Billboard Top Albums Sales countdown. It s his first number one album in America since 1989 s Flowers In The Dirt.
44 shares That feeling when your album goes to Number One on the US @billboard Top Album Sales Chart! #McCartneyIII, he captioned the post.
The Billboard Top Albums Sales chart records the top selling albums of the week in the US based on pure sales alone.
Getting his groove on: In the clip, the legendary musician, 78, can be seen grooving about and waving his hands to the music
Good news: Paul s 18th studio effort, McCartney III, has entered the music chart at number one, marking his first album to top this chart since Flowers In The Dirt, which was released in 1989
September 2nd, 2013
After a week of deciphering his scribbled notes, digesting what he saw, and sweating out the booze, DiS’ editor ponders why this year’s Reading Festival felt a little different. Plus he shares his personal highlights and two favourite discoveries.
By 18:43 on Sunday, the fists that were once punching the air are beginning to suffer from a form of erectile dysfunction. The circle pits still rage but hearts are beginning to sink as the sun s shadow elongates. I’ve been here - quite literally,
right here, right now - thirteen times before, and those ‘end of summer’ thoughts never become any easier to drink away. Tomorrow, light green tent footprints, poorly bin-bagged detritus and the clank of stages being dismantled will be all that’s left of Reading 2013. A small tent-town will be packed up for another year. But at this very moment,
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