2011 Record Store Day Was the Biggest Yet

Their conclusions: 2011 is the most successful Record Store Day yet and independent record stores sold 13% more albums in 2011 vs. 2010 for the week of Record Store Day.

Album sales at independent record stores increased more than 39% over the prior week. Vinyl album sales increased more than 220% at independent record stores. Independent record stores sold nearly 84% of all Vinyl LPs last week.

The top selling vinyl album was Panda Bear's Tomboy, with 7,000 copies sold for the week.

Vinyl singles sold at a rate of over 13-times greater than the normal sales week.
Record Store Day sales doubled the entire year-to-date vinyl single total in just one week; sales of vinyl singles last week are nearly double last year's 2010 Record Store Day.

There were 27 new vinyl single releases that sold at least 500 copies.

"Brown Sugar"/The Rolling Stones is the best selling vinyl single released for Record Store Day, with 2,000 copies sold.

The Foo Fighters released Medium Rare � a 120 gram Record Store Day exclusive � which sold 2,000 copies. The Foo Fighters also had the best-selling album overall for the week, Wasting Light with 235,000 copies sold.