Vinyl releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and more were among the top-sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2025 in the United States, according to Luminate.
The yearly independent record store celebration was held on April 12 this year and offered an array of unique and limited-edition albums and singles (mostly vinyl pressings) issued for RSD. More than 300 titles were released for RSD 2025 at independent record stores across the U.S.
Post Malone had both the top-selling RSD 2025 album and single. His Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana, pressed on yellow-colored vinyl, was the top-seller among albums. The album was recorded in 2020 during a livestream that raised funds for The World Health Organization in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Joining Malone for the livestream were Travis Barker (drums), Nick Mack (guitar) and Brian Lee (bass). The RSD 2025 vinyl release is also a charitable affair, as, according to the RSD organization, 100% of net proceeds from the sale of the vinyl will be donated to MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.
Tribute to Nirvana also bows at No. 2 on the April 26-dated Top Album Sales chart, where half of the top 10 are RSD 2025 titles. (Bon Iver‘s new studio album SABLE, fABLE — not an RSD 2025 release — debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, scoring the artist his second leader.)
The Nos. 2-5 biggest selling RSD 2025-exclusive albums were: Gracie Abrams’ Live From Radio City Music Hall (double-vinyl set), Rage Against the Machine’s Live On Tour 1993 (double-vinyl set), Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double-vinyl set) and Charli xcx’s 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel (on apple-colored vinyl).
Meanwhile, in terms of the top-selling RSD 2025 singles, Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” featuring Malone (on 7-inch vinyl) was the biggest seller. The Nos. 2-5 selling RSD 2025 singles were Charli xcx’s “Guess,” featuring Billie Eilish (on 7-inch vinyl); The Killers and Bruce Springsteen’s three-song “Encore at the Garden” (on 12-inch vinyl); The Cure’s “Alone” (Four Tet Remix) (on 12-inch vinyl) and Eddie Vedder’s “Save It for Later” / “Room at the Top” (on ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl).
Malone also served as the RSD 2025 Ambassador, and earlier said in a statement upon his selection: “What an honor, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025. Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive.” Malone follows such recent RSD Ambassadors as Paramore (2024), Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (2023), Swift (2022), Fred Armisen (2021), Brandi Carlile (2020) and Pearl Jam (2019).
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2024 Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores in the U.S.
Rank, Artist, Title
1. Post Malone, Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana (yellow-colored vinyl)
2. Gracie Abrams, Live From Radio City Music Hall (double vinyl)
3. Rage Against the Machine, Live On Tour 1993 (double vinyl)
4. Laufey, A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double vinyl)
5. Charli xcx, Number 1 Angel (apple-colored vinyl)
6. Wallows, More (evergreen and white-colored vinyl)
7. Talking Heads, Live On Tour (double vinyl)
8. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (picture disc vinyl)
9. Gorillaz, Demon Days Live From the Apollo Theater (red-colored double vinyl)
10. The Doors, Strange Days 1967: A Work In Progress (translucent blue-colored vinyl)
11. The Replacements, Tim (transparent purple-colored double vinyl)
12. Grateful Dead, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76 (180-gram five vinyl set)
13. The Cure, The Head On the Door (picture-disc vinyl)
14. The Ramones, Loco Live (blue and red-colored double vinyl)
15. Soundtrack, The Virgin Suicides (25th Anniversary Edition) (blue-colored vinyl)
16. Queen, De Lane Lea Demos (vinyl)
17. Wu-Tang and Mathematics, Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection (180-gram double vinyl)
18. The Rolling Stones, Out of Our Heads (U.S.) (180-gram clear-colored vinyl)
19. Elton John, Live at the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper (180-gram vinyl)
20. David Bowie, Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03) (180-gram double vinyl)
21. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak (Alternate Version) (vinyl)
22. Judas Priest, Live in Atlanta ‘82 (red-colored double vinyl)
23. Young Thug, Barter 6 (silver-colored double vinyl)
24. Vince Guaraldi, Selections From ‘It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown’ (10-inch easter egg-shaped, colored vinyl)
25. Beabadoobee, Live and Acoustic In London (red slushie-colored vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2025 Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores in U.S.
Rank, Artist, Title
1. Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, Fortnight (7-inch vinyl)
2. Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish, Guess (7-inch vinyl)
3. The Killers & Bruce Springsteen, Encore at the Garden (Badlands / Dustland / Born to Run) (12-inch vinyl)
4. The Cure, Alone (Four Tet Remix) (12-inch vinyl)
5. Eddie Vedder, Save It for Later / Room at the Top (ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl)
6. David Gilmour With Romany Gilmour, Between Two Points (Vita Brevis/Between Two Points [Live From the Royal Albert Hall] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix Edit] / Between Two Points [Album Version]) (clear-colored 12-inch vinyl)
7. Waxahatchee, Much Ado About Nothing / Mud / Next to Me (7-inch vinyl)
8. Tom Waits, Get Behind the Mule (Spiritual) / Get Behind the Mule (7-inch vinyl)
9. Geddy Lee, The Lost Demos (Gone / I Am… You Are) (12-inch vinyl)
10. George Harrison, Be Here Now / Beck, Be Here Now (12-inch vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
