Every month, we take a closer look at the best-selling records on Discogs. The following ranking is determined by how many purchases were made in the Marketplace in October.
For the first time in a while, we have the same album at No. 1 for two months running. This live Billie Eilish recording, originally a Third Man in-store exclusive, was re-released as part of the first Record Store Day 2020 drop in August.
But this isn’t the only RSD 2020 release on the top-selling list for October — by far. In fact, everything in the top 50 is a Record Store Day exclusive except for American Head, the new album from The Flaming Lips. And some of these are CDs!
Honestly, we’re not surprised. RSD 2020 was huge for record shops and collectors, and not just because it was spread out into three socially distanced events. Orders and vinyl purchases on Discogs were way up over the past year. In total, there were 177,794 orders (a 314% increase from 2019) and 227,473 vinyl purchase (a 325% increase) during RSD 2020. We’re slightly surprised that most of the releases below were from the August drop, which means that we can expect to see even more in the November and December versions of this list (especially since there is a fourth and final RSD drop scheduled for Black Friday in the U.S.)
Regular visitors to our best-selling breakdown will be interested to learn that Tracy Chapman has not reappeared since August. Her 1988 self-titled LP usually appears on this monthly list due to the fact that it hasn’t been pressed on vinyl since 1990. That’s two months now where Chapman has not been seen, as we previously explained when we first witnessed this phenomenon. Will she ever return?
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#50. June Of 44 – Tropics And Meridians
LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Tur
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#49. Tyler, The Creator – Cherry Bomb Instrumentals
2xLP, Album, Ltd, Pin
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#48. Black Sabbath – Evil Woman / Wicked World / Paranoid / The Wizard
2×7″, Ltd, Pic, RM
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#47. Britney Spears – Oops!…I Did It Again (Remixes And B-Sides)
LP, Comp, Ltd, Blu
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#46. June Of 44 – Engine Takes To The Water
LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Tur
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#42. Mac Demarco – Other Here Comes The Cowboy Demos
LP, Ltd, Pur
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#42. Primus – Suck On This
LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Blu
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#42. The The – I Want 2 B U
7″, Single, Ltd
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#42. The Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Red
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#40. The Weeknd – My Dear Melancholy,
12″, S/Sided, EP, Etch, Ltd, 180
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#40. Paul McCartney – McCartney
LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Gat
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#39. Daft Punk – TRON: Legacy (Vinyl Edition Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu
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#37. Kevin Morby – Oh Mon Dieu: Live à Paris
2xLP, Album, Red
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#37. The Doors – The Soft Parade / Stripped
LP, Ltd, Num, Cle
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#36. The Flaming Lips – American Head
2xLP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Tri
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#34. The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
LP, Album, Ltd, Pic, RE, RM
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#33. Alphaville – Sounds Like A Melody
12″, Maxi, Ltd, Yel
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#32. Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
7″, Shape, Single, Ltd, Pic, RE
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#31. John Lennon – Instant Karma!
7″, Single, RE
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#30. Pale Saints – Mrs. Dolphin
LP, Comp, Ltd, RE, Gre
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#28. The Black Keys – Let’s Rock
2xLP, Dlx, Ltd, Num, 180
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#28. Slint – Breadcrumb Trail / Good Morning, Captain
12″, EP, Ltd, W/Lbl, Cle
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#27. The Pogues – BBC Sessions 1984-1985
LP, Album
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#26. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
LP, Album, RE, Cle
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#25. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Creepin On Ah Come Up
12″, EP, Ltd, Num, RE, Spl
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#24. Bastille – All This Bad Blood
2xLP, Album, RE
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#23. The Cure – Bloodflowers
2xLP, Album, Ltd, Pic, RE
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#22. Brian Eno – Rams – Original Soundtrack Album
LP, Album, Whi
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#21. The Who – Odds & Sods
Album, Ltd, RE + LP, Red + LP, Yel
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#20. The Weeknd – My Dear Melancholy,
12″, S/Sided, EP, Etch, Ltd, 180
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#19. Elton John – Elton John
2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Gat
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#18. Denzel Curry – Bulls On Parade
7″, Comp, Ltd
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#16. Inhaler – We Have To Move On / Ice Cream Sundae
7″, Single, RSD
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#15. The Black Crowes – Lions
2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Pin
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#14. Tyler, The Creator – Cherry Bomb
2xLP, Album, Ltd, Red
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#13. Tyler, The Creator – Cherry Bomb
2xLP, Album, Ltd, Red
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#12. Charli XCX – Vroom Vroom EP
12″, EP, Ltd, RE, Cle
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#11. Fleetwood Mac – The Alternate Rumours
LP, Album, Ltd, RM
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#10. Robyn – Robyn
2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Red
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#9. David Bowie – Changesnowbowie
CD, Album
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#8. The Cure – Bloodflowers
2xLP, Album, Ltd, Pic, RE, RM, RSD
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#7. Gorillaz – D-Sides
3xLP, Comp, Ltd, RM, 180
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#6. U2 – 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
12″, Single, Ltd, RE, Blu
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#5. Gorillaz – G Sides
LP, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, 180
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#3. David Bowie – Changesnowbowie
LP, Album, Ltd
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#1. Billie Eilish – Live At Third Man Records
LP, Album, Ltd, RP, Blu

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