Another month, another round of top-selling records — Discogs is back with a list of albums that were purchased the most in July 2020.
New to this month are Neil Young’s Homegrown, Phoebe Bridger’s Punisher, O.B.F.’s Signz, and Charlotte De Witte’s Return To Nowhere EP, which were all released in June. Khruangbin must be in heavy rotation for a lot of Discogs users. Not only is the new release one of the most popular 2020 albums so far, but the funk Houston trio’s records have been regularly appearing on Discogs lists this year. In July, tons of folks bought The Universe Smiles Upon You (2015), Con Todo El Mundo (2018), the Texas Sun EP with Leon Bridges (2020), and two different versions of Mordechai (2020).
And once again, Tracy Chapman (who has been hanging out on these rankings for a while) lands at No. 14.
From where we’re sitting, the most intriguing records that ranked this time around are two releases from MF Doom (aka Daniel Dumile). MM..Food is a 2018 reissue from Vinyl Me, Please that comes in green and white vinyl while Madvillainy, the collab between MF Doom and Madlib under the Madvillain, is a 2016 repressing. Our guess is that interest in MF Doom spiked after he appeared on Wilma Archer’s song “Last Sniff,” which can be found on the 2020 album A Western Circular. However, it’s still slightly baffling that MF Doom would pop in June seeing as how the record dropped in April.
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#50. MF Doom – MM..Food
LP, Gre + LP, Whi + Album, Club, RE
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#45. MF Doom And Madlib, Madvillain – Madvillainy
2xLP, Album, RP
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#45. Молчат Дома – Этажи (Etazhi)
LP, Album, Ltd, RP, S/Edition, Gre
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#45. Burzum – Filosofem
2xLP, Album, RE, Gat
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#45. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
2xLP, Album
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#45. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
LP, Album
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#44. Prince – The Rainbow Children
2xLP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, RE, Cry
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#41. Nujabes – Metaphorical Music
2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE
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#41. Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
LP, Album, Mat
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#41. Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
LP, Album, RE, RM, 180
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#39. Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You
LP, Album, RE, 180
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#39. Velv.93 – Slammerfluid
12″, EP
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#35. Various – Doing It In Lagos (Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria)
3xLP, Comp + 7″, Comp
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#35. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
LP, Album, RE, Gat
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#35. Portishead – Dummy
LP, Album, RE, 180
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#35. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
LP, Album, RE
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#34. O.B.F. – Signz
2xLP, Album
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#29. Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces Of A Man
LP, Album, RE, 180
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#29. Michael Jackson – Thriller
LP, Album, Gat
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#29. Justice – †
2xLP, Album, Gat
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#29. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – Reunions
LP, Album, Ltd, Ora
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#28. Amy Winehouse – The Collection
Box, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Num + 2xLP, Album, RE, Gat +
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#27. Молчат Дома = Молчат Дома – Этажи = Etazhi
LP, Album, RP
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#25. Absurd – Pure Darkness
7″, EP, Red
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#24. Lady Gaga – Chromatica
LP, Album, Pic
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#22. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
2xLP, Album, RE, RM, RP, 180
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#22. Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain
LP, Album, All
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#20. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
2xLP, Album, RE, 180
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#20. Four Tet – Sixteen Oceans
2xLP, Album
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#18. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
2xLP, Album, RE, S/Edition, Tea
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#16. Khruangbin – Mordechai
LP, Album, Ltd, Mer
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#16. Khruangbin – Mordechai
LP, Album, Ltd, Pin
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#15. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
LP, Album
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#13. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
2xLP, Album, RE, RM
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#13. Peggy Gou – Moment EP
12″, EP
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#12. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat
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#11. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
LP, Album, Ltd, Red
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#10. C418 – Minecraft Volume Alpha
LP, Album, Ltd, Gre
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#9. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.d City
2xLP, Album, Dlx, Gat
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#8. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RP, Red
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#6. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
LP, Album, RE, RM, RP, Stereo, 180
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#6. Liam Gallagher – MTV Unplugged
LP, Album, Ltd, S/Edition, Whi
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#4. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
2xLP, Album
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#4. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
2xLP, Album, 180
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#3. Plant43 – Mycology 2
12″, Red
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#2. Nujabes – Modal Soul
2xLP, Album, RE
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#1. Neil Young – Homegrown
LP, Album, Ltd

Twiggjameson, how about some more context? Or was your question just rhetorical. Looks like a mix of newer and older music in the list, but I’d guess given that records were most popular in the 70s/80s, it’s always going to skew towards older music.
WolfXCIX – the numbering is OK. They just duplicated the ties (e.g. two #4’s instead of 4-5,five #29’s instead of 29-33). There are 50 total.
What a joke. Is anyone buying new music anymore.
Might want to check the numbering on this list. There’s 5 #45, no #30-#34 and no #7.
How the hell is #27 (Молчат Дома – Этажи) and #25 (Absurd – Pure Darkness) here when you wankers blocked those from sale?