The Discogs Top 50 Best-Selling Records of April 2020

What are folks buying on Discogs?

Nujabes’ Modal Soul was No. 1 in March but got beat out by The Strokes’ new album in April. Other recent releases in the best-selling records of April 2020 include Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, The Chats’ High Risk Behaviour, Andrew Weatherall’s Pamela #1, Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud, Thundercat’s It Is What It Is, and the new(ish) Slow Rush from Tame Impala, which has been on the Discogs’ top-selling list since its release in February.

Unfortunately, we lost two amazing artists at the beginning of 2020 — Bill Withers on March 30 and John Prine on April 7 — which might explain the increase in sales of Prine’s Tree of Forgiveness, his final studio album, and Withers’ Just As I Am, Still Bill, and Live At Carnegie Hall reissues.

We also saw a spike in more classics, from David Bowie to The Smiths. And once again, Tracy Chapman’s self-titled album (who has been hanging out on this list for a while) makes an appearance at No. 46.

What are we listening to? After seeing its reissue in the Top 50, we dove into Buena Vista Social Club’s debut album, which helped popularize traditional Cuban music when it was first released in 1997.

Let us know what you’re spinning.

#1. The Strokes – The New Abnormal

LP, Album, Ltd, Red

#2. Nujabes – Modal Soul

2xLP, Album

#3. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.d City

2xLP, Album, Dlx, Gat

#4. Peggy Gou – Moment EP

12″, EP

#5. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

LP, Album, Ltd, Pin

#6. John Prine – The Tree Of Forgiveness

LP, Album

#7. C418 – Minecraft Volume Alpha

LP, Album, Ltd, Gre

#8. The Chats (2) – High Risk Behaviour

LP, Album, Ltd, Blu

#9. Bill Withers – Just As I Am

LP, Album, RE, RM, 180

#10. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

2xLP, Album, 180

#11. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club

2xLP, Album, RE, 180

#12. Andrew Weatherall – Pamela #1

12″

#13. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

LP, Album, RE, RM, R…

#14. Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You

LP, Album, RE, 180

#15. Oasis (2) – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

2xLP, Album, RE, RM

#16. Portishead – Dummy

LP, Album, RE, 180

#17. Alpha Wann – UMLA

2xLP, Album, Yel

#18. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92

2xLP, Album, RE, RM

#19. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon

LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat

#20. Unknown Artist – MYEDITS001

12″, S/Sided, Ltd, W/Lbl

#21. Tame Impala – The Slow Rush

LP, Red + LP, Blu + Album, Ltd, 180

#22. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud

LP, Album, Ltd, Cok

#23. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE

2xLP, Album, Promo, Unofficial, Ora

#24. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

LP, Album + 12″, EP

#25. Kokoroko – Kokoroko

12″, EP

#26. Amy Winehouse – The Collection

Box, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Num + 2xLP, Album, RE, Gat +

#27. Frank Ocean – Blond

2xLP, Album, Promo, Unofficial, Cle

#28. Bill Withers – Still Bill

LP, Album, RE, RM, 180

#29. Alice In Chains – MTV Unplugged

2xLP, Album, RE, RP, 180

#30. Alice In Chains – Dirt

LP, Album, RE, RM, 180

#31. Michael Jackson – Thriller

LP, Album, Gat

#32. Mac Miller – K.I.D.S. (Kickin Incredibly Dope Shit)

Kickin Incredibly Dope Shit

#33. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo

LP, Album

#34. William Onyeabor – Who Is William Onyeabor?

3xLP, Album, Comp

#35. Michael Jackson – Thriller

LP, Album, Pit

#36. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

2xLP, Album

#37. Jon Hassell – Vernal Equinox

LP, Album, RE, RM

#38. Thundercat – It Is What It Is

LP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Pic

#39. DJ Koze – Pick Up

12″, Single

#40. Bill Withers – Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall

2xLP, Album, Num, RE, RM, 180

#41. Locked Club – Russian Banya

12″, EP, W/Lbl

#42. Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross – Watchmen: Vol. 01 (Music From The HBO Series)

Music From The HBO Series

#43. Knxwledge – 1988

LP, Album, W/Lbl

#44. Various – Napoli Segreta Volume 1

LP, Comp

#45. Soul Capsule – Overcome

12″, RE

#46. Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman

LP, Album, Mat

#47. Nirvana – Nevermind

LP, Album, RE, 180

#48. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

LP, Album, RE, Gat

#49. Nu Guinea – Nuova Napoli

LP, Album, RP

#50. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RP, Red

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