Jack White's 'Blunderbuss' Is 2012's Top-Selling Vinyl LP

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The White album has surpassed Abbey Road.

Jack White's Blunderbuss LP was named the top-selling vinyl album of 2012, beating The Beatles' perennial vinyl top-seller, which had claimed the No. 1 spot for the past seven years.

The LP version of White's album, which was released on Third Man/Columbia, sold slightly more than 33,000 copies, according to Soundscan figures and an announcement from White's people yesterday morning.

Blunderbuss also is the bestselling new vinyl album (excluding reissues and archival releases like Abbey Road) since 2008, when Soundscan began tracking charts for new vinyl album sales again. In October, Billboard noted that 2012 vinyl sales, while representing only 1.5 percent of the market for new albums, were up 16.3 percent compared to 2011 figures.

Blunderbuss, which is up for three Grammy awards, including Album of the Year, also earned a place in several year-end Guitar World lists, including our top 50 studio albums of 2012.

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Damian Fanelli
Damian Fanelli
Editor-in-Chief, Guitar World

Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.