ABBA’s 2021 comeback was nothing short of a pop music miracle. And it paid off, with a U.K. No. 1 album in Voyage, their first set of new music in four decades.
Voyage snares another special honor: it was the best-selling vinyl album in the U.K. for 2021.
According to new market data published by the Official Charts Company, Voyage shifted over 40,000 units on wax since its release in November.
Following its release, Voyage bowed at No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart, with physical sales accounting for 90% of its first week tally. Of that sum, almost 30,000 units were vinyl, making it the fastest-selling release in that format this century, eclipsing the 24,500 first-week vinyl sales of Arctic Monkeys’ 2018 effort Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
Brits are, for the most part, ABBA-obsessed. The Swedish foursome’s greatest hits compilation Gold is the only album in history to log 1,000 weeks on the Official U.K. Albums Chart (it’s now up to 1,026 weeks, and counting). And prior to its release, Voyage set a new mark for its label with more than 80,000 pre-orders in just three days.
