Yesterday (Jan. 4), Billboard revealed the top 10 most-collected albums from Discogs in 2017 in the rock, indie rock, pop, hardcore and punk genres, with Queens of the Stone Age, Gorillaz and The National leading the way. Today, Billboard is revealing another five genre charts from the online vinyl-lovers’ music hub: hip-hop, folk/country, electronic, techno and experimental.
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Leading the way for the hip-hop genre is Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN., at 7,148, the second-most-collected album among all 10 genres behind QOTSA’s Villains. Father John Misty‘s Pure Comedy, released in April, topped the folk/country sales chart with 3,299 copies, while Alt-J‘s Relaxer (1,996 copies) topped experimental, Kettenkarussell’s Insecurity Guard (1,039 copies) led the techno tally and Gorillaz’s Humanz doubled up atop electronic albums with 5,776 sales.
Check out the top 10 most-collected albums of the year in each of the five genres below, and check here for yesterday’s story surrounding the rock and pop genres. (Some albums may repeat or have differing metrics due to multiple or varied genre tags within the Discogs system.)
Hip-Hop
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. (7,148)
Gorillaz, Humanz (5,776)
Thundercat, Drunk (3,199)
The Weeknd, Starboy (1,927)
Tyler, the Creator, Scum Fuck Flower Boy (1,502)
Sleaford Mods, English Tapas (1,248)
The Notorious B.I.G., Born Again (1,164)
Prophets Of Rage, Prophets Of Rage (1,079)
Joey Bada$$, All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ (904)
Vince Staples, Big Fish Theory (656)
Folk/World/Country
Father John Misty, Pure Comedy (3,299)
Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up (2,745)
Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice (2,205)
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound (2,108)
Neil Young, Hitchhiker (1,418)
Margo Price, Live 2016 (1,288)
Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 (1,277)
Julien Baker, Turn Out The Lights (1,256)
Bob Dylan, Triplicate (1,168)
Various, Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992 (1,032)
Electronic
Gorillaz, Humanz (5,776)
Depeche Mode, Spirit (3,764)
LCD Soundsystem, American Dream (3,566)
Bonobo, Migration (3,261)
Beck, Colors (3,136)
The xx, I See You (2,442)
Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile: Deviations 1 (2,015)
The Weeknd, Starboy (1,927)
Various, Welcome To Paradise Vol. II: Italian Dream House 89-93 (1,857)
Various, Twin Peaks: Music From The Limited Event Series (1,845)
Techno
Kettenkarussell, Insecurity Guard (1,039)
Objekt, Objekt #4 (825)
Actress, AZD (774)
Blanck Mass, World Eater (760)
Four Tet, New Energy (704)
Kraftwerk, 3-D: The Catalogue (689)
PLO Man, Powerline (598)
Dopplereffekt, Cellular Automata (576)
Depeche Mode, Going Backwards [Remixes] (539)
Tzusing, ???? (534)
Experimental
Alt-J, Relaxer (1,996)
Björk, Utopia (1,317)
Kraftwerk, 3-D: The Catalogue (1,115)
Various, Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992 (1,032)
Can, The Singles (941)
David Bowie, A New Career In A New Town [1977-1982] (868)
Ulver, The Assassination Of Julius Caesar (788)
Forest Swords, Compassion (760)
Burial, Subtemple (711)
Xiu Xiu, Forget (701)
