2020 also saw another record set on the site: the most expensive record ever sold. That distinction goes to Scaramanga Silk’s Choose Your Weapon, which went for just north of $41,000 in December 2020. Mourning Phase’s 1971 self-titled vinyl test pressing sold for $10,976 to come in at No. 2 for the year, while the original 1967 seven-inch of Ray Agee’s “Hard Lovin’ Woman / I’m Losing Again” was the third-highest price paid, at $6,713.
Overall in 2020, a Record Store Day re-pressing of Billie Eilish’s live set from Third Man Records was No. 1, followed by a Japanese reissue of Nujabes’ 2005 album Modal Soul, a 2016 180-gram vinyl release of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Peggy Gou’s Moment EP. Meanwhile, the most-collected masters of the year — albums added to most users’ collections regardless of format — were classics from the 1960s and 1970s: in order, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Floyd’s Wish You Were Here.
For more data, including the best-selling albums by genre — the most popular being rock, pop, electronic, jazz and funk/soul — check out the Discogs site here.
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