Every year is a good year for music — and 2023 was no different. So we’re bringing you a twist on our regular monthly roundup of the bestselling new releases at Paradise Found Records and Music (1646 Pearl St.) Below you’ll find the definitive ranking of the year’s top 10 albums based on sales data from the city’s last store dedicated exclusively to the sale of new and used vinyl.
1. Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
2. Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
3. Boygenius – The Record
4. Hozier – Unreal Unearth
5. Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
6. Mac Miller – NPR Tiny Desk Concert
7. Gregory Alan Isakov – Appaloosa Bones
8. Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
9. Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
10. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (Expanded Edition)
STAFF PICKS
Boulder Weekly’s favorite albums of the year
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure (Shay Castle, editor-in-chief)
Ratboys – The Window (Jezy J. Gray, arts and culture editor)
Skrillex – Quest for Fire (Kaylee Harter, reporter)
Hermanos Gutiérrez – El Bueno y El Malo (Will Matuska, reporter)
Colter Wall – Little Songs (Carter Ferryman, special projects manager)
