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According to the Nielsen Music Year-End Report U.S. 2016, 13.1 million vinyl albums were sold in 2016 (up from 11.88 million in 2015), representing 6.5% of total album sales.

Top 3 vinyl sales in each state. (Alaska and Wyoming excluded due to lack of data.)
Alabama:
1. Lateralus – Tool
2. Blurryface – Twenty One Pilots
3. Journey’s Greatest Hits – Journey
Arizona:
1. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
2. Endless River – Pink Floyd
3. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
Arkansas:
1. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
2. 21 – Adele
3. Opiate – Tool
California:
1. Nevermind – Nirvana
2. All Eyez on Me – 2Pac
3. Al Green's Greatest Hits – Al Green
Colorado:
1. Lateralus – Tool
2. Revolver – The Beatles
3. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
Connecticut:
1. AM – Article Monkeys
2. By The Way – Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Merry Christmas – Mariah Carey
Delaware:
1. What's Going On – Marvin Gaye
2. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
3. Band of Gypsys – Jimi Hendrix
District of Columbia:
1. Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest
2. Lemonade – Beyonce
3. Al Green’s Greatest Hits – Al Green
Florida:
1. A Night at the Opera – Queen
2. Queen – Queen
3. Parachutes – Coldplay
Georgia:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stone
2. Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
3. Al Green’s Greatest Hits – Al Green
Hawaii:
1. Legend – Bob Marley
2. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
3. My Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
Idaho:
1. Back in Black – AD/DC
2. Is This It? – The Strokes
3. Endless River – Pink Floyd
Illinois:
1. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
2. Endless River – Pink Floyd
3. College Dropout – Kanye West
Indiana:
1. Lazaretto – Jack White
2. White Album – The Beatles
3. Dirt – Alice in Chains
Iowa:
1. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
2. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
3. Endless River – Pink Floyd
Kansas:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. Thriller – Michael Jackson
3. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
Kentucky:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. Blue and Lonesome – Rolling Stones
3. Birth of The Cool Round About Midnight – Miles Davis
Louisiana:
1. Lazaretto – Jack White
2. Journey’s Greatest Hits – Journey
3. Bleach – Nirvana
Maine:
1. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
2. Blue and Lonesome – Rolling Stones
3. Anti – Rihanna
Maryland:
1. College Dropout – Kanye West
2. Illmatic – NAS
3. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
Massachusetts:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
3. Midnight Marauders – A Tribe Called Quest
Michigan:
1. Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
3. The White Album – The Beatles
Minnesota:
1. Purple Rain – Prince
2. AM – Artic Monkeys
3. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Mississippi:
1. AM – Artic Monkeys
2. Chronicle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
Missouri:
1. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
2. Death of a Bachelor – Panic at the Disco
3. Dirt – Alice in Chains
Montana:
1. AM – Artic Monkeys
2. Your Illusion – Guns n Roses
3. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Nebraska:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
3. College Dropout – Kanye West
Nevada:
1. Dirt – Alice in Chains
2. Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
3. Journey’s Greatest Hits – Journey
New Hampshire:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. AM – Artic Monkeys
3. Kill ‘em All – Metallica
New Jersey:
1. Ride the Lightning – Metallica
2. The Works – Queen
3. Kill 'em All – Metallica
New Mexico:
1. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
2. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
3. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
New York:
1. Revolver – The Beatles
2. A Love Supreme – John Coltrane
3. Illmatic – NAS
North Carolina:
1. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
2. Chronicle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Come Away with Me – Norah Jones
North Dakota:
1. Band of Gypsys – Jimi Hendrix
2. Ten – Pearl Jam
3. Hotel California – Eagles
Ohio:
1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
2. Vessel – Twenty One Pilots
3. Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum – Deathspell Omega
Oklahoma:
1. Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits -- Fleetwood Mac
2. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
3. Dirt – Alice in Chains
Oregon:
1. Innerspeaker – Tame Impala
2. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
3. Enter the Wu-Tang – Wu-Tang Clan
Pennsylvania:
1. Parachutes – Coldplay
2. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
3. The White Album – The Beatles
Rhode Island:
1. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
2. Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum – Deathspell Omega
3. College Dropout – Kanye West
South Carolina:
1. AM – Artic Monkeys
2. Innerspeaker – Tame Impala
3. Legend – Bob Marley
South Dakota:
1. Goats Head Soup – Rolling Stones
2. Band of Gypsys – Jimi Hendrix
3. Birth of Cool – Miles Davis
Tennessee:
1. Fas – Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum – Deathspell Omega
2. Journey’s Greatest Hits – Journey
3. Blue & Lonesome – Rolling Stones
Texas:
1. Parachutes – Coldplay
2. Anti – Rihanna
3. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Utah:
1. Thriller – Michael Jackson
2. Chronicle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Revolver – The Beatles
Vermont:
1. Dirt – Alice in Chains
2. My Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
3. Anti – Rihanna
Virginia:
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way
2. A Love Supreme – John Coltrane
3. A Night at the Opera – Queen
Washington:
1. Dirt – Alice in Chains
2. The White Album – The Beatles
3. The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest
West Virginia:
1. Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum – Deathspell Omega
2. Merry Christmas – Mariah Carey
3. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
Wisconsin:
1. Fas -- Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum – Deathspell Omega
2. Back in Black – AC/DC
3. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette