Paradoksalnie – święto, którego celem jest ratowanie niezależnych sklepów muzycznych najlepiej służy wielkim koncernom medialnym, umiejętnie wykorzystującym wzmożone zainteresowanie winylami. W tym roku w USA na czele listy przebojów RDS 2016 znalazła się pozycja będąca symbolem komercji – to wydany przez Walt Disney Records analog z muzyką Johna Williamsa do „Gwiezdnych wojen”. Pierwszą dziesiątkę albumów i singli wręcz zdominowały produkcje mejdżersów. W praktyce to oznacza, że przez cały następny rok będzie się głośno trąbiło o sukcesie RDS i renesansie winyli w rytm kolejnych umierających po cichu saloników płytowych.
Top 25 Albums Chart – Record Store Day 2016
| Rank | Title | Artist | Label |
| 1 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens “March of the Resistance” | Various Artists | Walt Disney Records |
| 2 | Jah Won’t Pay The Bills | Sublime | Interscope |
| 3 | Hoist | Phish | Jemp Records |
| 4 | I Dig Everything – The Pye Singles 1966 | David Bowie | BMG/Sanctuary |
| 5 | Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Metallica! – Live at Le Bataclan. Paris, France – June 11th, 2003 | Metallica | Blackened Recordings |
| 6 | Like A Virgin & Other Hits | Madonna | Rhino/Warner Bros |
| 7 | A Sailor’s Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Atlantic Records |
| 8 | The Diary | J Dilla | Pay Jay |
| 9 | Kiss My Amps II | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Warner Bros/Reprise |
| 10 | B-Sides and Rarities | Deftones | Warner Bros/Reprise |
| 11 | At Last | Etta James | Jackpot Records |
| 12 | Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ 4/25/77 | Grateful Dead | Rhino Records |
| 13 | Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | Rhino Records |
| 14 | The Man Who Sold the World | David Bowie | Rhino Records |
| 15 | Smash Hits | Jimi Hendrix | Legacy |
| 16 | Live at the Aquarius: The First Performance | The Doors | Rhino Records |
| 17 | The Complete John Peel Sessions BBC | The White Stripes | Third Man Records |
| 18 | The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show | Johnny Cash | Legacy |
| 19 | Tusk | Fleetwood Mac | Rhino Records |
| 20 | Begin to Hope | Regina Spektor | Warner Bros/Sire |
| 21 | Another One | Mac Demarco | Captured Tracks |
| 22 | Disney Favorite Songs | Various Artists | Walt Disney Records |
| 23 | Live At Easy Street | The Sonics | ReVox |
| 24 | Soviet Kitsch | Regina Spektor | Warner Bros/Sire |
| 25 | Blood Visions | Jay Reatard | Fat Possum |
Top 25 Singles Chart – Record Store Day 2016
| Rank | Title | Artist | Label |
| 1 | Double-Sided | twenty one pilots | Fueled By Ramen |
| 2 | Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Live) – Side by Side | MC5/Melvins | Rhino Records |
| 3 | Empire of the Clouds | Iron Maiden | BMG |
| 4 | Elevators (Me and You) | OutKast | Legacy |
| 5 | I Started A Joke | Bee Gees/Faith No More | Rhino Records |
| 6 | Roadhouse Blues (Live)/A Feast of Friends | The Doors | Rhino Records |
| 7 | Melancholy Mood | Bob Dylan | Columbia Records |
| 8 | Mo Money, Mo Problems – Single | The Notorious B.I.G. | Rhino Records |
| 9 | Tractor Rape Chain/Black Sun | Death Cab For Cutie | Atlantic Records |
| 10 | There Will Be Time | Mumford & Sons + Baaba Maal | Glassnote |
| 11 | Werewolves of London – Side by Side | Warren Zevon/Flamin’ Groovies | Rhino Records |
| 12 | My Guitar / Dog Breath | Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention | UME/Zappa Records |
| 13 | This Must Be The Place – Side by Side | Talking Heads/Echosmith | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | TVC15 | David Bowie | Rhino Records |
| 15 | Silly Symphony Collection: The Skeleton Dance/Three Little Pigs | Various Artists | Walt Disney Records |
| 16 | Well, Everybody’s Fucking In A U.F.O. | Rob Zombie | UMe |
| 17 | Reapers | Muse | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Every Open Eye Remix EP | Chvrches | Glassnote |
| 19 | The Roulette Sides | John Coltrane | Rhino/Parlophone |
| 20 | 7 Split” | Circa Survive / mewithoutYou | Sumerian Records |
| 21 | Gangsterville | Joe Strummer | Legacy |
| 22 | Saturday’s Child/You Just May Be The One | The Monkees | Rhino Records |
| 23 | Truck Drivin’ Man | Willie Nelson / Uncle Tupelo | Rhino Records |
| 24 | Delilah / Only Love Can Break Your Heart | Florence + The Machine | Republic |
| 25 | Sid & Nancy | Nofx | Fat Wreck Chords |
