24.02.20 – L.dK Weekly

HALSEY LOGS THIRD WEEK IN COMMAND AS MANIC GOES PLATINUM; BIRDY DEBUTS AT NO.4!

1. [=] Manic – Halsey (5)
2. [=] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande (8)
3. [=] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey (25)
4. [NEW] Birdy – Birdy (1)
5. [=] Fine Line – Harry Styles (10)
6. [-2] Rare – Selena Gomez (6)
7. [-1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine (4)
8. [-1] Lover – Taylor Swift (26)
9. [+1] Medusa – Annie Lennox (29)
10. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (11)

Halsey’s Manic stays lodged at number one on the L.dK Chart for a third aggregate week, moving 64,000 units: the record has now become the longest-running chart topper of 2020, passing Stevie Nicks’ compilation Timespace and Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell which have both spent two weeks at the summit this year!

Manic has now been certified Platinum in the United Kingdom, having sold 343,000 copies. It is the singer’s second release to attain this certification as her 2017 sophomore set Hopeless Fountain Kingdom has moved 345,000.

Ariana Grande’s K Bye for Now live album holds at its No2 peak for a sixth successive week, shifting 37,000 copies this time around. Lana Del Rey’s former sixteen-week number one Norman Fucking Rockwell stays put at No3 (35,000), and remains the bestselling album of 2020 to date with 418,000 sold – an honour it also earned in 2019, selling 1.88 million.

Birdy nabs her second Top Five album on L.dK as her 2011 self-titled set debuts at No4 shifting 31,000 copies. The British indie star previously reached No2 on the list with Beautiful Lies in 2017, an album that has since gone Platinum.

Two former number one albums follow: Harry Styles’ Fine Line holds at No5 (27,000) and Selena Gomez’ Rare slides 4-6 (27,000). Florence + the Machine’s No3 hit How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful slips 6-7 (21,000).

Taylor Swift’s Lover steps down a place to No8 in its 26th week on the tally, with sales of 20,000 copies in the most recent tracking week. Thanks to its most recent sales haul, Lover has now sold a total of 1.218 million copies – as of this week the record is certified 4 x Platinum! Fittingly for Taylor Swift, Lover is the 13th album to sell over 1.2 million units.

Annie Lennox’s Medusa ascends 10-9 selling 15,000 copies, pushing Stevie Nicks’ best-of Timespace down from No9 to No10 with 14,000 sold.

Important Moves in the Top 40

No.17 – Dancing Queen / Cher Cher’s ABBA covers album Dancing Queen peaked at No2 in October 2018 and has now crossed the 1 million sales mark in its 48th charting week. With sales of 1.005 million to date, Dancing Queen is the 16th bestselling LP ever, and is Cher’s bestselling release: it’s closest competitor is 1988’s Heart of Stone which is currently certified Platinum.

No.26 – 24 Karat Gold / Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks’ 2014 release 24 Karat Gold goes 3 x Platinum this week, having sold 900,000 copies since its release. It is Nicks’ fifth album to sell over 900,000 following Crystal Visions (1.26 million), Bella Donna (1.12 million), The Other Side of the Mirror (990,000) and The Wild Heart (955,000).

The Top 40

1. Manic – Halsey
2. K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
3. Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
4. Birdy – Birdy
5. Fine Line – Harry Styles
6. Rare – Selena Gomez
7. HB, HB, HB – Florence + the Machine
8. Lover – Taylor Swift
9. Medusa – Annie Lennox
10. Timespace – Stevie Nicks
11. A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
12. She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
13. Petals for Armour, I – Hayley Williams
14. Diva – Annie Lennox
15. Heart of Stone – Cher
16. Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
17. Dancing Queen – Cher
18. Bad Animals – Heart
19. Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
20. Love + Fear – MARINA
21. Never for Ever – Kate Bush
22. Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey
23. Madame X – Madonna
24. Beautiful Lies – Birdy
25. Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
26. 24 Karat Gold – Stevie Nicks
27. A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
28. Tough Love – Jessie Ware
29. The Whole Story – Kate Bush
30. Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
31. 25 – Adele
32. Devotion – Jessie Ware
33. Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
34. Pure Heroine – Lorde
35. Queen – Nicki Minaj
36. Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
37. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
38. Sweetener – Ariana Grande
39. thank u, next – Ariana Grande
40. Romance – Camila Cabello