02.03.20 – L.dK Weekly

BTS EARN FIRST NO.1 AND FASTEST-SELLING ALBUM OF 2020

Plus: Celeste debuts in the Top Five.

BTS score their first number one album on L.dK with the release of Map of the Soul: 7 earning the largest sales week of 2020!

BTS’ bow this week is a historic one: it marks the largest sales week of 2020 to date (as previously mentioned) as well as becoming the first non-English album to chart!

Biggest Week of 2020: As 7 opens with a stellar 123,000 haul it lands the greatest sales week of 2020, surpassing the opening week of Halsey’s Manic which debuted to 114,000 in the final week of January. It also marks the largest debut week since September 2019 when Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell sold 194,000 to debut at number one, and the largest week overall since Rockwell moved 138,000 in its seventh week at the summit in October last year.

Fastest-Selling Group Album since 2017: 123,000 in sales is enough to make it the fastest-selling by a group since December 2017 when Florence + the Machine’s Ceremonials soared to a 145,000-strong debut!

In addition to its impressive opening week figures, 7 ranks as the 11th bestselling record of 2020 to date.

Onto the rest of the L.dK Top 40… Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell ascends 3-2 with sales of 55,000 copies as its scores a 26th consecutive week in the Top Five! It’s just the fourth record to spend half a year in the Top Five, following Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (31 weeks), her own Lust for Life (28 weeks) and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (26 weeks).

Halsey dives 1-3 with Manic on sales of 46,000 units. The record has now sold 389,000 making it the singer’s bestselling effort to date, surpassing Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (345,000).

Ariana Grande’s K Bye for Now slides to No.4 after spending six consecutive weeks at its peak position of No.2 (36,000 sales). Meanwhile, entering the chart at No.5 is Brit-Winner Celeste whose Compilation 1:1 starts with 33,000 copies sold.

Selena Gomez’ Rare sticks at No.6 selling 32,000 copies and earning the star her first Platinum record, denoting sales of 300,000 units. Florence + the Machine then holds steady at No.7 with the No.3 peaking How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful selling 29,000 units, as Stevie Nicks’ Timespace compilation swings 10-8 with 24,000 sold. Annie Lennox meanwhile maintains her No.9 ranking as Medusa (20,000) collects a 30th successive week on L.dK, a tenure that includes 27 weeks in the Top Ten!

Finally, capping the Top Ten this week is Birdy’s self-titled set which drops 4-10 in its second week selling 19,000 copies.

Onto next week: HEART’S self-titled album is scheduled to impact the chart.

The Top 40

1. [NEW] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
2. [+1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
3. [-2] Manic – Halsey
4. [-2] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
5. [NEW] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
6. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
7. [=] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
8. [+2] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
9. [=] Medusa – Annie Lennox
10. [-6] Birdy – Birdy
11. Lover – Taylor Swift
12. Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
13. Fine Line – Harry Styles
14. She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
15. The Whole Story – Kate Bush
16. Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
17. Sweetener – Ariana Grande
18. Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
19. 21 – Adele
20. Diva – Annie Lennox
21. A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
22. Bad Animals – HEART
23. Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
24. 1989 – Taylor Swift
25. Lioness: Hidden Treasures – Amy Winehouse
26. Camila – Camila Cabello
27. Heart of Stone – Cher
28. Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
29. 25 – Adele
30. Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
31. Dancing Queen – Cher
32. Petals for Armor, I – Hayley Williams
33. Devotion – Jessie Ware
34. Queen – Nicki Minaj
35. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish
36. Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac
37. BADLANDS – Halsey
38. Tough Love – Jessie Ware
39. Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey
40. Madame X – Madonna