09.03.20 – L.dK Weekly

HEART SCORE FIRST NUMBER-ONE WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED RELEASE FROM 1985!

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HEART land their first No.1 album on L.dK Weekly as their self-titled record – originally released in 1985 – debuts at the top spot!

HEART not only log their first No.1, but also their best sales week ever. Their previous peak came in August 2017 as Bad Animals (1987) moved 40,000 in a single frame.

The band – fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson – previously reached a high of No.6 in 2017 with the aforementioned Bad Animals – a record that has since been certified Platinum (300,000) and spent 38 weeks on the chart. This week Bad Animals is up 22-17

BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 slips from No.1 to No.2 in its second week, moving 50,000 copies after opening last week with 123,000 sold.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell backtracks 2-3 as it nabs a 27th consecutive week inside the Top Five, this time moving 43,000 units. Rockwell has now been certified 8 x Platinum with total sales of 2,402,000 copies – only two other albums have matched or surpassed this feat, with those being Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (10 x Platinum) and Del Rey’s own Lust for Life which is also 8 x Platinum with 2.45 million sold.

Two of 2020’s biggest selling albums complete the Top Five: Halsey’s Manic descends 3-4 (39,000) after a 3-week reign, and Ariana Grande’s K Bye for Now slips 4-5 (32,000) after peaking at No.2 for six straight frames.

Rising back from No.7 to No.6 is Florence + the Machine’s No.3 peaking How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful which moves 30,000 this week. It pushes Selena Gomez’ former No.1 Rare down 6-7 (29,000).

Celeste’s Compilation 1:1 slides to No.8 off its No.5 debut last week, moving 26,000 copies this time around.

Two of last year’s biggest sellers round out this week’s Top Ten: Taylor Swift bounces 11-9 with Lover (24,000) claiming a 25th frame inside the Top Ten, while Annie Lennox’ Medusa steps down 9-10 (23,000) and becomes the 10th longest-running Top Ten album ever with 28 frames spent inside the top tier.

Important Moves in the Top 40!

No.11 – Glasshouse / Jessie Ware’s Triple Platinum certified smash album Glasshouse flies 18-11 this week on L.dK Weekly, narrowly missing a return to the Top Ten. The album, which peaked at No.4 in both 2018 and 2019, has sold just under 1,000,000 units to date and if it ranks again on next week’s chart (almost a given) it will then become the 11th set to spend an entire year on the chart!

No.13 – Birdy / The British indie star’s self-titled record leaves the Top Ten after two weeks in the region: it debuted at No.4 before dropping to No.10 and now sinking to No.13. As consolation prize for departing the Top Ten however, it becomes Birdy’s second effort to be certified Silver (60,000).

No.30 – 1989 / Taylor Swift’s 2014 album 1989 also crosses the Silver-certification threshold this week meaning it has sold over 60,000 copies. 1989 is one of many albums that predates the chart. Swift has released two album since the chart launched in March 2017: reputation and Lover which have sold over 700,000 and 1.2 million respectively.

The Top 40

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