13.04.20 – L.dK Weekly

DUA LIPA’S FUTURE NOSTALGIA LOGS A SECOND WEEK AT NO.1!

PLUS: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell becomes the longest-running Top Five album ever, while HEART earn a new Platinum record.

For a second week, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia commands the L.dK Top 40. The record moved 155,000 copies during the tracking week, dropping by 47 percent: it earned the greatest sales figure of 2020 last week with 289,000 units.

Just two weeks into its chart-life, Lipa’s Future has already been certified Platinum and with total sales of 444,000 copies it has quickly surpassed the singer’s self-titled album to become her biggest-selling release: Dua Lipa (2017) has moved 325,000 to date, and this week drops 13-18.

The Weeknd’s After Hours sticks at No.2 in its third week selling 87,000 units, marking a 37 percent drop from the frame before.

Staying put at No.3 is HEART’S self-titled set from 1985, selling 48,000 copies (up 5 percent). The album – which became the band’s first No.1 in March – has now become the group’s second record to be certified Platinum, following Bad Animals (1987).

Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes remains at No.4 shifting 47,000 copies (up 20 percent) after hitting No.2.

Rounding out the Top Five once again is Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell as it logs a record-breaking 32nd week in the region. Previously Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born held the distinction, with 31 weeks in the Top Five. This week Rockwell swelled by 3 percent to sell 37,000 copies.

Maren Morris’ GIRL is unmoved at No.6 (27,000 – down 16 percent); Florence + the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is up 9-7 (26,000 – up 13 percent); Conan Gray’s Kid Krow falls descends 7-8 (25,000 – down 11 percent); Harry Styles’ Fine Line backtracks 8-9 (25,000 – up 4 percent); Selena Gomez’ Rare rounds out the Top Ten as it repeats at No.10 for a fourth frame (23,000 – up 10 percent).

Industry: Overall sales for the most recent tracking week totalled 891,000 units. That represents a drop of 13.4% from last week’s haul of 1.02 million.

Onto next week: Alanis Morissette’s The Collection (2005) is set to debut on the chart and could enter in the Top Ten, while Selena Gomez’ Rare should receive a boost after the release of its deluxe edition.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 40!

No.13 – Heartbreak Weather / Niall Horan’s sophomore LP bounds 21-13 after debuting at a No.2 high in March, selling 17,000 copies. The album has now been certified Gold with overall sales of 109,000.

N/A – The Other Side of the Mirror / Stevie Nicks’ 1989 smash has now become the 19th album to sell more than 1,000,000 copies. Impressively it is Nicks’ third release to sell as many units, along with Crystal Visions (1.26 million) and Bella Donna (1.17 million) – a feat no other artist has accomplished, although Lana Del Rey, Ariana Grande & Annie Lennox have two albums which have sold more than 1 million copies.

The Top 40

1. [=/2] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
3. [=] Heart – HEART
4. [=] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
5. [=] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [=] GIRL – Maren Morris
7. [+2] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
8. [-1] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
9. [-1] Fine Line – Harry Styles
10. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
11. [=] Lover – Taylor Swift
12. [=] Medusa – Annie Lennox
13. [+8] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
14. [+6] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
15. [-1] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
16. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
17. [=] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
18. [-5] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
19. [=] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
20. [-2] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
21. [-6] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
22. [=] Diva – Annie Lennox
23. [-1] Birdy – Birdy
24. [-1] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
25. [+1] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
26. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
27. [+9] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
28. [-3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
29. [+4] 21 – Adele
30. [+1] Heart of Stone – Cher
31. [-3] Queen – Nicki Minaj
32. [-3] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
33. [+4] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
34. [+4] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
35. [+4] Dancing Queen – Cher
36. [-2] Bad Animals – HEART
37. [-2] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
38. [re] The Sensual World – Kate Bush
39. [re] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
40. [-10] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks