11.05.20 – L.dK Weekly

DUA LIPA RULES FOR A SIXTH WEEK, AS FUTURE NOSTALGIA CROSSES 1 MILLION SALES.

PLUS: Lana Del Rey re-enters the Top Five.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia maintains command of L.dK for a sixth consecutive week, selling 110,000 units (down 16 percent).

Now with six weeks at the top spot, Lipa’s latest smash ties the reign of Cyndi Lauper’s She’s so Unusual as one of the longest-running number one albums ever. The list of longest chart-topping album is as follows:

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell / Lana Del Rey – 17 weeks
2. A Star is Born / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 12 weeks
3. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 11 weeks
4. Love + Fear / MARINA – 7 weeks
5. She’s so Unusual / Cyndi Lauper – 6 weeks
6. Future Nostalgia / Dua Lipa – 6 weeks

Future has now become the 21st album to sell more than 1 million copies. With sales of 1.007 million to date, it ranks as the 19th bestselling album of all time, after just 6 weeks on sale. In addition: Future is the first album to sell over 1 million units in 2020.

Alanis Morissette stays put at its No.2 peak for a fifth successive week, with sales of The Collection dropping by 17 percent to 101,000 sold.

The Weeknd’s former chart-topper After Hours holds at No.3 (50,000 units – down 20 percent) as HEART’s self-titled set keeps steady at No.4 (29,000 – down 13 percent).

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell ascends 6-5 with 28,000 sold (down 7 percent). The album has now spent a record-extending 33 weeks inside the Top Five, along with 36 straight weeks in the Top Ten. The juggernaut has also now become only the second release ever to be certified 9 x Platinum – 2,700,000 units.

Beyond the Top Five: Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes sinks 5-6 (28,000 – down 16 percent), Fiona Apple’s No.4 peaking Fetch the Bolt Cutters rebounds 9-7 in its third week (25,000 – up 8 percent), Selena Gomez holds at No.8 with Rare (24,000 – down 4 percent), while Florence + the Machine lift 10-9 with 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (23,000 – on par).

Finally, Conan Gray’s debut LP Kid Krow rises 12-10 (19,000 – up 11 percent) for a 6th week in the Top Ten.

Industry: Music consumption experienced a decline of 14.2% this week, with total sales of 779,000 units.

Onto next week: Four releases are scheduled for the coming week. Hailee Steinfelds’ EP Half Written Story, Hayley Williams’ solo debut album Petals for Armor and Kehlani’s It Was Good Until It Wasn’t. Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk (1979) will also receive a retrospective release this week.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.15 – Timespace / Stevie Nicks’ 1991 greatest hits compilation Timespace ascends 17-15 this week selling 15,000 units. The album has now become Nicks’ eighth album to be certified 2 x Platinum for selling more than 600,000 copies – this is a record figure among all artists.

The Top 50

1. [=/6] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=/5] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
4. [=] Heart – HEART
5. [+1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
7. [+2] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
8. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
9. [+1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
10. [+2] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
11. [=] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
12. [+1] Medusa – Annie Lennox
13. [+2] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
14. [+2] GIRL – Maren Morris
15. [+2] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
16. [-2] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
17. [-10] Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
18. [+1] Birdy – Birdy
19. [+1] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
20. [-2] Diva – Annie Lennox
21. [+3] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
22. [-1] Fine Line – Harry Styles
23. [-1] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
24. [+2] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
25. [-2] Lover – Taylor Swift
26. [-1] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
27. [+18] 25 – Adele
28. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
29. [+2] Melodrama – Lorde
30. [+8] 21 – Adele
31. [+2] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
32. [-5] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
33. [-3] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
34. [+1] Queen – Nicki Minaj
35. [-3] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
36. [-2] Dancing Queen – Cher
37. [-1] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
38. [-1] Bloom – Troye Sivan
39. [=] 19 – Adele
40. [-11] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
41. [+6] Heart of Stone – Cher
42. [+1] Madame X – Madonna
43. [+7] Cry Baby – Melanie Martinez
44. [=] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
45. [re] Lioness: Hidden Treasures – Amy Winehouse
46. [=] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
47. [+1] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
48. [-7] Bad Animals – HEART
49. [re] Jade Bird – Jade Bird
50. [-1] Devotion – Jessie Ware