02.06.2020 – L.dK Weekly

CARLY RAE JEPSEN ROARS TO NO.1 WITH DEDICATED SIDE B!

PLUS: The 1975 debut at No.8 with Notes on a Conditional Form.

Carly Rae Jepsen collects her second chart-topper on L.dK Weekly as Dedicated Side B surges to No.1! Side B debuted at No.6 last week with one day of sales, moving 30,000 units – this week it swells by 220 percent to 96,000 sold.

Jepsen previously led the chart for two weeks in May-June 2019 with Dedicated, which opened to sales of 154,000. That album springs 24-17 this week with 14,000 units sold.

After logging eight consecutive weeks at No.1, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia is pushed down to No.2. Sales are down by just 6 percent to 76,000 sold. The album has now sold a hefty 1.25 million copies, and has been certified 4 x Platinum for sales topping 1.2 million units. It is the first album released in 2020 to reach this milestone, and the fourteenth overall.

Alanis Morissette’s The Collection dips 2-3 after a record-tying sixth week in the runner-up position, selling 72,000 units (down 10 percent).

Holding at its No.4 high for a second week is Hayley Williams’ Petals for Armor, moving 41,000 copies (up 20 percent). The LP has now been certified Gold for selling 100,000 units.

The Weeknd rounds out the Top Five as After Hours slides 3-5 with 32,000 sales (down 15 percent), after topping the tally for a week in March.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell lunges 8-6, increasing by 28 percent to 32,000 sold. The LP – which previously ruled for 17 frames – is now tied with Lust for Life as Del Rey’s album with most weeks in the Top Ten – both with 39 weeks in the highest tier.

1. Bella Donna / Stevie Nicks – 46 weeks
2. Rumours / Fleetwood Mac – 45 weeks
3. A Star is Born – OST / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 42 weeks
4. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 39 weeks
5. Norman Fucking Rockwell / Lana Del Rey – 39 weeks

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters sinks 5-7 after hitting No.4 (27,000 – down 12 percent); HEART stay at No.9 with their self-titled album after it peaked at No.1 in March (20,000 – down 20 percent), while Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes ascends 12-10 with 20,000 sold (down 5 percent) – Amos’ hit debuted and peaked at No.2 in December 2019, and as of this week has been certified 2 x Platinum (600,000).

Launching at No.8 with sales of 24,000 copies is The 1975’s Notes on a Conditional Form.

Industry: Total consumption gains by 2.5% to 804,000 sold in the tracking week.

Onto next week: Lady Gaga’s Chromatica looks set to launch atop L.dK, and potentially could sell upwards of 300,000 copies. Cher’s self-titled 1986 set will receive a retrospective release, and should debut in the Top Ten with 30-40,000 sold.

Important Moves in the Top 50!

No.11 – Rare / Selena Gomez made her first trip to No.1 in January this year with Rare which became the fastest-selling album of the year at the time. The LP has now been certified 2 x Platinum with total sales of 611,000 copies: it repeats at No.11 selling 19,000.

No.20 – Fine Line / For the first time since the end of April, Harry Styles’ Fine Line – which topped the tally for a single week in December 2019 – ranks inside the Top 20. This week it bounces 32-20 (moving 11,000 copies), gaining following the release of the album’s new single “Watermelon Sugar”.

No.43 – Queen / Nicki Minaj’s No.2 hit stays put at No.43 moving 5,000 copies. The rap smash has now been certified 3 x Platinum with sales exceeding 900,000 units.

The Top 50

1. [+5] Dedicated Side B – Carly Rae Jepsen
2. [-1] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
3. [-1] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
4. [=] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams
5. [-2] After Hours – The Weeknd
6. [+2] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
7. [-2] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
8. [NEW] Notes on a Conditional Form – THE 1975
9. [=] Heart – HEART
10. [+2] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
11. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
12. [-5] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
13. [=] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
14. [-4] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
15. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
16. [-1] Medusa – Annie Lennox
17. [+7] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
18. [-2] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
19. [-2] 25 – Adele
20. [+12] Fine Line – Harry Styles
21. [-3] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
22. [-2] Diva – Annie Lennox
23. [-1] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
24. [-1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
25. [-4] Birdy – Birdy
26. [-7] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
27. [+1] 21 – Adele
28. [+1] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
29. [-2] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
30. [=] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
31. [=] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
32. [-7] Half Written Story – Hailee Steinfeld
33. [re] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
34. [-8] GIRL – Maren Morris
35. [-2] Lover – Taylor Swift
36. [-2] 19 – Adele
37. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
38. [-3] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
39. [+2] Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey
40. [re] Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey
41. [-5] Melodrama – Lorde
42. [+2] Bloom – Troye Sivan
43. [-1] Queen – Nicki Minaj
44. [-5] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
45. [=] Dancing Queen – Cher
46. [=] Bad Animals – HEART
47. [re] Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey
48. [-8] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
49. [re] Heart of Stone – Cher
50. [-3] Devotion – Jessie Ware