08.06.2020 – L.dK Weekly

LADY GAGA’S CHROMATICA BECOMES 2020’S FASTEST-SELLING ALBUM!

Lady Gaga roars onto L.dK Weekly with Chromatica, nabbing the star her second number-one and earning her the fastest-selling album of 2020 – it is the 52nd number-one album on L.dK!

Biggest Week of 2020: Chromatica sold a staggering 473,000 units in its first seven days, comprising of 329,000 in pure sales and a further 134,000 pre-sales, derived from single sales before the album was released. It blows past Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia – the previous record-holder for 2020 with 289,000 in its debut frame.

Second Biggest Week Ever: 473,000 grants Gaga the second greatest sales week of all time, behind only Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life which launched to 639,000 sold in July 2017.

1. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 639,000
2. Chromatica / Lady Gaga – 473,000
3. Melodrama / Lorde – 345,000
4. Lover / Taylor Swift – 310,000
5. reputation / Taylor Swift – 309,000

Chromatica is the second album from Lady Gaga to reach No.1 on L.dK Weekly. She previously topped the list alongside Bradley Cooper with the soundtrack A Star is Born: the album spent a then-record twelve weeks at the summit, and holds the record for the most weeks inside the Top Ten. Star was officially named the Greatest Album of All Time at the end of 2019, in terms of weekly chart performance and sales.

This week, A Star is Born returns at No.12 shifting 17,000 units, and earning a 65th week on the list. The soundtrack has shifted 3.079 million copies since release, and is the bestselling album of all time.

Dua Lipa stays put at No.2 for a second week with Future Nostalgia (71,000 – down 6 percent), after the album ruled for its first eight weeks. Alanis Morissette meanwhile holds at No.3 after six weeks at No.2 (68,000 – down 5 percent).

Last week’s No.1 – Carly Rae Jepsen’s Dedicated Side B – slides to No.4, with sales dropping by 36 percent to 61,000 sold.

Capping the Top Five, Hayley Williams’ Petals for Armor regresses from its No.4 high to No.5 after two weeks (44,000 – up 7 percent).

The Weeknd’s former No.1 After Hours slips 5-6, departing the Top Five for the first time after ten weeks in the region (31,000 – down 3 percent).

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell steps down 6-7 (28,000 – down 12 percent). The juggernaut has now become Del Rey’s longest-running Top Ten record with 40 weeks in the top tier. It now stands at No.4 among the LP’s with the most time spent in the Top Ten:

1. Bella Donna / Stevie Nicks – 46 weeks
2. Rumours / Fleetwood Mac – 45 weeks
3. A Star is Born / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 42 weeks
4. Norman Fucking Rockwell / Lana Del Rey – 40 weeks
5. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 39 weeks

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters dips 7-8 after hitting No.4 (26,000 – down 3 percent); HEART are stationary with their No.1 self-titled hit (21,000 – up 5 percent). Moving 12-10, and back into the Top Ten for a third week, is Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk (20,000 – up 11 percent) which debuted and peaked at No.3 in May.

Industry: Music consumption reaches a record high this week, surging by 47 percent from 804,000 to 1.182 million. It tops the 1.028 million sold in the week ending 6th April 2020.

Onto Next Week: Cher’s 1987 self-titled record is gunning for a Top Ten start, perhaps with over 35,000 sold.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.18 – The Whole Story / Kate Bush’ best-of set from 1986 has now become tied as the singer’s longest-charting record on L.dK Weekly. Bush’ 1993 album The Red Shoes has logged a total of 48 weeks on the list to date, but is not currently on the chart, and so Story will likely surpass this high next week. This week the album – which topped out at No.4 – holds at No.18 selling 13,000 copies.

No.23 – She’s so Unusual / Cyndi Lauper’s debut album from 1984 ticks 24-23 with 10,000 sold. The album celebrates a whole year on L.dK: it previously commanded the list for six weeks, and has sold 1.48 million units.

No.32 – Half Written Story / Hailee Steinfeld’s sophomore EP repeats at No.32 with 6,000 sold. The set debuted and peaked at No.4 in May, and has now been certified Silver denoting sales of 60,000 copies.

No.43 – Queen / Staying in place at No.43 (4,000), Nicki Minaj’s No.2 peaking smash Queen has now been present inside the Top Fifty for an entire year.

The Top 50

#. [=/-/=] Album – Artist (WoC)

1. [NEW] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (1)
2. [=] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (10)
3. [=] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (8)
4. [-3] Dedicated Side B – Carly Rae Jepsen (3)
5. [-1] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (4)
6. [-1] After Hours – The Weeknd (11)
7. [-1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey (40)
8. [-1] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (7)
9. [=] Heart – HEART (14)
10. [+2] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (4)
11. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (25)
12. [re] A Star is Born OST – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (65)
13. [-2] Rare – Selena Gomez (21)
14. [-1] Kid Krow – Conan Gray (11)
15. [-1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine (19)
16. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (26)
17. [-1] Medusa – Annie Lennox (44)
18. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (48)
19. [=] 25 – Adele (76)
20. [=] Fine Line – Harry Styles (25)
21. [-4] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen (41)
22. [-1] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (64)
23. [+1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (52)
24. [-2] Diva – Annie Lennox (70)
25. [-2] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande (23)
26. [+1] 21 – Adele (31)
27. [-2] Birdy – Birdy (16)
28. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (72)
29. [=] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (90)
30. [-4] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan (12)
31. [-1] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (15)
32. [=] Half Written Story – Hailee Steinfeld (4)
33. [+2] Lover – Taylor Swift (41)
34. [-3] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa (19)
35. [-1] GIRL – Maren Morris (12)
36. [=] 19 – Adele (23)
37. [=] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (54)
38. [+1] Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey (42)
39. [+2] Melodrama – Lorde (35)
40. [+2] Bloom – Troye Sivan (37)
41. [-1] Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey (70)
42. [-4] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods (38)
43. [=] Queen – Nicki Minaj (52)
44. [+1] Dancing Queen – Cher (63)
45. [-12] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey (25)
46. [=] Bad Animals – HEART (50)
47. [+1] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (83)
48. [+2] Devotion – Jessie Ware (24)
49. [-5] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA (46)
50. [-1] Heart of Stone – Cher (34)