15.06.2020 – L.dK Weekly

LADY GAGA RULES FOR SECOND WEEK WITH MAMMOTH SALES FIGURES!

PLUS: Cher claims her third Top Ten!

Lady Gaga’s Chromatica rules the Top 50 for a second week. The set earned 202,000 units in the most recent tracking week – a drop of 57 percent.

In its first two weeks, Gaga’s Chromatica has sold 675,000 copies and been certified 2 x Platinum (600,000). A week ago, it blasted to No.1 with 473,000 units, marking the highest first week sales stat of the year, and the second greatest figure of all time.

Chromatica is Gaga’s second release to be certified 2 x Platinum, following A Star is Born: Diamond, with 3.09 million sold. This week the soundtrack slides 12-20 with 12,000 sold.

Alanis Morissette’s The Collection rebounds from No.3 to its No.2 peak (71,000 – up 4 percent) , earning a seventh week in the runner up spot. The greatest hits set now holds the record for the most weeks at No.2 without reaching the No.1 spot, surpassing Ariana Grande’s live album K Bye for Now which sat at No.2 for six straight weeks earlier this year.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia steps down 2-3 (70,000 – down 1 percent) after eight weeks at the top spot.

Hayley Williams returns to her L.dK peak as Petals for Armor shifts 5-4 with 49,000 units (up 11 percent). The album has now spent a total of three weeks at No.4.

After shooting to No.1 two weeks ago, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Dedicated Side B slides 4-5 (47,000 – down 22 percent).

Debuting at No.6 this week is Cher’s self-titled release from 1987 on sales of 36,000 units. It marks Cher’s third visit to the Top Ten, in as many releases. She hit a peak of No.2 in October 2018 with her ABBA covers album Dancing Queen and would match that feat in April 2019 with 1988’s Heart of Stone: Dancing has sold over 1 million copies, while Heart has been certified Platinum.

The Weeknd’s After Hours slips 6-7 (33,000 – up 6 percent) in its 12th week in the Top Ten: the former No.1 has sold 911,000 to date, making it the first album by a male artist to be certified 3 x Platinum (900,000).

Fiona Apple holds at No.8 with her No.4 peaking Fetch the Bolt Cutters (29,000 – up 11 percent). Lana Del Rey’s seventeen-week No.1 smash Norman Fucking Rockwell dives 7-9 (27,000 – down 3 percent), while Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk remains at No.10 (20,000 – on par) after debuting at a No.3 high in May.

Industry: 926,000 albums were sold this week, a 21.6% downturn from the prior week which saw total sales hit a record 1.182 million.

Onto Next Week: Chloe x Halle’s upcoming album Ungodly Hour could earn a position in the Top Five, possibly selling more than 40,000 units in its first week.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.17 – Fine Line / The sophomore album from Harry Styles elevates 20-17 this week selling 13,000 copies. Fine hit No.1 in December 2019, and spent three months in the Top Ten, and now after twenty-six straight weeks in the Top 50 it has surpassed 600,000 sold. It is just the second album from a male artist to be certified Multi-Platinum after The Weeknd’s After Hours (3 x Platinum).

No.19 – The Whole Story / Kate Bush’ greatest hits collection has now become the longest charting album from the star, with 49 weeks on the list. This week it backtracks 18-19 with 12,000 units.

The Top 50

#. [+/-/=] Album – Artist (WoC)

1. [=/2] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (2)
2. [+1/7] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (9)
3. [-1] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (11)
4. [+1/3] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (5)
5. [-1] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen (4)
6. [NEW] Cher – Cher (1)
7. [-1] After Hours – The Weeknd (12)
8. [=] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (8)
9. [-2] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey (41)
10. [=] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (5)
11. [-1] Heart – HEART (15)
12. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (26)
13. [+1] Kid Krow – Conan Gray (12)
14. [+1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine (20)
15. [-2] Rare – Selena Gomez (22)
16. [+1] Medusa – Annie Lennox (45)
17. [+3] Fine Line – Harry Styles (26)
18. [+1] 25 – Adele (77)
19. [-1] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (49)
20. [-8] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (66)
21. [-5] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (27)
22. [-1] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen (42)
23. [=] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (53)
24. [-2] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (65)
25. [-1] Diva – Annie Lennox (71)
26. [-1] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande (23)
27. [-1] 21 – Adele (32)
28. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (73)
29. [+4] Lover – Taylor Swift (42)
30. [-3] Birdy – Birdy (17)
31. [+13] Dancing Queen – Cher (64)
32. [=] Half Written Story – Hailee Steinfeld (5)
33. [-4] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (91)
34. [+3] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (55)
35. [-4] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (16)
36. [+14] Heart of Stone – Cher (35)
37. [-3] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa (20)
38. [-3] GIRL – Maren Morris (13)
39. [-9] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan (13)
40. [=] Bloom – Troye Sivan (38)
41. [-5] 19 – Adele (24)
42. [=] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods (39)
43. [-5] Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey (43)
44. [-5] Melodrama – Lorde (36)
45. [+2] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (84)
46. [=] Bad Animals – HEART (51)
47. [+1] Devotion – Jessie Ware (25)
48. [-3] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey (26)
49. [-8] Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey (71)
50. [-7] Queen – Nicki Minaj (53)