31.08.2020 – L.dK Weekly

TAYLOR SWIFT FENDS OFF TROYE SIVAN TO EARN A FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK AT NUMBER ONE!

SWIFT’S FOLKLORE LEADS FOR A FIFTH FRAME, AS SIVAN SETTLES FOR A NO.2 STAR WITH IN A DREAM.

Taylor Swift’s folklore achieves a fifth consecutive week at No.1 on L.dK Weekly, becoming the third album of 2020 to lead for as long.

folklore shifted 113,000 copies in the most recent tracking week, dropping by 15 percent from the previous week.

The album debuted at No.1 back in August with first week sales of 259,000 copies, and has stayed at the summit ever since, selling more than 100,000 copies in each term.

Currently, folklore is the third longest-running number one album of 2020, and is the second to spend five consecutive weeks at the top of the list; Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia ruled for eight straight weeks between April and May, and Lady Gaga’s Chromatica spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks at No.1 between June and July.

Opening at No.2 on this week’s L.dK Top 50 is Troye Sivan’s brand-new EP In a Dream, earning 62,000 copies in its first seven days. It grants Sivan his second Top Five hit, following Bloom which debuted at No.1 in September 2018 with 126,000 sold. That album has since been certified Platinum (300,000) – with 572,000 sold – and this time around it bounces 42-21, shifting 10,000 units in its 49th week on the chart. Bloom is the longest-charting album of all time by a solo male artist!

Carole King’s A Beautiful Collection sinks 2-3 after five weeks in second place moving 49,000 copies (down 4 percent).

Alanis Morissette’s The Collection becomes the 14th record ever to be certified 5 x Platinum denoting sales of 1,500,000 units, having sold 1.52 million since its release: this week the compilation disc falls 3-4 (it topped out at No.2 for a record nine weeks) with 43,000 sold (down 10 percent).

2020’s Third 5 x Platinum Album: For the first time ever, three albums have sold more than 1.5 million copies in a single year.

1. Future Nostalgia , Dua Lipa – 1,787,000
2. Chromatica , Lady Gaga – 1,549,000
3. The Collection , Alanis Morissette – 1,520,000

In 2019, albums achieved this feat, Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! moved a record 1,886,000 copies followed by MARINA’S Love + Fear on 1,791,000 sold. Meanwhile in both 2018 and 2017 just one LP managed in each year, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born sold 1,570,000 in 2018 and Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life recorded sales of 1,866,000 in 2017.

9th Longest-Running Top Five Album:

Morissette’s The Collection has remained in the Top Five for 18 non-consecutive weeks, marking the 9th longest stay in the region’s history. It passes MARINA’S Love + Fear (17 weeks) and now draws even with Annie Lennox’s Medusa & Ariana Grande’s Sweetener (both on 18 weeks).

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey – 33 weeks
2. A Star is Born , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 31 weeks
3. Lust for Life , Lana Del Rey – 28 weeks
4. Rumours , Fleetwood Mac – 26 weeks
5. 25 , Adele – 21 weeks
6. Crystal Visions , Stevie Nicks – 19 weeks
7. Sweetener , Ariana Grande – 18 weeks
8. Medusa , Annie Lennox – 18 weeks
9. The Collection , Alanis Morissette – 18 weeks
10. Love + Fear , MARINA – 17 weeks

Rounding out the Top Five this week, Lana Del Rey’s Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass retreats 4-5 with 39,000 sold (down 11 percent). Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! simultaneously hops 9-8 on sales of 25,000 copies (up 8 percent), while celebrating an entire year on L.dK Weekly, and logging a record-extending 51st frame inside the Top Ten!

Outside the Top Five, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia edges 7-6 (31,000 – up 6 percent), Lady Gaga’s Chromatica slides 5-7 (26,000 – down 13 percent), Hayley Williams’ Petals for Armor falls 8-9 (22,000 – down 18 percent), and finally Ellie Goulding’s Brightest Blue plummets 6-10 (20,000 – down 31 percent).

Industry Sales: This week overall music sales dipped by 0.9% to 729,000 albums sold.

Onto Next Week: Three major releases are set to impact L.dK Weekly in the upcoming week. Katy Perry’s Smile could compete for the No.1 spot, possibly with 90,000-100,000 copies, while Dua Lipa’s Club Future Nostalgia and Halsey’s BADLANDS (Live from Webster Hall) could also make the Top Ten!

L.dK Top 50

1. [=/5] folklore – Taylor Swift (5)
2. [NEW] In a Dream – Troye Sivan (1)
3. [-1] A Beautiful Collection – Carole King (10)
4. [-1] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (20)
5. [-1] Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (5)
6. [+1] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (22)
7. [-2] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (12)
8. [+1] Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey (52)
9. [-1] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (16)
10. [-4] Brightest Blue – Ellie Goulding (6)
11. [=] What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware (9)
12. [+4] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (38)
13. [-3] Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette (4)
14. [-2] Fine Line – Harry Styles (37)
15. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (60)
16. [+3] Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle (11)
17. [-4] True Colors – Cyndi Lauper (9)
18. [-1] The Lion King: The Gift – Beyonce (4)
19. [-5] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (18)
20. [=] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (77)
21. [+21] Bloom – Troye Sivan (49)
22. [-4] Diva – Annie Lennox (82)
23. [-1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (64)
24. [-3] Medusa – Annie Lennox (56)
25. [=] Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac (40)
26. [-3] After Hours – The Weeknd (23)
27. [+6] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (102)
28. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (37)
29. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (84)
30. [+6] Shake the Spirit – Elle King (36)
31. [+1] Heart – HEART (26)
32. [-6] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (76)
33. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (66)
34. [-10] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande (31)
35. [=] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (27)
36. [-6] Dedicated Side B – Carly Rae Jepsen (15)
37. [+4] In Isolation – Elle King (7)
38. [-7] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (16)
39. [-11] 25 – Adele (88)
40. [=] Dancing Queen – Cher (75)
41. [-4] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine (31)
42. [+3] Love + Fear – MARINA (45)
43. [-4] Lover – Taylor Swift (53)
44. [+2] 21 – Adele (43)
45. [-2] Love Stuff – Elle King (28)
46. [-8] Madame X – Madonna (44)
47. [+1] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen (53)
48. [+2] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (89)
49. [-5] Manic – Halsey (13)
50. [re] Bad Animals – HEART (60)