21.09.2020 – L.dK Weekly

TAYLOR SWIFT TALLIES EIGHTH WEEK AT NO.1!

Swift’s folklore matches the longest reign of the year, while Carole King ties for the most weeks at No.2.

Taylor Swift’s folklore stays at No.1 for an eighth consecutive week, making it the joint longest-running Number One album of 2020 to date: it ties with Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia which also ruled the roost for eight straight weeks. folklore earned 138,000 units in the most recent tracking week (up 3 percent), giving the album its best weekly haul since it debuted at No.1 seven weeks ago with 259,000 copies sold.

The record is just the third to spend its first eight weeks at No.1, alongside Future, and Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell which led for its first fourteen terms.

Swift has now ruled the L.dK Top 50 for a total of ten weeks, making her the fourth artist with the most weeks at No.1. In addition to the eight-week reign of folklore, Swift also sent reputation & Lover to the top spot for one week each.

1. Lana Del Rey – 28 weeks
2. Lady Gaga – 17 weeks
3. Stevie Nicks – 16 weeks
4. Taylor Swift – 10 weeks
5. Fleetwood Mac – 9 weeks

Carole King’s A Beautiful Collection holds steady at No.2 for an eighth non-consecutive week with 50,000 units (down 11 percent). It draws even with Alanis Morissette’s The Collection for the most weeks spent in the runner-up position without reaching No.1.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! zooms 7-3 with 36,000 sales (up 20 percent) nabbing a record-extending 34th week in the Top Five. Rockwell has logged a total of 54 weeks in the Top Ten (also a record among all acts), with 55 weeks on the chart to date. Del Rey’s spoken word set Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass slides 3-5 with 35,000 sold (down 20 percent).

Also making moves in the Top Five, Alanis Morissette’s No.2 peaking The Collection rises 5-4 with 35,000 copies (down 3 percent). It scores a 20th week in the Top Five, surpassing Stevie Nicks’ Crystal Visions for the sixth most weeks in the region.

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! , Lana Del Rey – 34 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. The Collection , Alanis Morissette – 20 weeks
7. Crystal Visions , Stevie Nicks – 19 weeks
8. Sweetener , Ariana Grande – 18 weeks
9. Medusa , Annie Lennox – 18 weeks
10. Love + Fear , MARINA – 18 weeks

Beyond the Top Five: Troye Sivan’s No.2 hit In a Dream sinks 4-6 (26,000 – down 31 percent) and Lady Gaga’s Chromatica ascends 9-7 (25,000 – up 8 percent).

This week, Harry Styles’ Fine Line lunges 12-8 (22,000 – up 29 percent) adding a 13th week in the Top Ten. Fine debuted at No.1 in December 2019.

Levitating 10-9 is Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia with 20,000 sold (down 10 percent).

Finally, capping the Top Ten, Stevie Nicks’ compilation record Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks edges 11-10 (19,000 – down 13 percent) for a 12th week in the Top Ten.

Industry Sales: This week total industry sales slid by 8.8% to 679,000 albums sold across all records.

Onto Next Week: Alicia Key’s ALICIA could achieve a Top Ten debut, potentially with 30,000-40,000 copies sold. Meanwhile Swift’s folklore should easily claim a ninth week at No.1 with around 100,000 sales.

Notable Moves in the Top 50:

No.32 – Bloom / Troye Sivan’s sophomore studio album became his first No.1 record in September 2018, and was later certified Platinum (300,000). For a time it was the bestselling album ever by a solo male artist, until being surpassed by Harry Styles’ Fine Line earlier this year – Fine itself has since been surpassed by The Weeknd’s After Hours. This week, Bloom becomes Sivan’s first album to chart on the L.dK Top 50 for a whole year (52 weeks). It is the 23rd album to live on the tally for a whole year.

The Top 50

1. [=/8] folklore – Taylor Swift (8)
2. [=/8] A Beautiful Collection – Carole King (13)
3. [+4] Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey (55)
4. [+1] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (23)
5. [-2] Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass – Lana Del Rey (8)
6. [-2] In a Dream – Troye Sivan (4)
7. [+2] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (16)
8. [+4] Fine Line – Harry Styles (40)
9. [+1] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (25)
10. [+1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (41)
11. [-3] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (63)
12. [+1] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (19)
13. [-7] Zeros – Declan McKenna (2)
14. [+9] After Hours – The Weeknd (26)
15. [+3] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (21)
16. [+16] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (80)
17. [-3] Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle (14)
18. [-3] Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette (7)
19. [+2] Diva – Annie Lennox (85)
20. [+11] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (79)
21. [-5] What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware (12)
22. [+6] 25 – Adele (91)
23. [-1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (67)
24. [-5] True Colors – Cyndi Lauper (12)
25. [-1] Medusa – Annie Lennox (59)
26. [+3] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (87)
27. [+3] Shake the Spirit – Elle King (39)
28. [-11] Brightest Blue – Ellie Goulding (9)
29. [+4] Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac (43)
30. [-5] The Lion King: The Gift – Beyonce (7)
31. [-4] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (40)
32. [+6] Bloom – Troye Sivan (52)
33. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (69)
34. [+1] In Isolation – Elle King (10)
35. [-15] BADLANDS: Live at Webster Hall – Halsey (3)
36. [=] Heart – HEART (29)
37. [+7] Love + Fear – MARINA (49)
38. [-12] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (105)
39. [+2] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (30)
40. [+3] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (19)
41. [-2] Dancing Queen – Cher (77)
42. [=] Love Stuff – Elle King (31)
43. [+5] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine (34)
44. [-4] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande (38)
45. [+2] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (92)
46. [-1] Bad Animals – HEART (63)
47. [re] The Red Shoes – Kate Bush (49)
48. [re] Madame X – Madonna (46)
49. [+1] 21 – Adele (46)
50. [re] thank u, next – Ariana Grande (39)