19.10.2020 – L.dK Weekly

TAYLOR SWIFT‘S FOLKLORE COLLECTS A TWELFTH WEEK AT NO.1

As folklore continues its reign, Fleetwood Mac send two records back into the Top Ten: with Rumours tying a longevity record.

For a twelfth consecutive week, the L.dK Top 50 is led by Taylor Swift’s folklore. This week the album moves 68,000 units (down 7 percent).

folklore is just the third album to rule the Top 50 for at least 12 weeks, as it ties the reign of Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born which ruled for 12 weeks between October 2018 and March 2019. Only Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! has stayed at the top spot for longer – leading for 17 weeks between September 2019 and March 2020.

Swift’s hit record is only the second to spend twelve consecutive weeks at No.1. Del Rey’s NFR! commanded the chart for fourteen straight weeks in September-December 2019, while Gaga & Cooper’s 12-week dominion was divided over three stints – its longest was between October and December 2019 when it ruled for six consecutive weeks (a record at the time).

Logging a third week at its No.2 peak in the Top 50: Joji’s Nectar drops by 25 percent to 50,000 sold.

Carole King’s A Beautiful Collection rises 4-3 selling 38,000 copies (up 2 percent) and surpasses 1 million units in combined sales (1.011 million to be precise).

Beautiful is the seventh album to sell more than 1 million units during 2020, marking the most million-selling records in a single calendar year, surpassing 2019’s bevy of six million-selling albums. Del Rey’s NFR! has sold more than 1 million copies in both years.

Lana Del Rey’s Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass drops 3-4 with 32,000 sold (down 22 percent) after spending a total of four weeks at is No.3 peak. NFR! keeps at No.5 moving 27,000 units (down 19 percent) – it logs a record-padding 38th week in the Top Five, and 58th in the Top Ten.

Beyond the Top Five: Alanis Morissette’s The Collection stays at No.6 (25,000 – on par), Kate Bush’s The Whole Story stays at No.8 (21,000 – on par), and Harry Styles’ Fine Line bumps 12-10 (20,000 – up 25 percent).

Soaring from No.13 to No.7 this week is Fleetwood Mac’s iconic 1971 album Rumours (this week it blooms by 46 percent to 22,000 copies sold). It returns to the Top Ten for the first time since November 2019, logging a staggering 46th week inside the Top Ten! It ties Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna as the second longest-running Top Ten album ever. The smash hit – which peaked atop L.dK Weekly for five weeks – has sold 1.72 million copies to date.

Fleetwood Mac appear again at No.9 with their 1988 compilation Greatest Hits , up from No.14 (20,000 – up 42 percent). The set also reached No.1 on L.dK, spending a single week at the top spot in April 2019.

Industry Sales: Music sales totalled 598,000 units across all albums this week. It marks the first time since the chart dated 16th March that weekly consumption has dipped beneath 600,000 units.

Onto Next Week: Katie Melua’s Album No.8 could star inside the Top Ten with roughly 20,000 units.

Top 50

1. [=/12] folklore – Taylor Swift (12)
2. [=/3] Nectar – Joji (3)
3. [+1] A Beautiful Collection – Carole King (17)
4. [-1] Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass – Lana Del Rey (12)
5. [=] Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey (59)
6. [=] The Collection – ALanis Morissette (27)
7. [+6] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (96)
8. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (67)
9. [+5] Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac (47)
10. [+2] Fine Line – Harry Styles (44)
11. [-2] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (45)
12. [-2] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (29)
13. [-6] The Album – BLACKPINK (2)
14. [-3] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (20)
15. [+1] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (25)
16. [+1] Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle (18)
17. [-2] In a Dream – Troye Sivan (8)
18. [+1] Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette (11)
19. [-1] What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware (16)
20. [+1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (71)
21. [-1] Diva – Annie Lennox (89)
22. [+3] Medusa – Annie Lennox (63)
23. [-1] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (23)
24. [-1] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (84)
25. [-1] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (109)
26. [+3] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (91)
27. [+6] Shake the Spirit – Elle King (43)
28. [-2] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (83)
29. [-2] After Hours – The Weeknd (30)
30. [-2] 25 – Adele (95)
31. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (73)
32. [+4] In Isolation – Elle King (14)
33. [+5] Love + Fear – MARINA (53)
34. [+1] Bloom – Troye Sivan (56)
35. [-5] True Colors – Cyndi Lauper (16)
36. [+10] Tango in the Night – Fleetwood Mac (54)
37. [-3] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (44)
38. [+2] Dancing Queen – Cher (81)
39. [-8] Zeros – Declan Mckenna (6)
40. [+5] Love Stuff – Elle King (35)
41. [=] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (23)
42. [-5] Madame X – Madonna (50)
43. [re] Crystal Visions: the Very Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (40)
44. [-5] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (34)
45. [re] Mirage – Fleetwood Mac (36)
46. [-4] Heart – HEART (33)
47. [=] Bad Animals – HEART (67)
48. [=] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush (43)
49. [-6] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks (77)
50. [re] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks (71)