14.12.2020 – L.dK Weekly

MILEY CYRUS STAYS ONTOP WITH PLASTIC HEARTS!

Plus: Rina Sawayama and Shawn Mendes debut inside the Top Ten!

Miley Cyrus’s Plastic Hearts leads the L.dK Top 50 for a second consecutive week. It stays ahead courtesy of 121,000 sales, down 52 percent compared to the previous week when it launched at No.1 with 251,000 copies sold.

Plastic has now become Cyrus’s first album to be certified Platinum, having sold over 300,000 copies since its release.

Taylor Swift’s folklore repeats at No.2 after fifteen non-consecutive weeks at No.1. The album drove sales of 80,000 copies this week, marking a 6 percent lift over the previous week.

folklore has sold 2,023,000 copies to date, making it Swift’s first album to sell more than two million units. It is just the fifth album in history to cross the threshold. folklore joins Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (3.5 million), Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (3.3 million), Del Rey’s Lust for Life (2.4 million) and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia. More on Future later…

To date, folklore is the second bestselling album of 2020 (behind only Future), representing Swift’s best showing on a yearly rundown. In 2019 she ranked at No.6 for sales with Lover (1,010,000).

The album has also spent 20 consecutive weeks inside the Top Five. It passes Stevie Nicks’ Crystal Visions: the Very Best of Stevie Nicks to become the 8th longest-running Top Five hit of all time.

Ariana Grande keeps at No.3 with Positions (57,000 – down 4 percent) following the album’s three-week stay at the No.1 spot.

Rina Sawayama’s debut full-length SAWAYAMA bows at No.4 selling 39,000 units. The British-Japanese artist earns her first Top Five record in the process.

Rounding out the Top Ten: Fleetwood Mac’s chart-topping compilation Greatest Hits elevates 7-5 selling 25,000 copies (up 8 percent).

BTS’s No.3-peaking BE drops 4-6 in its third week with 22,000 sold (down 27 percent). The album has now become the longest-running Top Ten album by the K-Pop boyband, with three weeks in the top tier. Their previous best came with Map of the Soul: 7 which opened at No.1 in March before slipping to No.2, and then tumbling to No.18 the following week.

Rising two spots to No.7 is Carole King’s A Beautiful Collection on sales of 22,000 units (on par) after peaking at No.2 for nine weeks.

Shawn Mendes nabs his first Top Ten hit on L.dK Weekly as Wonder starts at No.8. The Canadian’s fourth full-length bows with 22,000 copies sold, instantly becoming the singer’s bestselling and highest-charting release. Mendes previously topped out at No.11 with 2016’s Illuminate; his 2018 self-titled set reached No.12.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tumbles 5-9 on sales of 21,000 units (down 25 percent). This week, Future becomes the latest album to be certified 7 x Platinum, denoting sales exceeding 2,100,000 units!

Future – which commanded the Top Fifty for its first eight weeks – has sold 2,112,000 copies, and ranks as the fifth bestselling album ever. Just in 2020, Future is the year’s bestselling release.

Finally, Joji’s No.2 hit Nectar slides 6-10 with 20,000 sold (down 29 percent).

Industry Sales: Overall music sales totalled 829,000 units, dipping 13.2% versus last week when 955,000 albums were sold. Against the same week last year, sales are up 27.3% from the 651,000 sold in that tracking period.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s surprise ninth studio album evermore has a lock to go No.1 in the coming chart week. Described as a companion album to the juggernaut folklore, this new record could bow with around 200,000 units. It would grant Swift her fourth No.1 album, and second this year.

Notable Moves in the Top 50

No.12 – Fine Line / Harry Styles’ sophomore hit falls 8-12 selling 18,000 copies this week. The former No.1 smash passed 1 million sales roughly a month ago, and this week celebrates a whole year inside the Top 50 – dating to its No.1 debut exactly 52 weeks ago! Fine is only the second album from a male artist to roam the chart for at least a year; Troye Sivan’s Bloom has spent 59 weeks on the list!

No.18 – Live in Concert: the 24 Karat Gold Tour / The first live album from veteran rock star Stevie Nicks rises to No.18 on this new edition of the Top 50, shifting 12,000 copies. The live set is the second of its kind to be certified Gold (for sales of over 100,000 copies). Ariana Grande’s K Bye for Now is the bestselling live album ever with sales of over 700,000 units.

No.20 – What’s Your Pleasure? / Jessie Ware earned her first No.1 album earlier this year in the form of sleek-disco hit What’s Your Pleasure? The album now holds steady at No.20 (moving 11,000 copies) in its 24th week, and passes 600,000 in total sales. It is the second album from Ware to be certified at least 2 x Platinum! 2017’s Glasshouse achieved 4 x Platinum status earlier this year and has sold over 1.4 million to date.

No.27 – Rumours / The legendary 1977 album from rock superstars Fleetwood Mac dips 25-27 on the most recent chart moving 9,000 copies. Following its revival earlier in the year, which sent the album back up to No.5 on the weekly chart, Rumours marks its 104th week inside the Top Fifty! Only one other album has charted for two years: Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna is at No.24 this week in its 117th week.

No.47 – 25 / Adele’s 25 is among the longest-charting and bestselling albums ever released, and this week it earns a new accolade. Adding 4,000 sales to its lifetime total, the hit has now sold 1,500,000 units to date! 25 is the 16th album ever to be certified 5 x Platinum, and is Adele’s bestselling album.

Top 50

1. [=/2] Plastic Hearts – Miley Cyrus (2)
2. [=] folklore – Taylor Swift (20)
3. [=] Positions – Ariana Grande (6)
4. [NEW] SAYAWAMA – Rina Sawayama (1)
5. [+2] Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac (55)
6. [-2] BE – BTS (3)
7. [+2] A Beautiful Collection – Carole King (25)
8. [NEW] Wonder – Shawn Mendes (1)
9. [-4] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (37)
10. [-4] Nectar – Joji (11)
11. [-1] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (34)
12. [-4] Fine Line – Harry Styles (52)
13. [-2] Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey (67)
14. [+4] The Collection – Alanis Morissette (35)
15. [=] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks (53)
16. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande (99)
17. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush (75)
18. [+3] Live in Concert: the 24 Karat Gold Tour – Stevie Nicks (6)
19. [+3] Diva – Annie Lennox (97)
20. [=] What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware (24)
21. [-7] DISCO – Kylie Minogue (5)
22. [-3] Chromatica – Lady Gaga (28)
23. [=] Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass – Lana Del Rey (20)
24. [=] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks (117)
25. [+1] Album No.8 – Katie Melua (8)
26. [+2] After Hours – The Weeknd (38)
27. [-2] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (104)
28. [+7] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams (31)
29. [-16] Infinite Things – Paloma Faith (4)
30. [+2] Piano Sketches – Birdy (5)
31. [-2] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos (51)
32. [-2] thank u, next – Ariana Grande (46)
33. [=] Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle (26)
34. [+2] 50 Words for Snow – Kate Bush (3)
35. [-8] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (92)
36. [-5] Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette (19)
37. [-3] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper (79)
38. [+1] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware (91)
39. [re] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks (73)
40. [+6] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (81)
41. [-4] Medusa – Annie Lennox (71)
42. [=] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS (42)
43. [-5] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (30)
44. [-4] The Red Shoes – Kate Bush (56)
45. [re] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks (80)
46. [-1] In a Dream – Troye Sivan (16)
47. [-6] 25 – Adele (103)
48. [=] WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish (25)
49. [-5] Love Goes – Sam Smith (6)
50. [re] Crystal Visions – Stevie Nicks (42)

Certifications: Silver (60,000), Gold (100,000), Platinum (300,000), Diamond (3,000,000)