ADELE’S 30 TALLIES RARE TENTH TERM ATOP L.DK WEEKLY!
Plus: Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die and Birdy’s Young Heart return to Top Ten!
Adele‘s 30 enters rarified territory this week, as it logs a tenth non-consecutive week at No.1, a feat only achieved by six other albums.
- Twenty-five weeks – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey
- Twenty-one weeks – Blue / Joni Mitchell
- Seventeen weeks – folklore / Taylor Swift
- Thirteen weeks – evermore / Taylor Swift
- Twelve weeks – A Star is Born – OST / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- Eleven weeks – Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey
- Ten weeks – 30
30 – which became the fastest-selling album of all time upon its release last November – sold 108,000 units this week (up nine percent), bringing its total sales figure to a whopping 1.99 million! It passes Carole King’s A Beautiful Collection (1.93 million) as it becomes the 7th bestselling album of the 2020’s decade. It should pass Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (2.02 million) within the week!
In addition: 1.99 million makes 30 the 17th bestselling album of all time, as it tops Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (1.98 million).
Taylor Swift ascends 3-2 with evermore as the album sells 44,000 units (up twenty-two percent). The folk album previously spent thirteen weeks at the summit, and this week becomes only the fourth album in history to be certified 11 x Platinum for selling more than 3.3 million copies!
- 16 x Platinum – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey
- 14 x Platinum – folklore / Taylor Swift
- 12 x Platinum – A Star is Born – OST / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- 11 x Platinum – evermore
Swift is also up 10-9 with seventeen-week-leader folklore, on sales of 23,000 units (up fifteen percent) in its 80th charting week.
AURORA‘s The Gods We Can Touch descends 2-3 in its sophomore week, declining by thirty-two percent to shift 44,000 in its second frame. The album has sold 107,000 to date, becoming the Norwegian songstress’s third project to be certified at least Gold, following A Different Kind of Human (2 x Platinum) and Infections of a Different Kind (Platinum). Her 2015 debut, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend was recently certified Silver.
Norah Jones is steady at No.4 with the No.2-peaking Come Away with Me, swelling by twenty-three percent to 42,000 sold.
Birdy returns to the top tier this week as Young Heart flies 13-5 with 35,000 copies sold, marking 133 percent surge from the previous week. The folk LP previously spent two weeks at number-one in April 2021.
Lana Del Rey‘s 2012-debut Born to Die: the Paradise Edition also re-enters the Top Ten, soaring 15-6, selling 31,000 copies (up 121 percent) following its ten-year anniversary! The Multi-Platinum smash peaked at No.2 in 2017 and has now spent a whopping 92 weeks inside the Top Fifty – it is Del Rey’s third most successful album, behind Lust for Life and NFR!
Del Rey also steps 9-8 with last year’s chart-topping Blue Banisters (24,000 units – up twenty percent).
Rounding out the Top Ten this week: Arlo Parks falls 5-7 with Collapsed in Sunbeams (28,000 units – on par with last week) after reaching a highpoint of No.3; and The Weeknd‘s Dawn FM slides 6-10 (23,000 units – down eight percent) three weeks after debuting atop the tally.
Onto Next Week: Adele’s 30 is currently aiming for an eleventh cumulative week at the pinnacle with over 90,000 sold.
L.dK Weekly Top Fifty
Notable Moves in the Top Fifty!
No.16 – Crystal Visions – the Very Best of … / Stevie Nicks’s 2007 compilation album is her bestselling release, and is among the most successful collections of all time. It notches a 100th week inside the Top Fifty as it springs 22-16 on sales of 14,000 units. Crystal is Nicks’s fourth effort to achieve this feat, following Bella Donna (177 weeks); Rock a Little (124 weeks); and The Wild Heart (100 weeks).
No.17 – Under the Pink / Tori Amos’s sophomore album – originally released in 1994 – blasts 37-17, selling 14,000 units to become the week’s Greatest Gainer! The album has sold over 200,000 copies since its retrospective release last February, and this week logs a 21st appearance on the charts.
No.19 – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful / Florence + the Machine’s biggest hit adds another accolade this week, as it becomes the band’s first release to be certified Triple Platinum for selling over 900,000 copies!
No.31 – Bella Donna / Stevie Nicks’s 1981 solo debut album is one of the biggest hits in L.dK Weekly history, and ranks as the longest-charting of all time (176 weeks)! This week, as it slips 28-31 (10,000 sold) it becomes the 16th album in history to sell over 2 million copies, just a week after Annie Lennox’s Medusa became the 15th. Nicks’s Crystal has also reached the sales mark, having sold 2.22 million to date.
No.44 – Medusa / Speaking of Lennox’s sophomore record… as it descends 41-44 (7,000 units) it snares a 100th appearance on L.dK Weekly! Lennox’s solo debut – Diva – has racked up a whopping 157 weeks to date.
No.45 – Birdy / The self-titled debut from the British star has now become her fourth release to be certified Platinum as it re-enters at No.45, notching a 25th week on the rundown. It joins Young Heart & Beautiful Lies (2 x Platinum); and Piano Sketches (Platinum).
L.dK Weekly Top Artists
Industry Sales
Industry sales for the week stand at 952,000 units, swelling by 26.0% from the previous week’s figure of 755,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 704,000 albums were sold), consumption is up by 35.2%!
Note
Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).
L.dK Music 