SIGRID SCORES NO.1 DEBUT WITH LEARN TO LET GO!
Plus: Sam Fender crosses new milestone!
Sigrid’s brand new Learn to Let Go premieres at the top spot after selling an impressive 74,000 copies in its opening stanza; it nabs the greatest sales week of the year since the week dated 21 February when Adele’s 30 sold 76,000 units. Let Go is the third successive chart-topper from the Norwegian hitmaker, following 2017’s Don’t Kill My Vibe – EP and 2019’s Sucker Punch; the latter re-enters this week at No.12 with 12,000 copies sold.
Adele’s historic 30 retreats to No.2 after spending a whopping seventeen non-consecutive weeks at the top spot; it sold 60,000 units this week (down 9 percent). 30 is currently the bestselling album of 2022 (1.52 million); the 5th bestselling album of the decade (2.83 million); and the 7th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!
A trio of chart-topping albums round out the Top Ten: HAIM slip 2-3 with Women in Music Pt. III, moving 51,000 units (down 7 percent); Sam Fender steps down 3-4 with the newly-minted Double Platinum Seventeen Going Under, on sales of 30,000 units (down 12 percent); Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut caps the region as it dips 4-5, selling 29,000 copies (down 3 percent).
Outside the Top Five: Lana Del Rey is back-to-back at No.6 & No.7, with Blue Banisters (22,000 units – down 4 percent), and Norman Fucking Rockwell! respectively (21,000 units – up 10 percent). The latter has now clocked up a record-padding 127 weeks inside the Top Ten!
Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time compilation set regresses to No.8 from its No.7 highpoint (20,000 units – down 5 percent); Joni Mitchell slides 6-9 with the number-one smash Blue (20,000 units – down 9 percent); finally, Taylor Swift anchors the region as folklore descends 8-10 (17,000 units – down 15 percent)
Onto Next Week: Florence + the Machine currently have their sights set on a No.1 debut as their latest offering Dance Fever looks poised to become the year’s fastest-selling hit to date, with a debut possibly north of 150,000 units; the record is currently held by The Weeknd’s Dawn FM which opened to sales of 130,000 units in January.
L.dK Weekly Top Fifty
Notable Moves in the Top Fifty
No.20 – Superbloom / Misterwives’s 2020 studio album has now been certified Gold for sales exceeding 100,000 units. The album debuted and peaked at No.3 four weeks ago.
No.23 – Greatest Hits / Fleetwood Mac’s 1988 best-of set has now been certified 6 x Platinum for sales of over 1.8 million copies. The former chart-topper is the band’s second bestselling effort, behind only their 1977 magnum-opus Rumours which has sold just less than 2.1 million to date.
No.37 – Sweetener / Ariana Grande’s fourth studio album has now become just the third record in history to spend a full three years (or 156 weeks) on the L.dK Weekly Charts! The hit – Grande’s most successful album by far, and one of her three chart-topping smashes – joins Stevie Nicks’s Bella Donna (191 weeks) and Annie Lennox’s Diva (171 weeks).
L.dK Weekly Top Artists
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Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).
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