Joni Mitchell HITS NO.1 WITH COURT AND SPARK!
Plus: Adele’s 30 topples another record!
Joni Mitchell collects her second chart-topping album this week as Court and Spark lifts 2-1 in its second week, selling 82,000 units (down just 5 percent). The hit has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 copies, becoming Mitchell’s fifth record to achieve this following Blue (6 x Platinum); Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon, and Both Sides Now, which have also been certified Gold. Spark is the 82nd album in L.dK Weekly History to reach the number-one spot.
Harry Styles’s Harry’s House slips to No.2 after spending its first two weeks in pole position. Sales dipped by 27 percent this week, as the LP drew a further 76,000 units. It has sold just over 450,000 in its three weeks on sale!
Kate Bush holds at a No.3 highpoint with Hounds of Love as the album sells 75,000 copies, marking an increase of 7 percent from the previous week. Bush’s The Whole Story meanwhile swings 12-7, selling 27,000 units (up 28 percent).
HAIM are unmoved at No.4 with their former chart-topping Women in Music Pt. III, shifting 51,000 units (down 9 percent).
Adele anchors this week’s Top Five with her juggernaut comeback record, 30. The album moved a further 49,000 copies this week (up 4 percent) and has now moved a staggering 3.04 million units to date. It becomes the fastest album ever to reach Diamond status, doing so in just twenty-nine weeks, passing Taylor Swift’s folklore which needed thirty-four weeks to achieve the same feat.
30 is currently the bestselling album of 2022 (1.72 million); the 5th bestselling album of the decade (3.04 million); and the 6th 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), 2 million (12 weeks), and now 3 million copies (29 weeks).
- Twenty-nine weeks – 30, Adele
- Thirty-four weeks – folklore, Taylor Swift
- Forty-seven weeks – Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Lana Del Rey
- Fifty-two weeks – evermore, Taylor Swift
- Sixty-three weeks – A Star is Born – OST, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- Ninety-one weeks – Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition, Dua Lipa
A trio of chart-toppers sits just outside the Top Five: Florence + the Machine are steady at No.6 with Dance Fever (28,000 units – down 24 percent); Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut sinks 7-8 (26,000 units – down 7 percent); Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under rebounds 10-9 (23,000 units – up 4 percent).
Cher caps this week’s Top Ten as If I Could Turn Back Time recovers 11-10 (22,000 units – up 4 percent). The compilation album previously peaked at No.7.
Onto Next Week: Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark could claim a second week at number-one, with the album currently aiming to sell over 80,000 for a third week. Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love should prove tough competition though, as it could sell anywhere between 75 – 85,000 units.
L.dK Weekly Top Fifty
Notable Moves in the Top Fifty
No.15 – Aerial / Kate Bush’s 2005 double album blasts 50-15 this week, earning the Brit her landmark tenth Top Twenty hit on L.dK Weekly. The album sold 17,000 this week, up from just 6,000 the week prior.
L.dK Weekly Top Artists
Note
Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).
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