Kate Bush crowns Weekly Top Fifty for second week!
Plus: Sam Fender returns to Top Ten; Foals nab first Top Ten hit!
Kate Bush scores a second consecutive week atop the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty with Hounds of Love, as the album sells a further 77,000 copies (down 21 percent). The hit is now the longest-running chart-topper from the Queen of Art-Pop.
Bush places two further albums inside the Top Ten: The Whole Story best-of retreats 6-7 with 26,000 sold (down 7 percent); and The Sensual World slides 7-10 with 25,000 sold (up 4 percent). The former collection has now been certified 7 x Platinum for selling a whopping 2.1 million!
Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark stays at No.2 after earlier spending a week at number-one, moving 71,000 copies (down 1 percent). The jazzy set has now been certified Platinum for selling more than 300,000 units. Harry Styles repeats at No.3 with the two-week-leader Harry’s House, shifting 54,000 units (down 13 percent). Adele’s 30 keeps at No.4 on sales of 44,000 copies (down 6 percent). Rounding out the Top Ten, HAIM’s Women in Music Pt. III maintains its position of No.5, with 42,000 copies sold (down 5 percent); the album has now been certified Triple Platinum for shifting over 900,000 copies.
Outside the Top Ten: Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under spikes 12-6 (32,000 units – up 68 percent); and Florence + the Machine’s Dance Fever elevates 9-8 (25,000 units – up 13 percent).
Foals score their first Top Ten album this week as Life is Yours premieres at No.9 with first-week sales of 25,000 copies.
Onto Next Week: Both Conan Gray and Regina Spektor are headed for bows inside the Top Five with Superache and Home, Before and After, with both albums tracking to sell roughly 50,000 copies in their debut frames. Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark could be set for a return to number-one with sales of over 70,000 copies.
L.dK Weekly Top Fifty
Notable Moves in the Top Fifty
No.17 – folklore / Taylor Swift’s landmark indie-pop release which domianted 2020 and 2021 has now become her first album to chart for 100 weeks! It is a rare achievement that only nineteen other albums have managed.
No.19 – Mirage / Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 album returns to L.dK Weekly on the 45-year anniversary of its original release, selling 15,000 copies. The hit peaked at No.2 in 2017 and has since been certified Double Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies.
No.30 – Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition / Dua Lipa’s lockdown juggernaut has now sold a mind-boggling 3.3 million units, becoming just the fifth album ever to achieve this!
No.40 – Under the Pink / Tori Amos’s sophomore album has now become her second release to be certified Platinum, following its retrospective release in February 2021.
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).
L.dK Music 