The 1975 CRASH IN AT NUMBER-ONE!
The band claim the crown with their newest release – Being Funny in a Foreign Language – as Madonna, Joni Mitchell & The Kooks earn new certifications, and Taylor Swift re-enters Top Five.
The 1975 score their first chart-topper with the release of Being Funny in a Foreign Language as the album opens with a stellar 87,000 units; 79,000 being pure sales, with a further 8,000 pre-sales derived from singles released prior to the album.
Funny is already the group’s highest-charting and bestselling hit, passing 2020’s Notes on a Conditial Form which debuted and peaked at No.8 but failed to achieve Silver status.
Madonna’s Celebration bullets at the No.2 spot on sales of 60,000 copies (up 33 percent) while becoming the icon’s second album to be certified Gold for selling over 100,000 units. Her 2019 hit Madame X – which also topped out at No.2 – has sold close to a million copies to date.
Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark slides to No.3 after a total of eleven weeks at the number-one spot, moving 55,000 this week (down 26 percent). To date, Court has sold 1.5 million copies, making it the second album of Mitchell’s career to be certified at least 5 x Platinum; her 1971 chart-topping masterpiece Blue is currently certified 7 x Platinum, and has sold 2.36 million.
Mitchell’s Hejira meanwhile reverses course 8-6 for a third week at its highpoint, shifting 33,000 copies this week (up 10 percent); and the afforementioned Blue bumps 11-10 with 24,000 sold (up 9 percent).
The Kooks hit another new high as The Best of … So Far pushes 5-4 with 40,000 sold (up 14 percent). The collection has now been certified Platinum for selling over 300,000 copies.
Taylor Swift caps the Top Five as thirteen-week-ruler evermore improves 7-5 with 36,000 sold (up 9 percent).
Outside the Top Five: Mariah Carey’s Greatest Hits reaches a new peak, bounding 9-7 (32,000 units – up 18 percent); Adele’s 30 departs the Top Five for the first time after spending seventeen weeks in pole position, tumbling 4-8 (31,000 units – down 14 percent); Elvis Presley’s Elvis 30 #1 Hits dives 6-9 after debuting at the top spot three months ago (26,000 units – down 22 percent).
Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnight could challenge for one of 2022’s largest debuts, with opening-week sales of over 150,000 units. Expect Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time (80 – 100k), and The Arctic Monkeys’s The Car (20 – 30k) to also make notable splashes.
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No.30 – Blue Banisters / Lana Del Rey’s latest studio album ascends 35-30 on sales of 9,000 copies as it clocks a milestone 52nd week in the Top 50. It is Del Rey’s seventh album to spend a full year on the tally, following Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (55 weeks); Honeymoon (62 weeks); Chemtrails Over the Country Club (83 weeks); Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (100 weeks); Lust for Life (113 weeks); and Norman Fucking Rockwell! (164 weeks).
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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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