Taylor Swift commands Top 50 for sixth week!
Plus: Fleetwood Mac’s catalogue surges following the passing of Christine McVie.
Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a sixth consecutive week. The album saw an 8.5% decline in sales, selling 131,000 copies this week.
Midnights debuted at No.1 on the chart dated Nov. 4, with 277,000 units, becoming the fastest-selling album of 2022.
To date, Midnights has sold 986,000 copies, becoming Swift’s sixth Triple-Platinum-certified hit. It also passes Red (Taylor’s Version) (954,000) to rank as the star’s fourth-bestselling album to date. It currently trails Lover (1.66 million), evermore (4.23 million) and folklore (5.10 million).
Swift’s evermore also jumps 8-6 with 34,000 sold (up 21 percent) as it passes 4.2 million sales, becoming Swift’s second record to be certified at least 14 x Platinum!
Top Five holds steady: First Aid Kit remain at their No.2 highpoint with Palomino, on sales of 62,000 copies (down 17 percent); Adele’s 30 stays at No.3 with 48,000 sold (down 2 percent); Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark holds at No.4, selling 46,000 units (up 4 percent); and The Kooks are unmoved at No.5 with The Best of … So Far, selling 40,000 copies (down 2 percent).
Outside the Top Five: Mariah Carey’s Greatest Hits backtracks from its No.6 peak to No.7 (33,000 units – down 7 percent); Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits roars 27-8… more on that later (29,000 units – up 222 percent); Sigrid’s chart-topping How to Let Go falls 7-9 (26,000 units – down 13 percent); and Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time slips 9-10 after peaking at No.2 (24,000 units – up 4 percent).
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird Christine McVie passed away on Wednesday, 30th November, causing Fleetwood Mac’s catalogue to surge in the final 24 hours of the tracking week.
Greatest Hits leads the pack as it rockets 27-8 on sales of 29,000 units (up 222 percent). The compilation has now sold over 2.1 million copies, and ranks as the band’s biggest-selling hit.
The outfit’s 1975-self-titled returns at No.15 (18,000 units), followed by Rumours at No.21 (13,000 units); Tango in the Night at No.23 (12,000 units); Mirage at No.26 (11,000 units); and Tusk at No.32 (10,000 units).
McVie formed an integral part of Fleetwood Mac, and her hits – including “Say You Love Me”, “You Make Loving Fun”, “Over and Over”, “Hold Me”, “Little Lies”, and “Everywhere” – have aided them in their illustrious career on L.dK Weekly. The legendary group have sold over 6.6 million records – enough to make them the bestselling band of all time – and their 1977 juggernaut Rumours ranks among the Top Ten Greatest Albums of All Time.
Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights is expected to take out a seventh week at number-one, with sales of over 100,000 units. Fleetwood Mac should expect to occupy a few spots in the Top Ten, with Fleetwood Mac (25 – 35,000 units), and Rumours (20 – 30,000) expected to join Greatest Hits in the region.
L.dK Weekly Top 50
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.16 – 21 / Adele’s sophomore album has now sold over 1,000,000 units, becoming the singer’s third effort to do so, and the 58th in history.
No.22 – Sucker Punch / Sigrid’s debut album descends 13-22 with 13,000 sold. The album has now been certified Platinum for selling more than 300,000 copies. It is Sigrid’s second record to achieve this, following her sophomore hit How to Let Go.
No.29 – Christmas / Michael Buble’s festive piece returns with 11,000 sold. It peaked at No.3 over the 2021 Christmas season.
No.33 – Wrapped in Red / Kelly Clarkson’s No.2-peaking seasonal collection re-enters this week, moving 10,000 copies.
No.43 – Positions / Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album moves 42-43 (7,000 units) in its 86th charting week. Despite initially falling short of the sales expectations set by its forebears, Sweetener (2.47 million) and thank u, next (1.42 million), the album has since proved to be a chart mainstay, outlasting the latter record on the charts, and now becoming Grande’s first album since the former to sell upwards of 1.5 million copies.
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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