Taylor Swift crowns Top 50 for eighth week with Midnights!
Plus: Swift’s evermore re-enters Top Five; Carly Rae Jepsen and Joni Mitchell records return to Top Ten!
Taylor Swift’s Midnights scores an eighth successive week in charge of the L.dK Weekly Top 50, moving 96,000 copies (down 12 percent).
The album – which has now sold over 1.19 million copies – is the first album in almost two years to spend its first eight weeks at the top spot. The last? Swift’s own evermore which spent its first thirteen weeks in pole position. That album flurries 7-3 this week, moving 41,000 copies (up 17 percent).
Midnights is currently the third-longest-running number-one album of 2022 to date, behind Adele’s 30 (twelve weeks), and Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (eleven weeks).
Speaking of Spark… that album jumps 4-2 this week with 42,000 copies sold (even with last week). Joni Mitchell’s No.6-peaking Hejira also ascends 15-10 on sales of 20,000 units (up 6 percent).
First Aid Kit’s Palomino slides to No.4 after three weeks at its No.2 peak, shifting 40,000 copies (down 25 percent), while Adele’s record-breaking 30 remains at No.5 with 39,000 sold (down 5 percent).
Beyond the Top Five: The Kooks’s The Best of … So Far rebounds 8-6 after reaching No.3 (32,000 units – down 3 percent); Fleetwood Mac’s chart-topping Greatest Hits dives 3-7 (26,000 units – down 45 percent); Mariah Carey’s No.6-peaking Greatest Hits ticks back up 9-8 (24,000 units – down 14 percent).
Rounding out the Top Ten: Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time springs 12-9 (21,000 units – down 5 percent). The album previously debuted and peaked at No.2 in October.
Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights seems headed for a ninth straight week at number-one. It is currently expected to sell upwards of 70,000 over the pre-Christmas week.
L.dK Weekly Top 50
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.50 – Christine McVie / Christine McVie’s sophomore self-titled record from 1984 celebrates its first appearance inside the Top 50 as it premieres at No.50 on sales of 5,000 copies, following the unfortunate passing of McVie the week prior.
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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