Taylor Swift replaces herself at No.1!
As evermore surpasses Midnights, Christmas records from Darlene Love, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble and Mariah Carey all rise in Top Ten!
Taylor Swift’s evermore reclaims the number-one spot on the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a fourteenth non-consecutive week, moving 58,000 units (up 18 percent). This marks the first time since March 2021 that evermore has ranked atop the Top 50.
To date, evermore has sold over 4.4 million copies, and with fourteen weeks in pole position, it stands as the fourth longest-running number-one album of all time!
Swift’s Midnights meanwhile slides to No.3 on sales of 52,000 copies (down 19 percent) after spending its first nine weeks at the summit.
Darlene Love leads a flurry of Christmas hits in the Top Ten, as Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) rockets 7-2 with 55,000 sold (up 96 percent), going Silver for selling over 60,000 copies. Kelly Clarkson’s No.2-peaking Wrapped in Red elevates 5-4 with 43,000 sold (up 26 percent); Michael Buble’s No.4-peaking Christmas ascends 9-7 with 29,000 units (up 32 percent); and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas springs from No.16 to a new peak of No.9, selling 24,000 copies (up 33 percent).
Aside from the seasonal hits: Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark rounds out the Top Five – down from No.3 – selling 39,000 copies (up 2 percent). Court previously spent eleven weeks at the chart summit. Mitchell’s Blue meanwhile gains at No.10 on sales of 23,000 copies (up 9 percent).
Outside the Top Five: Adele’s 30 dives 4-6 after seventeen weeks in pole position (34,000 units – down 6 percent), and First Aid Kit’s Palomino descends 6-8 after peaking at No.2 (25,000 units – down 11 percent)
Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift currently has two albums in contention for the number-one spot, with both evermore and Midnights tracking to sell over 50,000 units in the upcoming tracking week.
L.dK Weekly Top 50
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.12 – A Christmas Cornucopia / Annie Lennox’s fifth studio album bounds 15-12 in its 6th charting week, shifting 20,000 copies. Cornucopia peaked at No.9 in the 2021 Christmas season. To date, the album has sold over 113,000 copies, becoming Lennox’s third Gold-certified hit.
No.38 – Come Away With Me / Norah Jones’s debut studio album places at No.38 (9,000 sold) as it celebrates a full year inside the L.dK Weekly Top 50!
No.47 – For the Roses / Joni Mitchell’s 1972 fifth studio album has now sold over 60,000 copies, becoming Mitchell’s eleventh hit to do so.
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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