Beyonce continues to dominate with RENAISSANCE!
Plus: New certifications for Caroline Polachek, Paramore & First Aid Kit.
Beyonce adds a third successive week at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top 50 with RENAISSANCE. The album records its biggest sales week to date, increasing by 24 percent to sell 91,000 copies in the latest tracking period.
RENAISSANCE has now been certified Platinum for selling more than 300,000 copies since its release. It follows Beyonce’s Lemonade (2 x Platinum) as her secnd album to achieve this feat.
Caroline Polachek holds at her No.2 peak with Desire, I Want to Turn Into You. The album sports a 10 percent increase in sales, moving 77,000 units. It has now sold over 150,000 to date, making it Polachek’s first Gold-certified record.
Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-leader Court and Spark reverses course 5-3 on sales of 39,000 copies (up 2 percent) as it tallies a 40th consecutive week inside the Top Five, dating to its No.2 debut in June 2022.
Paramore’s This is Why rebounds 7-4 with 37,000 sold (up 23 percent) after it debuted at No.3 two weeks ago. The album has now been certified Gold for selling upwards of 100,000 units – the band’s first to earn the distinction.
First Aid Kit round out the Top Five as the No.5-peaking Palomino descends 3-5 with 35,000 sold (down 22 percent). The hit has now sold just over 600,000 copies, making it the band’s first Multi-Platinum hit!
Outside the Top Five: Rihanna’s ANTI drops 4-6 after debuting and peaking at No.2 two weeks ago (29,000 units – down 31 percent); Adele’s seventeen-week-ruler 30 ticks 8-7 (27,000 units – up 8 percent); Elle King’s chart-topping Come Get Your Wife descends 6-8 (27,000 units – down 10 percent); The Kooks’s No.3-peaking The Best of … So Far elevates 10-9 (24,000 units – even with last week).
Taylor Swift’s Midnights anchors the Top Ten, falling 9-10 in its 19th charting frame (23,000 units – down 4 percent). Midnights previously spent twelve weeks in pole position.
Onto Next Week: Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE could be bound for a fourth straight week at the summit with sales of over 90,000 copies. Caroline Polachek’s Desire, I Want to Turn Into You could also be in with a shot, with current forecasts suggesting a haul of upwards of 80,000 units.
L.dK Weekly Top 50
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.28 – Bad Girls / Donna Summer’s landmark record reached No.11 in January, and has performed respectably since. This week, as the album dips 24-28 with 8,000 sold, it becomes the singer’s first Gold-certified record, having sold more than 100,000 copies.
No.32 – How to Let Go / Sigrid’s sophomore studio album rises 33-32 this week with 8,000 copies sold. It has now become the Norweigan singer’s first release to be certified Multi-Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies.
No.33 – The Highlights / The Weeknd’s 2021 compilation record re-enters with 8,000 sold following the release of the Ariana Grande remix of “Die For You”. The collection has sold over 660,000 copies to date.
No.37 – In These Silent Days / Brandi Carlile’s No.7-peaking album falls to No.37 this week with 7,000 copies sold. It has now been certified Silver for selling over 60,000 units.
No.39 – Harry’s House / Harry Styles’s third studio album becomes the 63rd album in history to sell over a million copies! With this, he becomes the first male artist in history to boast 2 million-selling albums. His sophomore record – Fine Line – has sold 1.65 million to date.
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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