Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd goes Double Platinum!
Del Rey rules for a third week, as Joni Mitchell re-enters Top Five, and The Kooks celebrate a new milestone!
Lana Del Rey continues to lead the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a third term with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. The album sold 139,000 copies in its third week on sale, marking a 27 percent decline from the previous week.
Blvd has now been certified 2 x Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies, becoming the singer’s eighth release to achieve the feat!
In just two weeks, Ocean Blvd has shifted 636,000 copies, making it the 3rd bestselling album of 2023 to date. It passes Taylor Swift’s Midnights (552,000 sold), and trails Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (641,000).
Del Rey also occupies the No.9 spot this week with her record-breaking juggernaut Norman Fucking Rockwell!, selling a further 21,000 copies (down 22 percent). It has now spent a record-padding 142 weeks inside the Top Ten!
Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE meanwhile repeats at No.2 after five weeks at the top spot, with 64,000 copies sold (down 2 percent); Paramore’s This is Why clocks a fifth frame at its No.3 peak, moving 43,000 copies (down 9 percent); Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is steady at No.4, selling 42,000 units (down 5 percent).
Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark rounds out the Top Five as it moves up 6-5 on sales of 38,000 copies (up 12 percent). The twelve-week-leader has now spent an impressive 42 weeks inside the Top Five!
Outside the Top Five: Miley Cyrus’s one-week-ruler, Endless Summer Vacation descends 5-6 (31,000 sold – down 12 percent); First Aid Kit’s No.2-peaking Palomino holds at No.7 (28,000 sold – up 3 percent); and Adele’s 30 stays at No.8 after seventeen weeks at the summit (26,000 sold – down 3 percent).
The Kooks’s The Best of … So Far remains stationary at No.10 (20,000 units – down 8 percent) as it logs a landmark 52nd week inside the Top 50! It is the 72nd album in history to chart for an entire year!
Onto Next Week: Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? looks to spend a fourth week at the top spot, with sales of over 125,000 copies!
L.dK Weekly Top 50
Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50
No.13 – Higher than Heaven / Ellie Goulding’s fifth studio album becomes her third Top 20 hit on the L.dK Weekly Top 50. It matches the No.13 peak of 2015’s Delirium, but falls far short of 2020’s Brightest Blue which clocked in at No.1, selling over 160,000 copies in its opening stanza. By comparison, Higher opened to less than ten percent of that.
No.17 – Midnights / Taylor Swift’s first pop album in years became a massive hit upon its release in October 2022, becoming the fastest-selling album of the year, and eventually spending twelve weeks at number-one! Now at No.17 in its 25th charting week, it has become Swift’s third album to be certified 6 x Platinum for selling in excess of 1.8 million copies. Midnights joins folklore (17 x Platinum), and evermore (16 x Platinum).
No.22 – Crystal Visions – the Very Best of … / Stevie Nicks’s 2007 compilation album has proved to be her most enduring collection of hits, having charted for a whopping 162 weeks to date – it still has a long way to go to surpass Bella Donna (232 weeks) as Nicks’s longest-charting album, however. This week, Crystal has become just the ninth project ever to be certified Diamond, denoting sales of over 3 million copies! It closely follows Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life, and currently ranks as the 9th bestselling album of all time.
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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