DUA LIPA’S FUTURE NOSTALGIA LEADS BUSY TOP TEN

PLUS: Fleetwood Mac & Hailee Steinfeld debut in the Top Five, while Hayley Williams matches her highest rank.

Despite an influx of new records in the Top Ten, Dua Lipa once again remains at the top spot, collecting a seventh successive week on the throne, selling 90,000 copies (down 19 percent).

With seven weeks at the summit, Future is now tied with MARINA’s Love + Fear as the fourth longest-running number one hit ever.

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell / Lana Del Rey – 17 weeks
2. A Star is Born / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 12 weeks
3. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 11 weeks
4. Love + Fear / MARINA – 7 weeks
5. Future Nostalgia / Dua Lipa – 7 weeks

Up next: Alanis Morissette’s The Collection keeps at its No.2 peak for a sixth straight frame, with sales of 84,000 units (down 17 percent). The greatest hits collection is now tied with Ariana Grande’s live set K Bye for Now for the most weeks at No.2 without hitting No.1. The album has now been certified 2 x Platinum, with sales of 607,000 to date.

Fleetwood Mac score their sixth Top Five album as Tusk debuts at No.3. The album – originally released in 1979 – sold 46,000 copies in its first seven days. While Tusk follows five previous efforts from the Mac into the Top Five, it currently ranks as their second lowest-charting, ahead of only their 1975 self-titled debut which hit No.5. The band have scored three chart-toppers with 1977’s Rumours (5 weeks), 1987’s Tango in the Night (3 weeks) and their compilation Greatest Hits from 1988 (1 week), while also climbing to No.2 with Mirage (1982).

Tusk may already be a Top Five hit, but it has big shoes to fill, as all of Fleetwood Mac’s albums have been certified Gold (Fleetwood Mac), Platinum (Greatest Hits), or Multi-Platinum (Mirage & Tango in the Night) with Rumours being certified 5 x Platinum.

Entering the chart at No.4 is Half Written Story – the EP grants Hailee Steinfeld her first hit on L.dK. It bows with 45,000 sold, with 15,000 derived from pre-sales.

Dropping from No.3 to No.5 is The Weeknd’s former No.1 album After Hours (38,000 – down 24 percent).

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters edges 7-6 after peaking at No.4 (28,000 – up 12 percent), while HEART slide 4-7 with their self-titled set (27,000 – down 7 percent).

New at No.8 is Hayley Williams’ debut solo album Petals for Armor (25,000). The album matches the peak of Williams’ debut EP Petals for Armor, I as the singer’s highest-charting hit on L.dK.

Capping the Top Ten: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell plummets 5-9 in its 37th week in the Top Ten (24,000 – down 15 percent) while Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes slides 6-10 (24,000 – down 15 percent).

Industry: Gaining 1.6% over last week, consumption totalled 792,000 units in the most recent tracking week.

Onto next week: There are no scheduled releases for the coming week.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.15 – It Was Good, Until It Wasn’t / Kehlani’s new album makes its debut at No.15 with 15,000 units in its first week. The album had originally been expected to debut within the Top Ten.

No.24 – GIRL / Country star Maren Morris now has her first Platinum album with GIRL. The album sinks 14-24 this week selling 10,000 units, and has sold 305,000 copies to date.

No.25 – The Other Side of the Mirror / Stevie Nicks’ fourth studio album (1989) re-enters at No.25 on the 31st anniversary of its original release, moving 10,000 copies and earning a 54th week inside the Top 50. The album has sold more than 1 million units and led the chart for five weeks in 2017.

No.28 – Map of the Soul: 7 / BTS become the first K-Pop group to attain Platinum status, with their latest set. The former chart-topper sinks 23-28 (8,000) and has sold 307,000 since release.

No.29 – Dedicated / Carly Rae Jepsen had one of the biggest record of 2019 with Dedicated, which peaked at No.1 for two consecutive weeks, and as it moves 26-29 (8,000) in its 38th charting week, the album becomes one of less than twenty-five releases to be certified Triple Platinum – denoting sales of over 900,000 copies.

The Top 50

1. [=/7] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=/5] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [NEW] Tusk – Fleetwood Mac
4. [NEW] Half Written Story – Hailee Steinfeld
5. [-2] After Hours – The Weeknd
6. [+1] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
7. [-3] Heart – HEART
8. [NEW] Petals for Armor – Hayley Williams
9. [-4] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
10. [-4] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
11. [-3] Rare – Selena Gomez
12. [-3] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
13. [-3] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
14. [-3] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
15. [NEW] It Was Good, Until It Wasn’t – Kehlani
16. [-4] Medusa – Annie Lennox
17. [-4] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
18. [-3] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
19. [+8] 25 – Adele
20. [-4] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
21. [-1] Diva – Annie Lennox
22. [-4] Birdy – Birdy
23. [-2] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
24. [-10] GIRL – Maren Morris
25. [re] The Other Side of the Mirror – Stevie Nicks
26. [-7] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
27. [-3] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
28. [-5] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
29. [-3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
30. [-8] Fine Line – Harry Styles
31. [-1] 21 – Adele
32. [-4] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
33. [-16] Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
34. [-9] Lover – Taylor Swift
35. [-2] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
36. [-7] Melodrama – Lorde
37. [-2] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
38. [+1] 19 – Adele
39. [-8] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
40. [-8] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
41. [+6] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
42. [-8] Queen – Nicki Minaj
43. [-5] Bloom – Troye Sivan
44. [-8] Dancing Queen – Cher
45. [-3] Madame X – Madonna
46. [-3] Cry Baby – Melanie Martinez
47. [-10] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
48. [-4] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
49. [-9] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
50. [-9] Heart of Stone – Cher

DUA LIPA RULES FOR A SIXTH WEEK, AS FUTURE NOSTALGIA CROSSES 1 MILLION SALES.

PLUS: Lana Del Rey re-enters the Top Five.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia maintains command of L.dK for a sixth consecutive week, selling 110,000 units (down 16 percent).

Now with six weeks at the top spot, Lipa’s latest smash ties the reign of Cyndi Lauper’s She’s so Unusual as one of the longest-running number one albums ever. The list of longest chart-topping album is as follows:

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell / Lana Del Rey – 17 weeks
2. A Star is Born / Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – 12 weeks
3. Lust for Life / Lana Del Rey – 11 weeks
4. Love + Fear / MARINA – 7 weeks
5. She’s so Unusual / Cyndi Lauper – 6 weeks
6. Future Nostalgia / Dua Lipa – 6 weeks

Future has now become the 21st album to sell more than 1 million copies. With sales of 1.007 million to date, it ranks as the 19th bestselling album of all time, after just 6 weeks on sale. In addition: Future is the first album to sell over 1 million units in 2020.

Alanis Morissette stays put at its No.2 peak for a fifth successive week, with sales of The Collection dropping by 17 percent to 101,000 sold.

The Weeknd’s former chart-topper After Hours holds at No.3 (50,000 units – down 20 percent) as HEART’s self-titled set keeps steady at No.4 (29,000 – down 13 percent).

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell ascends 6-5 with 28,000 sold (down 7 percent). The album has now spent a record-extending 33 weeks inside the Top Five, along with 36 straight weeks in the Top Ten. The juggernaut has also now become only the second release ever to be certified 9 x Platinum – 2,700,000 units.

Beyond the Top Five: Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes sinks 5-6 (28,000 – down 16 percent), Fiona Apple’s No.4 peaking Fetch the Bolt Cutters rebounds 9-7 in its third week (25,000 – up 8 percent), Selena Gomez holds at No.8 with Rare (24,000 – down 4 percent), while Florence + the Machine lift 10-9 with 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (23,000 – on par).

Finally, Conan Gray’s debut LP Kid Krow rises 12-10 (19,000 – up 11 percent) for a 6th week in the Top Ten.

Industry: Music consumption experienced a decline of 14.2% this week, with total sales of 779,000 units.

Onto next week: Four releases are scheduled for the coming week. Hailee Steinfelds’ EP Half Written Story, Hayley Williams’ solo debut album Petals for Armor and Kehlani’s It Was Good Until It Wasn’t. Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk (1979) will also receive a retrospective release this week.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.15 – Timespace / Stevie Nicks’ 1991 greatest hits compilation Timespace ascends 17-15 this week selling 15,000 units. The album has now become Nicks’ eighth album to be certified 2 x Platinum for selling more than 600,000 copies – this is a record figure among all artists.

The Top 50

1. [=/6] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=/5] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
4. [=] Heart – HEART
5. [+1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
7. [+2] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
8. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
9. [+1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
10. [+2] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
11. [=] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
12. [+1] Medusa – Annie Lennox
13. [+2] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
14. [+2] GIRL – Maren Morris
15. [+2] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
16. [-2] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
17. [-10] Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
18. [+1] Birdy – Birdy
19. [+1] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
20. [-2] Diva – Annie Lennox
21. [+3] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
22. [-1] Fine Line – Harry Styles
23. [-1] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
24. [+2] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
25. [-2] Lover – Taylor Swift
26. [-1] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
27. [+18] 25 – Adele
28. [=] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
29. [+2] Melodrama – Lorde
30. [+8] 21 – Adele
31. [+2] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
32. [-5] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
33. [-3] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
34. [+1] Queen – Nicki Minaj
35. [-3] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
36. [-2] Dancing Queen – Cher
37. [-1] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
38. [-1] Bloom – Troye Sivan
39. [=] 19 – Adele
40. [-11] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
41. [+6] Heart of Stone – Cher
42. [+1] Madame X – Madonna
43. [+7] Cry Baby – Melanie Martinez
44. [=] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
45. [re] Lioness: Hidden Treasures – Amy Winehouse
46. [=] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
47. [+1] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
48. [-7] Bad Animals – HEART
49. [re] Jade Bird – Jade Bird
50. [-1] Devotion – Jessie Ware

DUA LIPA’S FUTURE NOSTALGIA SNARES FIFTH WEEK AT THE TOP AND BECOMES 2020’S TOP-SELLING ALBUM!

PLUS: Regina Spektor debuts at No.7.

For a fifth consecutive week, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia sits comfortably at the top of L.dK Weekly, moving 130,000 units this time around (down 15 percent).

Future is just the ninth album to spend at least five weeks at the summit, and is currently tied with Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Lorde’s Melodrama and Stevie Nicks’ The Other Side of the Mirror (which all led the list for five weeks) for the 6th longest command of the chart.

With total sales of 897,000 to date, Lipa’s smash has now become the bestselling album of 2020. It unseats Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell which has moved 803,000 since the start of the year.

Holding at her No.2 peak for a third successive week is Alanis Morissette with her compilation The Collection. The LP dropped by 16 percent this week to move 121,000 copies: with total sales of 422,000 it currently ranks as the 10th bestselling album of 2020.

The Weeknd sticks at No.3 with After Hours (62,000 – down 17 percent) while HEART’s self-titled set bounces 6-4 (33,000 – down 14 percent) earning an eighth week in the Top Five.

Capping the Top Five is Tori Amos’ stationary Little Earthquakes (33,000 – down 20 percent). The alternative release has now spent 20 weeks on L.dK, after peaking at No.2 in November 2019.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell rebounds 7-6 (30,000 – down 10 percent); Selena Gomez’ Rare steps up 9-8 (25,000 – on par); Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters slides 4-9 in its second week, going Silver with over 60,000 total sales (23,000 – down 53 percent); and Florence + the Machine drop 8-10 with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (23,000 – down 18 percent).

Opening at No.7 with Begin to Hope (2006) is Regina Spektor. The album sold a respectable 28,000 units in its first week.

Industry: This week, music sales totalled 907,000, sliding by 9.4% from the previous week’s haul of 1.001 million.

Onto next week: There are no releases scheduled for this tracking week.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.29 – Infections of a Different Kind / AURORA’s EP (2018) first impacted L.dK in June 2019 along with her second studio album A Different Kind of Human. The sets would debut back-to-back in the Top Ten, Human at No.5 and Infections at No.6. While Human would peak at No.2, the latter would never climb into the Top Five, however it would follow in the footsteps of Human by achieving chart longevity. It has lived on the list for 33 weeks in total and as it climbs 35-29 (7,000) it crosses sales of 300,000, earning it a Platinum certification. For reference: Human this week moves 25-27 (8,000) in its 41st week, with total sales of 560,000.

No.32 – Bella Donna & No.44 – The Wild Heart / Stevie Nicks’ debut solo and sophomore albums both cross major milestones in music this week. The former dives 24-32 (7,000) and becomes just the 14th album to sell over 1.2 million copies. Bella Donna is Nicks’ second release to be certified Quadruple Platinum, following her best-of Crystal Visions (1.266 million).

The Wild Heart meanwhile lifts 46-44 (4,000) and earns the distinction of becoming the 20th album to surpass 1 million copies sold.

The Top 50

1. [=/5] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=/3] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
4. [+2] Heart – HEART
5. [=] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
6. [+1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
7. [NEW] Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
8. [+1] Rare – Selena Gomez
9. [-5] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
10. [-2] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
11. [+1] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
12. [-2] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
13. [+6] Medusa – Annie Lennox
14. [-1] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
15. [+3] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
16. [-5] GIRL – Maren Morris
17. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
18. [+5] Diva – Annie Lennox
19. [-4] Birdy – Birdy
20. [+1] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
21. [-7] Fine Line – Harry Styles
22. [-5] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
23. [+4] Lover – Taylor Swift
24. [-4] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
25. [+3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
26. [-4] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
27. [-2] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
28. [+2] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
29. [+6] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
30. [-4] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
31. [=] Melodrama – Lorde
32. [-8] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
33. [-4] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
34. [+4] Dancing Queen – Cher
35. [+4] Queen – Nicki Minaj
36. [-4] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
37. [-1] Bloom – Troye Sivan
38. [-5] 21 – Adele
39. [+6] 19 – Adele
40. [+9] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
41. [+1] Bad Animals – HEART
42. [re] Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey
43. [-6] Madame X – Madonna
44. [+2] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
45. [re] 25 – Adele
46. [-2] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
47. [+3] Heart of Stone – Cher
48. [-1] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
49. [-9] Devotion – Jessie Ware
50. [re] Cry Baby – Melanie Martinez

DUA LIPA’S FUTURE NOSTALGIA CELEBRATES A MONTH AT NO.1!

PLUS: Fiona Apple enters in the Top Five.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia logs a fourth successive week atop L.dK selling a further 152,000 copies (down 11 percent): it is the first album of 2020 to spend an entire month at the top spot. Previously both Halsey’s Manic and Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell ruled for three weeks this year (Rockwell also lodged itself at No.1 for fourteen straight weeks in 2019).

Future has sold 767,000 to date, making it the second bestselling record of 2020 so far: Rockwell narrowly retains the title – of the album’s total haul of 2.65 million units, 773,000 copies have come since the new year.

Alanis Morissette’s The Collection holds at its No.2 high as it declines by just 10 percent, selling 143,000 copies. The greatest hits compilation has moved just over 300,000 units and has already been certified Platinum after just two weeks.

The Weeknd’s former No.1 After Hours is unmoved at No.3 with 74,000 units (down 11 percent) in its fifth week. The R&B set – which has yet to leave the Top Five – continues to stake its claim as one of the biggest albums by a solo male on L.dK.

Double Platinum: Despite being on sale for less than two months, After has already crossed 600,000 in sales, being the first album by a solo male artist to achieve the feat. In-fact only three albums by male soloists have achieved Platinum status: Harry Styles’ Fine Line, Troye Sivan’s Bloom and Sam Smith’s The Thrill of it All.

After’s stellar performance has allowed it to quickly become the third bestselling album of 2020 – assuming The Weeknd can maintain his place in the Top Five then it will be the first LP by a male soloist to do so.

Debuting at No.4 this week is Fiona Apple’s newly-released Fetch the Bolt Cutters, as it bows with 48,000 copies sold. This marks Apple’s first visit to L.dK.

Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes falls 4-5 after hitting No.2 (41,000 – down 5 percent).

HEART’s self-titled smash drops 5-6 (38,000 – on par) after spending its first seven weeks inside the Top Five – earlier this year, Heart became the band’s first No.1 (and first Top Five).

Three of the bestselling smashes of 2020 follow in the Top Ten: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell slips 6-7 (33,000 – down 6 percent); Florence + the Machine bump 9-8 with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (28,000 – up 21 percent), pushing Selena Gomez’ Rare back from No.7 to No.9 (25,000 – down 11 percent).

Conan Gray’s Kid Krow is steady at No.10 in its fifth week on the chart (22,000 – up 14 percent).

Industry: With sales of 1.001 million, total consumption slips by just 1.2% this week. It marks the third time that total activity has crossed the 1 million threshold, and second in a row.

Onto next week: Regina Spektor will make her first appearance on L.dK with the retrospective release of her 2006 album Begin to Hope. Similar to Fiona Apple’s Fetch, the effort could debut inside the Top Five with upwards of 40,000 units.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.32 – Rock a Little / Stevie Nicks third album (1985) falls 27-32 in its 64th week on L.dK moving 6,000 copies. The rock album has now been certified Triple Platinum – denoting sales of over 900,000 units. Rock is the 22nd album to sell more than 900,000 copies, and is Nicks’ sixth such record. Her albums Bella Donna, The Other Side of the Mirror, The Wild Heart, 24 Karat Gold, and now Rock a Little have all been awarded Triple Platinum status. Her compilation Crystal Visions remains her biggest seller, and her only album to be certified Quadruple Platinum (1.2 million).

No.40 – Devotion / The 2012 debut album from one of L.dK’s biggest success stories, Jessie Ware, has just become a Gold record. As it flies 50-40 with 5,000 copies, it brings its total sales figure to 103,000. Ware’s two other albums Tough Love (2014) and Glasshouse (2017) have been certified Platinum and Triple Platinum respectively.

No.48 – Tango in the Night / Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 hit inches 49-48 as it celebrates its chart anniversary: Tango is the 13th album to spend an entire year (or 52 weeks) on L.dK. The album – which ruled the chart for three weeks in 2017 and was once the top-selling album ever – has sold over 800,000 to date.

The Top 50

1. [=/4] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
4. [NEW] Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
5. [-1] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
6. [-1] Heart – HEART
7. [-1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
8. [+1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
9. [-2] Rare -Selena Gomez
10. [=] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
11. [-3] GIRL – Maren Morris
12. [+2] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
13. [-1] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
14. [-3] Fine Line – Harry Styles
15. [-2] Birdy – Birdy
16. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
17. [=] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
18. [+3] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
19. [-3] Medusa – Annie Lennox
20. [-1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
21. [-1] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
22. [-4] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
23. [=] Diva – Annie Lennox
24. [+2] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
25. [=] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
26. [+4] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
27. [-3] Lover – Taylor Swift
28. [+3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
29. [-7] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
30. [-2] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
31. [+2] Melodrama – Lorde
32. [-5] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
33. [+1] 21 – Adele
34. [+3] Pure Heroine – Lorde
35. [-6] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
36. [+4] Bloom – Troye Sivan
37. [+1] Madame X – Madonna
38. [-3] Dancing Queen – Cher
39. [=] Queen- Nicki Minaj
40. [+10] Devotion – Jessie Ware
41. [-5] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
42. [+2] Bad Animals – HEART
43. [+5] Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
44. [-2] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
45. [-4] 19 – Adele
46. [=] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
47. [re] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
48. [+1] Tango in the Night – Fleetwood Mac
49. [-6] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
50. [-18] Heart of Stone – Cher

DUA LIPA SCORES THIRD WEEK AT THE TOP AS ALANIS MORISSETTE STARTS IN THE RUNNER-UP POSITION!

PLUS: Selena Gomez’ Rare makes inroads following its deluxe reissue.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia ties Halsey’s Manic as the longest-running No.1 hit of 2020 as it collects a third consecutive week at the top spot.

This week Future swells by 10 percent selling 171,000 units, earning it the third largest sales week of the year behind it’s own opening stanza (289,000) and the debut of the Weeknd’s After Hours (249,000).

Lipa’s smash has now been certified 2 x Platinum with total sales of 615,000 in just three weeks. Currently, Future is the second biggest album of 2020 in terms of sales alone, lagging behind only Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell (740,000).

Blasting onto L.dK in the runner-up spot is Alanis Morissette’s The Collection (2005) with a stellar 158,000 sold. The compilation becomes the third fastest-selling release of the year, while also earning the fourth largest sales week overall.

In addition: The Collection handily rewrites the record for the greatest sales week by compilation album, previously held by Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits which sold 98,000 copies for the week dated 01 April 2019 when it climbed to No.1.

Despite missing the top spot, The Collection is the 17th fastest-selling record ever, and has already become one of the Top 20 bestselling albums of 2020.

Falling from No.2 to No.3 in its fourth week is The Weeknd’s After Hours moving 83,000 copies (down 5 percent).

Rounding out the Top Five are Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes which sticks at No.4 (43,000 – down 9 percent) and HEART’S eponymous set, down 3-5 (38,000 – down 21 percent).

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell slips 5-6 – leaving the Top Five after a record 32 consecutive weeks – with 35,000 units (down 6 percent).

Selena Gomez’ former No.1 Rare bounces up to No.7 on this week’s list, increasing by 21 percent to 28,000 sold after being re-released with four new tracks.

Capping the Top Ten: Maren Morris drops 6-8 with GIRL (24,000 – down 12 percent); Florence + the Machine sink 7-9 with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (23,000 – down 12 percent); finally Conan Gray’s Kid Krow slides 8-10 (19,000 – down 24 percent).

Industry: For just the second time, overall sales have eclipsed the 1 million mark in a single week (1.013 million) – this also occurred just two weeks ago with sales of 1.028 million albums in total. Compared to last week, consumption is up 13.6%!

Onto next week: Fiona Apple’s newly released Fetch the Bolt Cutters could debut in the Top Ten with 30-35k sold.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 50!

No.37 – Pure Heroine / Lorde’s debut album from 2013 pre-dates L.dK by roughly 4 years, yet this week as the album – which previously peaked at No.9 – re-enters at No.37 it earns a Silver certification denoting sales of 60,000 copies. The star’s followup Melodrama has sold 1.41 million to date and this week bounces 43-33.

No.43 – Compilation 1:1 / Celeste’s first collection debuted and peaked at No.5 earlier this year, and while it was quick to leave the Top Ten, it remains inside the Top 50, dipping 34-43 with 4,000 sold. The set has now been certified Gold (100,000) after 8 weeks.

The Top 50

1. [=/3] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [NEW] The Collection – Alanis Morissette
3. [-1] After Hours – The Weeknd
4. [=] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
5. [-2] Heart – HEART
6. [-1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
7. [+3] Rare – Selena Gomez
8. [-2] GIRL – Maren Morris
9. [-2] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
10. [-2] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
11. [-2] Fine Line – Harry Styles
12. [+7] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
13. [+10] Birdy – Birdy
14. [-1] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
15. [+2] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
16. [-4] Medusa – Annie Lennox
17. [-3] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
18. [-3] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
19. [+1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
20. [-2] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
21. [-5] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
22. [+4] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
23. [-1] Diva – Annie Lennox
24. [-13] Lover – Taylor Swift
25. [-1] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
26. [-1] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
27. [-6] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
28. [+4] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
29. [-2] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
30. [+3] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
31. [-3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
32. [-2] Heart of Stone – Cher
33. [+10] Melodrama – Lorde
34. [-5] 21 – Adele
35. [=] Dancing Queen – Cher
36. [+3] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
37. [re] Pure Herine – Lorde
38. [re] Madame X – Madonna
39. [-8] Queen – Nicki Minaj
40. [+1] Bloom – Troye Sivan
41. [+7] 19 – Adele
42. [+7] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
43. [-9] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
44. [-8] Bad Animals – HEART
45. [re] Born to Die: Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey
46. [-6] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
47. [re] The Pains of Growing – Alessia Cara
48. [re] Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
49. [re] Tango in the Night – Fleetwood Mac
50. [re] Devotion – Jessie Ware

DUA LIPA’S FUTURE NOSTALGIA LOGS A SECOND WEEK AT NO.1!

PLUS: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell becomes the longest-running Top Five album ever, while HEART earn a new Platinum record.

For a second week, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia commands the L.dK Top 40. The record moved 155,000 copies during the tracking week, dropping by 47 percent: it earned the greatest sales figure of 2020 last week with 289,000 units.

Just two weeks into its chart-life, Lipa’s Future has already been certified Platinum and with total sales of 444,000 copies it has quickly surpassed the singer’s self-titled album to become her biggest-selling release: Dua Lipa (2017) has moved 325,000 to date, and this week drops 13-18.

The Weeknd’s After Hours sticks at No.2 in its third week selling 87,000 units, marking a 37 percent drop from the frame before.

Staying put at No.3 is HEART’S self-titled set from 1985, selling 48,000 copies (up 5 percent). The album – which became the band’s first No.1 in March – has now become the group’s second record to be certified Platinum, following Bad Animals (1987).

Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes remains at No.4 shifting 47,000 copies (up 20 percent) after hitting No.2.

Rounding out the Top Five once again is Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell as it logs a record-breaking 32nd week in the region. Previously Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born held the distinction, with 31 weeks in the Top Five. This week Rockwell swelled by 3 percent to sell 37,000 copies.

Maren Morris’ GIRL is unmoved at No.6 (27,000 – down 16 percent); Florence + the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is up 9-7 (26,000 – up 13 percent); Conan Gray’s Kid Krow falls descends 7-8 (25,000 – down 11 percent); Harry Styles’ Fine Line backtracks 8-9 (25,000 – up 4 percent); Selena Gomez’ Rare rounds out the Top Ten as it repeats at No.10 for a fourth frame (23,000 – up 10 percent).

Industry: Overall sales for the most recent tracking week totalled 891,000 units. That represents a drop of 13.4% from last week’s haul of 1.02 million.

Onto next week: Alanis Morissette’s The Collection (2005) is set to debut on the chart and could enter in the Top Ten, while Selena Gomez’ Rare should receive a boost after the release of its deluxe edition.

Important Moves in & beyond the Top 40!

No.13 – Heartbreak Weather / Niall Horan’s sophomore LP bounds 21-13 after debuting at a No.2 high in March, selling 17,000 copies. The album has now been certified Gold with overall sales of 109,000.

N/A – The Other Side of the Mirror / Stevie Nicks’ 1989 smash has now become the 19th album to sell more than 1,000,000 copies. Impressively it is Nicks’ third release to sell as many units, along with Crystal Visions (1.26 million) and Bella Donna (1.17 million) – a feat no other artist has accomplished, although Lana Del Rey, Ariana Grande & Annie Lennox have two albums which have sold more than 1 million copies.

The Top 40

1. [=/2] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [=] After Hours – The Weeknd
3. [=] Heart – HEART
4. [=] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
5. [=] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [=] GIRL – Maren Morris
7. [+2] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
8. [-1] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
9. [-1] Fine Line – Harry Styles
10. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
11. [=] Lover – Taylor Swift
12. [=] Medusa – Annie Lennox
13. [+8] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
14. [+6] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
15. [-1] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
16. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
17. [=] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
18. [-5] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
19. [=] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
20. [-2] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
21. [-6] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
22. [=] Diva – Annie Lennox
23. [-1] Birdy – Birdy
24. [-1] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
25. [+1] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
26. [+1] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
27. [+9] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
28. [-3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
29. [+4] 21 – Adele
30. [+1] Heart of Stone – Cher
31. [-3] Queen – Nicki Minaj
32. [-3] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
33. [+4] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
34. [+4] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
35. [+4] Dancing Queen – Cher
36. [-2] Bad Animals – HEART
37. [-2] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
38. [re] The Sensual World – Kate Bush
39. [re] Honeymoon – Lana Del Rey
40. [-10] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks

DUA LIPA TOPPLES THE WEEKND AS FUTURE NOSTALGIA LAUNCHES AT NO.1!

Plus: After Hours goes Platinum in its second week, Lana Del Rey ties a record, and both Tori Amos and Harry Styles make big gains!

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia makes it official chart debut at No.1 on L.dK Weekly, earning Lipa her first chart-topper in the process. Future is the 49th album to land at No.1 on L.dK.

Biggest Week of 2020: With first week sales of 289,000 units overall – comprising 38,000 pre-sales and 251,000 copies from its first seven days of activity – Future nabs the largest debut of 2020 by a fairly large margin. It comes just a week after The Weeknd’s After Hours opened with 249,000 to become the fastest-selling set of the year. Just as After Hours did, Future would also have claimed the record without its hefty pre-sales figure.

Lipa’s First No.1: Before Future, Lipa had climbed as high as No.2 with her self-titled debut album in 2017. This week that album surges 20-13 on sales of 19,000 units, going Platinum in the same move.

Fifth-Biggest Debut Ever: Replacing the Weeknd’s After Hours, Future scores the fifth-biggest opening week in history. It’s surpassed by Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life (639,000), Lorde’s Melodrama (345,000) and Lover (310,000) & reputation (309,000) both from Taylor Swift.

After nabbing a short-lived record last week, After Hours dips to No.2. After launching with 249,000 units, sales drop by just 45 percent, and the album shifts 137,000 in its second week. It marks the largest non-debut sales week of the year, and the third biggest week overall behind its own debut and this week’s launch from Future Nostalgia. After has sold a total of 386,000 copies in just 14 days, earning it Platinum status – its the 68th album to sell over 300,000 copies.

Impressively, The Weeknd now nabs the two greatest sales weeks ever for a male artist, with the first two frames of After Hours.

Rising from No.4 to No.3 this week is HEART’s eponymous LP, moving 46,000 units (up 2 percent).

Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes pays its first visit to the Top Five since November 2019 as it scrambles 6-4, gaining by 25 percent to 39,000 sold. The alternative album has sold 356,000 copies to date – including 204,000 in 2020.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell sticks at No.5 for a second week on L.dK (36,000 – on par with last week). The juggernaut record – which has sold in excess of 2.55 million copies – has now spent 31 weeks inside the Top Five, tying Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born for the longest ever stay in the region. Star spent 31 weeks in the top tier between 2018 and 2019 and would remain in the Top Ten for a total of 42 weeks. Rockwell has ranked inside the Top Five for its entire 31-week tenure – and could soon up that shelf-live to 32 weeks, nabbing the record for itself.

Maren Morris’ GIRL drops 3-6 in its third week, dropping by 35 percent to 32,000 sold. It holds above Conan Gray whose Kid Krow dives 2-7 with sales sliding by 59 percent to 28,000 sold.

Re-entering the Top Ten for the first time since the chart dated 24th Feb. is Harry Styles’ Fine Line (24,000 – up 100 percent) flying 19-8! With total sales of 468,000 to date, Styles’ former No.1 has now become the bestselling album ever by a solo male artist: it passes Troye Sivan’s Bloom which has shifted 457,000. It also ties Bloom as the longest-running Top Ten by a male solo artist – both have logged 11 weeks in the region.

Florence + the Machine see How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful slip 8-9 with 23,000 sold (down 12 percent) after peaking at No.3, while Selena Gomez’ Rare sits at No.10 for a third week as it claims a 12th frame in the Top Ten (21,000 – on par with last week).

Industry Tops 1 Million: Overall, 958,000 sales were recorded for the chart dated March 30th, at the time becoming the biggest week in music history. This week, total consumption surpasses 1,000,000 for the first time as 1,028,000 sales were generated.

Onto next week: Both Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia and The Weeknd’s After Hours could generate more than 100,000 units each. There are no major releases scheduled.

Important Moves in the Top 40!

No.15: Rock a Little / After the tracklist swelled thanks to the addition of five demo tracks from its 1984-1985 recording sessions, Stevie Nicks’ third studio album Rock a Little blasts 24-15 moving 18,000 units. The album has sold 873,000 to date in the UK, and this week logs its 61st appearance on L.dK Weekly.

The Top 40

1. [NEW] Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
2. [-1] After Hours – The Weeknd
3. [+1] Heart – HEART
4. [+2] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
5. [=] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [-3] GIRL – Maren Morris
7. [-5] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
8. [+11] Fine Line – Harry Styles
9. [-1] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
10. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
11. [-4] Lover – Taylor Swift
12. [-3] Medusa – Annie Lennox
13. [+7] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
14. [-3] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
15. [+9] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
16. [-3] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
17. [-3] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
18. [-6] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
19. [-4] K bye for Now – Ariana Grande
20. [-4] Map of the Soul: 7 – BTS
21. [-4] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
22. [-4] Diva – Annie Lennox
23. [=] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
24. [-2] Birdy – Birdy
25. [+5] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
26. [-5] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
27. [-2] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
28. [+10] Queen – Nicki Minaj
29. [+6] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
30. [+4] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
31. [-5] Heart of Stone – Cher
32. [+7] Bloom – Troye Sivan
33. [+7] 21 – Adele
34. [+3] Bad Animals – HEART
35. [-2] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
36. [-7] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
37. [re] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods
38. [-7] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
39. [-3] Dancing Queen – Cher
40. [-8] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac

LANA DEL REY’S NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL LEADS 2020’S Q1 AS STEVIE NICKS EYES FOURTH YEAR AS TOP ARTIST!

The first three months of 2020 (Jan-March) have seen Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell lead a strong campaign for the title of 2020’s No.1 Album. Through L.dK Weekly we can see that the alternative queen’s 2019 release has sold 632,000 copies since the beginning of the year, ranking it at No.1 in terms of sales.

Rockwell was the top selling album of 2019 (1.88 million units) and was the third most popular set of the year overall – it spent a record-breaking fourteen consecutive weeks at No.1 last year, a record that has since been extended to seventeen weeks with the LP returning to No.1 as recently as the chart dated March 16th.

If Rockwell is able to perform consistently enough throughout the year to maintain its No.1 spot then it will mark the third consecutive year that the Year-End List has been topped by a female album: both 2018 and 2019 saw the top spot taken by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born. This year could also mark the third time that an album of Del Rey’s has been named the top selling album of the year!

At this point, we could see Rockwell become just the second album to be named both No.1 Album of the Year and top the sales raking. In 2017, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours topped the Year-End tally, while Del Rey’s Lust for Life was No.1 for sales (1.86 million); 2018 saw A Star is Born take both titles, selling 1.57 million; while in 2019 A Star is Born was at No.1 for a second year but Rockwell sold more than any other release.

2020’s Top 40 Albums – Q1

1. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell
2. Ariana Grande – K Bye for Now
3. Stevie Nicks – Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks
4. Halsey – Manic
5. Selena Gomez – Rare
6. Taylor Swift – Lover
7. Harry Styles – Fine Line
8. Annie Lennox – Medusa
9. Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
10. Cyndi Lauper – She’s so Unusual
11. Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
12. Jessie Ware – Glasshouse
13. BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
14. Ariana Grande – thank u, next
15. HEART – Heart
16. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
17. The Weeknd – After Hours
18. Camila Cabello – Romance
19. Kate Bush – The Whole Story
20. Annie Lennox – Diva
21. Stevie Nicks – Rock a Little
22. Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna
23. Birdy – Birdy
24. Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits
25. Cher – Dancing Queen
26. Maren Morris – GIRL
27. AURORA – A Different Kind of Human
28. Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life
29. Stevie Nicks – The Wild Heart
30. Celeste – Compilation 1:1
31. Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated
32. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die: Paradise Edition
33. Cher – Heart of Stone
34. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
35. Jessie Ware – Tough Love
36. Adele – 25
37. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
38. Camila Cabello – Camila
39. AURORA – Infections of a Different Kind
40. Stevie Nicks – The Other Side of the Mirror

Lana Del Rey lands a further three albums on Q1’s Top 40, with Lust for Life at No.28, Born to Die: Paradise Edition at No.32 and Ultraviolence at No.37.

Harry Styles’ Fine Line is the best performing album of the year so far by a male artist, sitting at No.7 – it’s No.8 when measured by sales alone, with 326,000 sold. The album – released last December to a No.1 debut – looks as if it could become just the second album from a male solo artist to rank within the Year-End Top Ten after Troye Sivan’s Bloom settled at No.10 in 2018.

In an industry largely dominated by women, just two albums from male solo artists take up space on this list: Fine Line at No.7 and The Weeknd’s new After Hours at No.17 – After Hours also ranks within the Top Ten for sales, selling 249,000 to take the No.10 spot. Sitting at No.13 overall, is Map of the Soul: 7 from K-Pop boy-band BTS.

Aiming to continue her golden streak as the Greatest Artist of All Time, Stevie Nicks finds herself in familiar territory as the No.1 Artist of 2020 Q1. It’s a title she has claimed ever year since the chart’s inception in 2017 through a bevy of hugely successful albums, millions of sales, and multiple records.

This year she sits highest at No.3 with her 1991 compilation album Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks (its at No.4 in sales with 416,000 copies). Four of Nicks’ studio albums earn spots in the Top 40: Rock a Little at No.21, Bella Donna at No.22, The Wild Heart at No.29 and The Other Side of the Mirror at No.40.

2020’s Top 40 Artists – Q1

1. Stevie Nicks
2. Lana Del Rey
3. Ariana Grande
4. Annie Lennox
5. Halsey
6. Taylor Swift
7. Selena Gomez
8. Harry Styles
9. Jessie Ware
10. Florence + the Machine
11. Kate Bush
12. Fleetwood Mac
13. HEART
14. Cyndi Lauper
15. Tori Amos
16. Camila Cabello
17. Cher
18. BTS
19. AURORA
20. Birdy
21. The Weeknd
22. Adele
23. Maren Morris
24. Celeste
25. Amy Winehouse
26. Carly Rae Jepsen
27. Lady Gaga
28. Niall Horan
29. MARINA
30. Madonna
31. Conan Gray
32. Hayley Williams
33. Nicki Minaj
34. Lorde
35. Elle King
36. Broods
37. Billie Eilish
38. Mandy Moore
39. Melanie Martinez
40. Troye Sivan

Industry sales up almost 50% year over year!

In the first three months of 2020 the industry recorded sales of 7,562,000 – up by 47.7% from the same period in 2019 when 5,177,000 albums were sold. Although this marks a drop of 8.1% from 2019’s Q4 (Oct-Dec) when 8,228,000 records were moved, the final week of March was a record-breaking one: 958,000 overall units – up 125.5% versus the same week last year and up 9.9% against the previous biggest week in music which was the chart dated 29th July 2017 (871,000).

2020 has actually seen every single one of its weeks outperforming its equivalent from previous years, with the one exception being the week dated February 24th (490,000 versus 633,000 in 2018). The same can be said for its months with 2.04 million in January and 2.08 million in February, compared to 1.72 million and 1.95 million last year; March’s sales figures more than doubled, with numbers rocketing from 1.44 million to 3.43 million.

Recorded industry figures as a whole now stand at 60.3 million units.

THE WEEKND EARNS RECORD-BREAKING NO.1 DEBUT WITH AFTER HOURS

Plus: Conan Gray’s Kid Krow follows at No.2 while Tori Amos goes Platinum

The Weeknd scores his first No.1 album on the L.dK Top 40 with his newest record After Hours. It opens with 249,000 units – marking a new high for album sales in 2020, and setting a new bar for male artists!

Of its 249,000 debut sales figure: 39,000 copies came from pre-sales derived from singles, and the other 210,000 units were generated in its first seven days alone! Even had the album not been buoyed by pre-sales it would still have easily nabbed the biggest debut of the year.

Biggest Week of 2020: 249,000 units more than doubles the previous highpoint for 2020, 123,000 sales racked up by BTS’ Map of the Soul : 7 as it premiered at No.1 on March 2nd. As previously mentioned, even without pre-sales, After Hours would have still nabbed the record by a margin of more than 80,000 copies.

Biggest Week Ever for a Male: Prior to the release of After Hours, Sam Smiths’ The Thrill of it All had held the title of fastest-selling record among male artists, with 129,000 sold – it opened at No.1 on the chart dated 11th November 2017. Troye Sivan’s Bloom came close to taking the record with 126,000 sales (10th September 2018), but the Weeknd’s new release almost doubles the figure!

Fifth-Biggest Debut Ever: With sales of 249,000, Hours becomes one of the fastest-selling albums ever released: the fifth, in-fact. The four albums that have outperformed After Hours in their first seven days: Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life (639,000), Lorde’s Melodrama (345,000) and Taylor Swift’s Lover (310,000) and reputation (309,000).

Back to this week’s chart … Conan Gray blows onto L.dK at No.2 with his debut studio album Kid Krow. Of its 67,000 starting figure, 58,000 come from first-week sales and 9,000 stem from pre-sales.

Last week’s No.1 album Maren Morris’ GIRL slides to No.3 selling 49,000 copies, marking a 58 percent drop from last week when it debuted with 114,000 sold.

HEART’s former self-titled No.1 falls 3-4 as it completes its first month in the Top Five (45,000 – up 12 percent) and Lana Del Rey’s record-breaking Norman Fucking Rockwell sinks 4-5 in its 30th straight week in the Top Five (36,000 – up 5 percent).

Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes paces at No.6 after reaching No2. in November 2019. As it sells 31,000 copies this week (up 19 percent) the album brings its total sales figure to 317,000 – Earthquakes is now Amos’ first album to be certified Platinum!

Taylor Swift’s Lover holds at No.7 (27,000 – up 17 percent); Florence + the Machine slide 5-8 with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (26,000 – down 22 percent); Annie Lennox’ Medusa steps down 8-9 (22,000 – up 4 percent); capping the Top Ten is Selena Gomez’s Rare, unmoved at No.10 with 21,000 sold (up 16 percent).

Onto next week: The Weeknd’s After Hours looks set to lock horns with Dua Lipa’s new Future Nostalgia: the former is newly strengthened by three bonus tracks, while the latter will benefit from a hefty pre-sales figure, similar to that which After Hours boasted this week. Also: Stevie Nicks’ Rock a Little could climb back into the chart’s Top 20 (and even has an outside shot of reaching the Top Ten) after the addition of several unreleased tracks from its recording sessions.

Important Moves in the Top 40!

No.20 – Dua Lipa / The singer’s eponymous debut album returns to L.dK ahead of the release of Future Nostalgia. The album could very well climb higher on next weeks’ ranking – it peaked at No.2 in 2017 and has sold 291,000 copies to date.

No.22 – Birdy / Another self-titled record – Birdy’s debut has now become the singer’s second album to go Gold following 2016’s Beautiful Lies. With weekly sales of 10,000, the album has sold 101,000 since it was released!

The Top 40

1. [NEW] After Hours – The Weeknd
2. [NEW] Kid Krow – Conan Gray
3. [-2] GIRL – Maren Morris
4. [-1] Heart – HEART
5. [-1] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
6. [=] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
7. [=] Lover – Taylor Swift
8. [-3] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
9. [-1] Medusa – Annie Lennox
10. [=] Rare – Selena Gomez
11. [-2] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
12. [+1] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
13. [-1] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
14. [+1] Timespace – Stevie Nicks
15. [-3] K bye for Now – Ariana Grande
16. [+2] Map of the Soul : 7 – BTS
17. [-15] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
18. [+3] Diva – Annie Lennox
19. [-2] Fine Line – Harry Styles
20. [re] Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
21. [+4] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
22. [-6] Birdy – Birdy
23. [-4] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
24. [-2] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
25. [-2] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
26. [re] Heart of Stone – Cher
27. [+4] The Red Shoes – Kate Bush
28. [re] The Sensual World – Kate Bush
29. [+9] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
30. [-3] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
31. [-11] Compilation 1 : 1 – Celeste
32. [re] Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
33. [-5] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
34. [-8] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
35. [-11] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
36. [-7] Dancing Queen – Cher
37. [-7] Bad Animals – HEART
38. [-5] Queen – Nicki Minaj
39. [-5] Bloom – Troye Sivan
40. [-5] 21 – Adele

MAREN MORRIS DEBUTS AT NO.1 WITH GIRL!

Plus: Niall Horan debuts at No.2.

Maren Morris pays her first visit to L.dK Weekly as GIRL smashes onto the list at No.1, marking the largest week ever for a country album.

GIRL is the 47th record to reach No.1 on L.dK, and 7th to do so in 2020. As GIRL starts with a total of 114,000 units, it ties for the second-biggest week of 2020 for any album, matching the bow of Halsey’s Manic in January. Both records trail BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 which debuted with 123,000 in March.

Gold: Morris’ effort is the 6th album released in 2020 to sell more than 100,000 copies, earning a Gold certification.

While GIRL looks set to hold up pretty well going into next week, new releases from The Weeknd & Conan Gray may mean she is unable to hold onto the No.1 spot for a second week.

Another newcomer to L.dK follows Morris: Niall Horan bows at No.2 with his sophomore record Heartbreak Weather. The album launches with a combined 61,000 units, with 56,000 coming from first week sales and 5,000 being derived from single sales prior to the album’s release.

Silver: Heartbreak Weather is the 8th record of 2020 to sell over 60,000 units to be certified Silver!

HEART’s eponymous No.1 set falls 2-3 in its third week, selling 51,000 copies.

Meanwhile Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell slides to No.4 after logging a record-extending 17th week atop the chart last week. It moves 34,000 this week. Rockwell has now become Del Rey’s bestselling album to date with total sales of 2.482 million units – it surpasses Lust for Life‘s total sales of 2.455 million cop

Florence + the Machine’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful regresses to No.5 from its No.3 peak (33,000) and this week becomes the band’s second record to be certified Platinum. They previously managed this with their 2011 release Ceremonials which spent three weeks at No.1 and has since sold more than 400,000 units.

Tori Amos vaults 12-6 this week with Little Earthquakes, moving 26,000 units. It marks the album’s highest rank since December when it debuted and peaked at No.2, and also the first time it has numbered in the Top Ten since later that month when it ranked at No.8.

Following in the Top Ten are three albums which have all sold more than 1,000,000 copies: Taylor Swift’s Lover (23,000) and Annie Lennox’ Medusa (21,000) both slip a position to No.7 and No.8 respectively, while Jessie Ware’s Glasshouse inches 10-9 with 19,000 sold.

Selena Gomez’ Rare rounds out the Top Ten, dropping 5-10 and moving 18,000 copies.

Onto next week: as previously mentioned, The Weeknd & Conan Gray are both set to impact L.dK. But in addition to the Weekly Chart there will also be the list of the Biggest Albums of 2020 to date – from Q1 – at the end of each quarter a new list will be uploaded to reflect the changes, and will culminate in the Year-End List uploaded in the final week of December, along with a list of the Greatest Albums of All Time the same day.

Important Moves in the Top 40!

No.24 – Sweetener / Ariana Grande’s 2018 record Sweetener is among the biggest albums ever released on L.dK Weekly, and this week it collects another accolade. The record, which spent three weeks at the summit in 2018, has now been certified 5 x Platinum – equal to 1,500,000 sales. It is just the 7th LP to achieve this feat, and Grande’s first.

No.23 – Back to Black / The late Amy Winehouse’s masterpiece first hit the charts in early 2017 and has been a mainstay on the list ever since. This week it nabs a 43rd frame on the chart, while becoming the 18th album to sell more than 1,000,000 copies.

No.29 – Dancing Queen / Cher’s ABBA covers album has achieved great success during its time on L.dK. Upon its release it peaked at No.2 and would go on to spend 27 weeks inside the Top Ten; earlier this year it surpassed 1,000,000 copies sold, and this week it becomes the 12th album to spend 52 weeks (1 year) on the ranking!

The Top 40

1. [NEW] GIRL – Maren Morris
2. [NEW] Heartbreak Weather – Niall Horan
3. [-1] Heart – HEART
4. [-3] Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
5. [-2] How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + the Machine
6. [+6] Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos
7. [-1] Lover – Taylor Swift
8. [-1] Medusa – Annie Lennox
9. [+1] Glasshouse – Jessie Ware
10. [-5] Rare – Selena Gomez
11. [=] The Whole Story – Kate Bush
12. [-3] K Bye for Now – Ariana Grande
13. [+5] She’s so Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
14. [-10] Manic – Halsey
15. [-1] Timespace: the Best of Stevie Nicks – Stevie Nicks
16. [+1] Birdy – Birdy
17. [-2] Fine Line – Harry Styles
18. [-10] Map of the Soul : 7 – BTS
19. [=] A Different Kind of Human – AURORA
20. [+1] Compilation 1:1 – Celeste
21. [+1] Diva – Annie Lennox
22. [+2] Rock a Little – Stevie Nicks
23. [+9] Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
24. [re] Sweetener – Ariana Grande
25. [+12] Bella Donna – Stevie Nicks
26. [+5] The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks
27. [re] Dedicated – Carly Rae Jepsen
28. [+7] Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
29. [-2] Dancing Queen – Cher
30. [-2] Bad Animals – HEART
31. [-8] The Red Shoes – Kate Bush
32. [re] A Star is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
33. [re] Queen – Nicki Minaj
34. [+5] Bloom – Troye Sivan
35. [-9] 21 – Adele
36. [-11] Lioness: Hidden Treasures – Amy Winehouse
37. [re] thank u, next – Ariana Grande
38. [re] Infections of a Different Kind – AURORA
39. [re] WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP … – Billie Eilish
40. [re] Don’t Feed the Pop Monster – Broods