ARLO PARKS STAYS AT NO.1 WITH MY SOFT MACHINE!

Plus: New milestones for Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark, and Adele’s 30.

Arlo Parks logs a second consecutive week at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top 50, selling a further 74,000 copies of My Soft Machine. The album opened at the top spot last week, selling a total of 216,000 units, with pure sales making up 91,000 of that figure.

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd sits at No.2 for a sixth straight week after five weeks in charge, selling 70,000 copies (down 7 percent). Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! sticks at No.10 with 20,000 units sold (down 4 percent), as it snares a record-extending 149th week inside the Top Ten.

Jessie Ware’s That! Feels Good! which holds at No.3 following a four-week reign, shifting 66,000 copies (down 4 percent).

Beyonce’s five-week-leader RENAISSANCE reverses course 6-4 on sales of 43,000 copies (down 4 percent).

Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-ruler Court and Spark also re-enters the Top Five as it rebounds 7-5, selling 34,000 copies (down 6 percent). Spark has now surpassed Blue to become Mitchell’s biggest selling album to date, with total sales of 2.83 million units.

Even more impressively, Spark now ranks as the 10th bestselling album of all time, ranking ahead of her own Blue (2.81 million), and Kate Bush’s now-unavailable The Whole Story (2.77 million). It sits just behind Lana Del Rey’s Diamond-certified Lust for Life (3.07 million).

Tina Turner’s Private Dancer slips from its No.4 highpoint to No.6, moving 33,000 copies (down 48 percent). The late icon’s landmark album is now her first to be certified Gold for selling over 100,000 copies.

Adele’s 30, which previously topped the chart for a whopping seventeen non-consecutive weeks, elevates 8-7 this week, selling 29,000 copies (up 12 percent). The juggernaut has now become just the fourth album in history to be certified at least 16 x Platinum, denoting sales of over 4.8 million units. It joins Del Rey’s NFR! (2 x Diamond – 6.19 million), and Taylor Swift’s folklore (18 x Platinum – 5.50 million), and evermore (16 x Platinum – 4.90 million).

Rounding out the Top Ten: Taylor Swift’s Midnights slides 5-8 after spiking following its re-release (27,000 units – down 56 percent) – the album previously spent twelve weeks at the summit. Meanwhile, Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You repeats at No.9 (21,000 units – down 16 percent).

Onto Next Week: Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd could return for a sixth week at the chart summit, currently tracking to sell upwards of 70,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.11 – Palomino / First Aid Kit’s latest hit has now become the first first album to exceed sales of a million copies – it is the 67th album to achieve this.

No.29 – Rhythm Nation / Janet Jackson’s fourth studio album debuts with 8,000 sold. It is closely followed by Jackson’s self-titled release, also selling 8,000 following its 30-year anniversary this week. The singer also charts at No.50 with her third record, Control on sales of 5,000 copies.

No.33 – Come Away With Me / Norah Jones’s debut album sold a further 8,000 copies this week, bringing its total sales figure to 1.203 million. This means the album has now been certified 4 x Platinum.

No.48 – Making Movies / Dire Straits claim their first Silver-certified hit with Making Movies. The album – which peaked at No.41 – sold a further 5,000 copies this week, bringing its total sales draw to 60,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Note

Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

ARLO PARKS SOARS TO NO.1 WITH MY SOFT MACHINE!

As Parks scores her first chart-topper, Tina Turner’s Private Dancer enters the Top Five for the first time, and Taylor Swift’s Midnights returns to the region!

Arlo Parks collects her first chart-topping album on the L.dK Weekly Top 50, as My Soft Machine premieres in pole position with a whopping 216,000 combined sales – comprising of 91,000 pure sales, and a further 125,000 pre-sales derived from singles released prior to the album’s release.

It far outpaces the singer’s debut LP – Collapsed in Sunbeams – which moved 34,000 in its opening week to debut at No.3. Sunbeams would prove to be a chart mainstay, selling over 800,000 copies and charting for upwards of 60 weeks. The album re-enters the Top 50 at No.32 this week with 7,000 copies sold.

With 216,000 sold, Machine handily becomes the 2nd fastest-selling album of 2023, behind only Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd which debuted with 305,000 sold in the first week of April.

Machine is the 95th album to reach the summit of the Top 50, and is the 8th to do so this year.

Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd sits at No.2 for a fifth successive week, moving 75,000 copies (down 19 percent). Meanwhile, the star’s Norman Fucking Rockwell remains at No.10 with 21,000 sold (down 4 percent) in its record-padding 148th week in the Top Ten!

Jessie Ware’s That! Feels Good! tumbles to No.3 after four consecutive weeks at number-one, moving 69,000 units (down 37 percent). As a consolation prize for being dethroned after a month at the summit, Good! becomes the 10th bestselling album of 2023 to date, having sold 524,000 copies. It passes Del Rey’s NFR! at No.11 on sales of 504,000, and trails Taylor Swift’s evermore at No.9 with 535,000 sold.

Tina Turner makes her maiden voyage into the Top Five this week as Private Dancer bolts 6-4 on sales of 63,000 copies (up 125 percent) following the first full tracking week since the icon’s passing. Dancer has now 91,000 copies, meaning it has become Turner’s first Silver-certified hit!

Boosted by the release of the ’til the dawn edition, Taylor Swift’s Midnights spikes 17-5, moving 62,000 copies (up 376 percent). The hit celebrates its first Top Five showing since the chart dated 06 February when it placed at No.3, and first Top Ten appearance since the chart dated 06 March when it ranked at No.10. Midnights previously ruled the roost for twelve non-consecutive weeks.

Outside the Top Five: Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE slides 4-6 after five weeks at number-one (45,000 copies sold – up 7 percent); Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-ruler Court and Spark dives 3-7 (36,000 units – down 16 percent); Adele’s seventeen-week-leader 30 slips 7-8 (26,000 units – down 3 percent); and Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You tumbles 5-9 (25,000 units – down 11 percent).

Onto Next Week: A three-way battle for No.1 currently seems to have no obvious leader, with Parks’s Machine, Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd, and Ware’s Good! all tracking to sell upwards of 70,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.15 – This is Why / Paramore’s latest studio album dips to 11-15 this week after spending its first 14 weeks inside the Top Ten, during which time it peaked at No.3. With weekly sales of 16,000 units, Why has now become the band’s first album to be certified Multi-Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies!

No.41 – The Fame Monster / Lady Gaga’s sophomore effort rises 42-41 to reach a new highpoint, moving 6,000 copies.

No.48 – Making Movies / Dire Straits claim their first Silver-certified hit with Making Movies. The album – which peaked at No.41 – sold a further 5,000 copies this week, bringing its total sales draw to 60,000 units.

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).

Jessie Ware celebrates a month at No.1 with That! Feels Good!

Plus: Lana Del Rey and Joni Mitchell celebrate new milestones, and Tina Turner debuts!

Jessie Ware scores a fourth consecutive week atop the L.dK Weekly Chart with That! Feels Good!. The album saw an 8 percent sales increase this week, moving 109,000 units.

Good! is the third album to spend at least a month at number-one in 2023, following Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE, and Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel Ocean Blvd – both albums ruled for five weeks each.

Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd maintains its No.2 rank for a fourth straight week, shifting 93,000 copies (up 8 percent). It is now the singer’s sixth album to be certified 4 x Platinum, denoting sales of over 1.2 million units. It follows Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2 x Diamond); Lust for Life (Diamond); Chemtrails Over the Country Club (7 x Platinum); Blue Banisters (6 x Platinum); and Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (5 x Platinum).

Del Rey is also umoved at No.10 with the enduring NFR!, selling 22,000 copies this week (up 4 percent). The LP has now spent a record-extending 147 weeks inside the Top Ten!

Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-leader Court and Spark steps up 4-3 on sales of 43,000 copies this week (up 11 percent). Spark, which has sold over 2.76 million units to date, has now become the 72nd album in history to chart for an entire year inside the L.dK Weekly Top 50! Even more impressive is the fact that the album has spent this entire time inside the Top Ten. Mitchell also logged a full year in the Top Ten with Blue – her bestselling record to date, on sales of 2.79 million units – which roamed the region for a total of 69 weeks.

Rounding out the Top Five: Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE sinks 3-4 with 42,000 sold (up 3 percent), and Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is steady at No.5 with 28,000 sold (down 15 percent).

Rock-legend Tina Turner pays her first visit to the L.dK Weekly Top 50 as Private Dancer premieres at No.6 on sales of 28,000 copies. Turner passed away on Wednesday 24th May, giving her catalogue just one day of sales in the tracking week. Her compilation album Simply the Best debuts at No.37 with 7,000 sold.

Rounding out the Top Ten: Adele’s seventeen-week-leader 30 descends 6-7 (27,000 units – down 3 percent); First Aid Kit’s No.2-peaking Palomino dips 7-8 (down 12 percent); and Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation slips 8-9 (23,000 units – down 12 percent).

Onto Next Week: Arlo Parks looks set to secure her first No.1 album with My Soft Machine – the long awaited follow-up to sleeper hit Collapsed in Sunbeams. The album has already racked up over 120,000 in pre-sales alone, and should have no trouble debuting with over 200,000 units. Taylor Swift’s Midnights should also make a return to the Top Five, tracking to sell over 50,000 copies after the release of the ‘Til Dawn edition this week. Tina Turner’s Private Dancer is also tracking to sell upwards of 40,000 units, potentially pushing it up into the Top Five.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.15 – 21 / Adele’s sophomore record has now become the singer’s third effort to exceed sales of 1.2 million copies! It joins her fourth album 30 (4.76 million), and her third record 25 (2.58 million).

No.21 – The Record / The debut album from boygenius climbs to a new peak in its second week, increasing to 11,000 copies sold.

No.29 – Greatest Hits / Fleetwood Mac’s 1988 compilation record moves down two spots this week, moving 8,000 copies. The enduring collection has now sold more than 2.4 million units, becoming just the 18th album to achieve this.

No.35 – Surrender / Maggie Rogers’s sophomore album has now been certified 4 x Platinum for moving over 1.2 million copies since its release.

No.42 – The Fame Monster / Lady Gaga’s sophomore set pounces 49-42 to reach a new peak in its second week, selling a further 6,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Note

Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

Jessie Ware’s That! Feels Good! goes Platinum!

As Ware leads for a third week, Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE cross the 1 million sales mark, and Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark celebrates a new milestone!

Jessie Ware logs a third consecutive week atop the L.dK Weekly Chart with That! Feels Good!. The disco-pop hit saw a 7 percent lift in sales, selling a further 101,000 copies.

Good! has now been certified Platinum, becoming Ware’s fourth album to do so. It follows Glasshouse (7 x Platinum); What’s Your Pleasure? (3 x Platinum); and Tough Love (2 x Platinum). Her debut LP, Devotion has been certified Gold.

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd sticks at No.2 for a third term, moving a further 86,000 copies (up 8 percent) after leading for five weeks earlier in the year.

Del Rey is also stationary at No.10 with Norman Fucking Rockwell!, on sales of 21,000 copies (up 5 percent). This marks NFR!‘s record-padding 146th week inside the Top Ten!

Beyonce’s five-week-leader RENAISSANCE stays at No.3 with 41,000 copies sold (up 6 percent). The EDM smash has now become Beyonce’s first album to exceed sales of a million copies, having sold 1.034 million since its release last year. RENAISSANCE has sold 963,000 copies in 2023 alone.

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark is unmoved at No.4, on sales of 37,000 copies (on par with last week). The jazz-pop set has now sold over 2.7 million units, making it Mitchell’s second release to be certified 9 x Platinum, following the seminal Blue. Court is only the 12th album in history to achieve sales of this level, and currently ranks as the 12th bestselling album ever, behind Kate Bush’s now-unavailable The Whole Story (2.77 million). Mitchell’s own Blue is just ahead of that, with 2.78 million sold.

Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You rounds out the Top Five, shifting a further 33,000 copies (up 12 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Adele’s seventeen-week-leader 30 bullets at No.6 (28,000 units – up 4 percent); First Aid Kit’s No.2-peaking Palomino swings 9-7 (26,000 units – up 23 percent); Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation improves at No.8 (26,000 units – up 4 percent); and Paramore’s No.3-peaking This is Why drops 7-9 (25,000 units – down 3 percent).

Onto Next Week: Jessie Ware’s That! Feels Good! looks bound for a fourth week at the top spot, with possible sales of over 100,000 units. Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd once again looks to sell upwards of 80,000 copies to scoop the runner-up spot.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.20 – Hejira / Joni Mitchell’s 1976 folk-jazz ode to the open road slips from No.18 to No.20 this week on sales of 11,000 copies. After peaking at No.6 in late-2022, Hejira has since spent 45 weeks inside the Top 50, becoming Mitchell’s biggest hit beside Blue and Court and Spark. This week, it becomes her third album to be certified Triple Platinum, having sold 902,000 copies to date.

No.22 – The Record / Super-group boygenius land their first hit on the Top 50 as their debut album opens with 10,000 sold.

No.49 – The Fame Monster / Lady Gaga’s debut record marks its first chart appearance, selling 6,000 copies this week. It is Gaga’s fourth charting release, following the chart-topping records A Star is Born & Chromatica, and her sophomore set Born this Way which reached No.9.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Note

Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

Jessie Ware leads again with That! Feels Good!

Plus: Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd cross the 1 million sales mark, and Caroline Polachek’s Desire … reaches a new milestone!

Jessie Ware snares a second week atop the L.dK Weekly Chart with That! Feels Good!. The album dropped just 38 percent, selling 94,000 in its sophomore frame.

Good! is Ware’s first album to achieve a multi-week reign. She previously spent a single week at the summit in 2020 with What’s Your Pleasure?

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd holds at No.2 after a five-week reign, shifting 80,000 units (down 3 percent). The smash has now sold over a million copies, crossing the mark in just seven weeks! It is Del Rey’s sixth album to sell a cool million, following Norman Fucking Rockwell! (6.10 million); Lust for Life (3.05 million); Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2.21 million); Blue Banisters (1.85 million); and Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (1.51 million).

Notably, Ocean Blvd is first album to sell over a million copies in 2023.

Del Rey also ouccpies the No.10 spot this week, as NFR! re-enters the Top Ten, rising 11-10 on sales of 20,000 copies (down 4 percent). This marks the LP’s record-extending 145th week inside the Top Ten!

Beyonce’s five-week-leader RENAISSANCE repeats at No.3 on sales of 39,000 copies (down 7 percent), as Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-ruler Court and Spark stays at No.4 with 37,000 units (on par with last week).

Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You holds steady at No.5 on sales of 29,000 copies (down 3 percent). The album has now been certified Double Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies to date.

Outside the Top Five: Adele’s 30 rebounds 7-6 after seventeen weeks at the top spot (27,000 units – down 6 percent); Paramore’s This is Why descends 6-7 after topping out at No.3 (26,000 units – down 13 percent); Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation sticks at No.8 (25,000 units – down 14 percent); and First Aid Kit’s Palomino stays at No.9 after peaking at No.2 (21,000 units – down 4 percent).

Onto Next Week: Jessie Ware should have no trouble retaining the crown for a third consecutive week, with That! Feels Good! tracking to sell upwards of 90,000 copies for a third term. Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd also has an outside shot at returning to the summit, with expected sales of over 80,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.16 – Hounds of Love / Kate Bush’s art-rock LP sold a further 14,000 copies this week, bringing its total sales to 1.202 million. This makes Hounds Bush’s second studio album to be certified 4 x Platinum, following The Red Shoes, and third overall, after the now-unavailable The Whole Story (9 x Platinum).

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).

Jessie Ware’s That! Feels Good! debuts at No.1 with her largest sales week yet!

Ware bookends the Top Ten, as Glasshouse returns to the region. Plus: new certifications for Lana Del Rey & First Aid Kit!

Jessie Ware scoops her second chart-topping album as That! Feels Good! arrives at the pinnacle of the L.dK Weekly Top 50. It is the 94th album to top the chart!

Good! earns Ware the best sales week of her career so far, debuting with a total of 151,000 copies sold, comprising of 109,000 pure sales and a further 42,000 pre-sales derived from singles released prior to the album. It tops the debut of 2020’s chart-topping What’s Your Pleasure? in both pure sales (101,000), and total units (114,000). It also marks the second biggest sales debut of the year to date, behind only Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd which sold 305,000 units in its opening stanza.

In addition to becoming her second number-one album, Good! is Ware’s fourth album to hit the Top Five, and fifth to reach the Top Ten; her debut LP Devotion peaked at No.9, while follow-ups Tough Love and Glasshouse both reached the No.4 position.

Speaking of Glasshouse … that album returns to the Top Ten for the first time in over three years, rising 18-10 on sales of 21,000 copies (up 75 percent), allowing Ware to bookend the Top Ten! Glasshouse has now sold exactly 2.10 million copies, becoming just the 23rd album in history to be certified at least 7 x Platinum!

With the crowing of That! Feels Good!, Ware cements herself as a true enduring veteran of L.dK Weekly. Her five albums have sold in excess of 4.2 million copies, and spent a whopping 328 weeks inside the Top 50!

Down to No.2 this week, after five weeks at the top spot: Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd on sales of 82,000 copies (down 27 percent). The album has now been certified 3 x Platinum for selling over 900,000 copies since its release. It is her seventh album to do so, following Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2 x Diamond); Lust for Life (Diamond); Chemtrails Over the Country Club (7 x Platinum); Blue Banisters (6 x Platinum); Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (5 x Platinum); and Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (3 x Platinum).

Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE falls 2-3 after five weeks in pole position, moving 42,000 units (down 16 percent); Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-leader Court and Spark sinks 3-4 with 37,000 sold (down 4 percent); and Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is a non-mover at No.5, selling 30,000 copies (down 12 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Paramore’s No.3-hit This is Why is steady at No.6 (30,000 sold – on par with last week); Adele’s seventeen-week-ruler 30 slides 4-7 (29,000 units – down 15 percent); and Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vaction descends 7-8 (29,000 units – even with last week).

Finally, First Aid Kit’s Palomino falls 8-9 after climbing to No.2 (22,000 units – down 8 percent). The album has now been certified 3 x Platinum, denoting sales of over 900,000 copies.

Onto Next Week: Jessie Ware could nab her first multi-week leader as That! Feels Good! is currently tracking to sell upwards of 80,000 copies in its second week. It will face fierce competition from Lana Del Rey’s Ocean Blvd, with the former chart-topper set to sell over 75,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.16 – First Two Pages of Frankenstein / The National score their first Top 20 hit as their first album in five years launches with 17,000 copies sold.

No.18 – Hounds of Love / Following the announcement of her upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Kate Bush’s magnum-opus re-enters the Top 20, selling 15,000 units. The album has sold over 1.18 million copies to date. Her follow-up, The Sensual World, which has moved 1.08 million to date, shoots 44-26 with 10,000 sold.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Note

Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd becomes the bestselling album of 2023!

As Del Rey spends a fifth week at the top, Adele’s 30 surges back into the Top Five, and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia: Moonlight returns to the Top Ten!

Lana Del Rey adds a fifth successive week atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel Ocean Blvd, selling a further 112,000 units – down just 2 percent.

Despite only being available for just over a month, the album has now become the top-selling LP of 2023 to date, with total sales of 862,000 copies. It passed Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE which has sold 841,000 units this year. Should Ocean Blvd end 2023 as the bestselling album of the year, it would become Del Rey’s third record to do so, following Lust for Life which ruled 2017 with 1.86 million sold, and Norman Fucking Rockwell! which commanded 2019 with a slightly higher haul of 1.88 million units.

Speaking of NFR! … that album is steady again at No.9 this week, moving 22,000 copies (down 12 percent). It has now spent a record-extending 144 weeks in the Top Ten!

Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE keeps at No.2 after a five-week-command, selling 50,000 copies (down 6 percent). RENAISSANCE has now become Beyonce’s first album to be certified Triple Platinum for selling over 900,000 units.

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark keeps at No.4 after previously spending twelve weeks at number-one, moving 39,000 copies (up 3 percent).

Adele’s 30 zooms back into the Top Five, hurtling 8-4 following her appearance on the last ever Carpool Karaoke. 30 saw a 30 percent sales bump in the week, selling 34,000 copies. The record-breaking album has sold over 4.64 million copies to date. Adele’s 25 meanwhile surges 38-14 (14,000 sold), as 21 leaps 39-21 (11,000 sold).

Notably, 25 has now passed Kate Bush’s The Whole Story to become the 4th longest-charting album of all time, with 194 appearances to date.

Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You dips 4-5 with 34,000 sold (up 3 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Paramore’s No.3-peaking This is Why slips 5-6 (30,000 units – down 6 percent); Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation bullets at No.7 (29,000 units – up 7 percent); and First Aid Kit’s Palomino falls 6-8 after topping out at No.2 (24,000 units – down 11 percent).

Re-entering the Top Ten for the first time since 2021: Dua Lipa’s mega-hit, Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition, skipping 12-10 this week on sales of 20,000 copies (up 25 percent). Nostalgia is a truly historic album, having spent eight weeks at number-one during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, and a further 59 weeks inside the Top Ten. It has charted for 159 weeks to date, and sold in excess of 3.7 million copies, making it the 6th bestselling album of all time.

Onto Next Week: Jessie Ware has her sights set on a second number-one album with That! Feels Good!, currently tracking to sell over 120,000 copies, which would mark her best sales week to date. Ware’s last studio album, What’s Your Pleasure?, debuted at No.1 in July 2020 with 114,000 sold. American Indie group, The National could also mark their first Top Ten hit with First Two Pages of Frankenstein. The LP is expected to sell over 25,000 in its first week.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.13 – Dance Fever (Complete Edition) / Florence + the Machine’s long-awaited fifth studio album was released in May 2022 to instant commercial success, debuting at No.1 with 230,000 sold, becoming the fastest-selling album of the year at that time. With sales of just under 800,000 units, it stands as the band’s second bestselling album ever. This week, it re-enters at No.13 (16,000 sold) after the release of the Complete Edition.

No.15 – folklore / Taylor Swift’s landmark hit places at No.15 in its 144th consecutive week in the Top 50. The album has now become just the second ever to be certified 18 x Platinum, for selling over 5.4 million copies.

No.18 – Glasshouse / Jessie Ware’s third studio album is her flagship record, having charted for a whopping 177 weeks to date, and selling over 2.07 million copies. Ahead of her album release next week, Glasshouse returns to the Top 20 for the first time since 2021, rising 28-18 with 12,000 sold. Ware’s two other hits – Tough Love & What’s Your Pleasure – re-enter at No.25 (10,000 units), and No.34 (7,000) respectively.

No.20 – Rivals / Tommy Le Froy’s EP has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 copies. The project became the duo’s first Top Ten hit earlier this year, debuting and peaking at No.9.

No.40 – How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? / Big Red Machine – the side project of Bon Iver, and The National’s Aaron Dessner – re-enter this week with their No.5-peaking second studio album, which reached No.5 upon its release in 2021. How sold 6,000 copies this week.

No.45 – Born to Die: Paradise Edition / Lana Del Rey’s debut album has now become her fifth album to be certified 5 x Platinum for selling over 1.5 million copies. It follows Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2 x Diamond), Lust for Life (Diamond), Chemtrails Over the Country Club (7 x Platinum), and Blue Banisters (6 x Platinum).

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Note

Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

Lana Del Rey still leads Top 50!

Del Rey celebrates a month at number-one with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.

Lana Del Rey scores a fourth consecutive week atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. The album sold a further 114,000 units in its fourth frame on sale, marking an 18 percent dip in sales.

With a whole month at the summit of the charts, Ocean Blvd now ranks as Del Rey’s longest-running chart-topper since 2021’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club which ruled for a total of nine weeks. It passes Blue Banisters – also 2021 – which logged a three-week stay at the top spot.

After just four weeks on sale, Ocean Blvd has already become the 2nd bestselling album 2023 to date, selling 750,000 copies passing Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (679,000 sold). It trails only Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE, which has sold 791,000 units since the beginning of the year.

Del Rey also holds the No.9 spot this week with her evergreen Norman Fucking Rockwell!, selling a further 25,000 copies (up 19 percent). It has now spent a record-padding 143 weeks inside the Top Ten!

Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE stays at No.2 after five weeks at the number-one spot, shifting 53,000 copies (down 18 percent); Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-ruler Court and Spark sails 5-3 with 38,000 sold (even with last week); Caroline Polachek’s No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is a non-mover at No.4, on sales of 33,000 copies (down 21 percent); Paramore’s No.3-peaking This is Why rounds out the Top Five as it drops 3-5, selling 32,000 units (down 26 percent)

Outside the Top Five: First Aid Kit’s No.2-hit Palomino rebounds 7-6 (27,000 sold – down 3 percent); Miley Cyrus’s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation slips 6-7 (27,000 units – down 12 percent); and Adele’s seventeen-week-leader 30 keeps at No.8 (26,000 sold – on par with last week).

The Kooks round out the Top Ten once again with The Best of … So Far keeping pace at No.10 (20,000 units – even with last week).

Onto Next Week: Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? is gunning for a fifth week in pole position, with sales of over 100,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.22 – Forever Means / Alt-pop singer Angel Olsen pays her first visit to the L.dK Weekly Top 50 as her newest EP premieres with sales of 9,000 copies.

No.41 – Making Movies / Dire Strait’s 1980 LP ascends to a new high this week, selling 6,000 copies. The album has sold over 25,000 units to date.

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Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

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.

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Certifications: Silver (60,000); Gold (100,000); Platinum (300,000); Multi-Platinum (600,000 etc.); Diamond (3,000,000).

Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd spends second week at number-one!

Plus: Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! makes history, and The Kooks cross 1 million sales!

Lana Del Rey’s latest release – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – debuted at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top 50 last week, with enormous sales of 305,000 combined units. This week, it declines by just 37 percent, selling 192,000 copies in its second week on sale. This marks the 3rd biggest sophomore-week sales draw of all time, behind only Adele’s 30 (206,000 units, following a 650,000-strong debut), and Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (202,000 units, following a 473,000-strong debut).

When counting only the pure sales from Ocean Blvd’s debut week (201,000), it makes the relative decline of just 4 percent, even more impressive!

In just two weeks, Ocean Blvd has sold 497,000 copies. It currently ranks as the 5th bestselling album of 2023 to date, passing Adele’s 30 (471,000), and trailing First Aid Kit’s Palomino (505,000).

Lana Del Rey’s landmark record Norman Fucking Rockwell! retreats 6-9 on this week’s tally, shifting 27,000 copies (down 32 percent), logging a record-extending 141st week inside the Top Ten!

NFR! has now become the first album ever to be certified Double Diamond, for selling more than 6 million copies. It adds to the album’s already-historic pedigree: NFR! is the longest-running number-one album (25 weeks), longest-running Top Five album (72 weeks), longest-running Top Ten album (141 weeks), and is currently the sixth-longest charting album ever (188 weeks). It is also the only album to rank inside the Year-End Top Ten four times, finishing at No.3 in 2019, No.1 in 2020, and then at No.5 in 2021 and 2022.

Despite being released in 2019, NFR! currently ranks as the 4th bestselling album of the 2020’s decade (4.11 million sold), while taking the No.12 slot on the list of bestselling albums of 2023 to date (332,000).

Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE meanwhile holds at No.2 with 65,000 sold (down 11 percent), after spending a total of five weeks at number-one.

The rest of the Top Five likewise maintain their ranks from last week: Paramore‘s This is Why adds a fourth frame at its No.3 highpoint with 47,000 sold (down 12 percent); Caroline Polachek is at No.4 with the No.2-peaking Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, selling 44,000 units (down 13 percent); and Miley Cyrus‘s chart-topping Endless Summer Vacation lands at No.5 on sales of 35,000 units (down 26 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Joni Mitchell’s twelve-week-leader Court and Spark ascends 8-6 (34,000 units – down 2 percent); First Aid Kit’s No.2-peaking Palomino sticks at No.7 (32,000 units – down 8 percent); and Adele’s seventeen-week-ruler 30 ticks 9-8 (27,000 units – even with last week).

The Kooks’s The Best of … So Far caps the Top Ten – up from No.13 on sales of 22,000 copies (up 4 percent) – in a landmark week for the compilation album, as it crosses the 1 million sales mark. It is the first release from the band to do so, having sold 1.004 million copies to date.

Onto Next Week: Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? is currently the front-runner for a third week, looking to sell upwards of 130,000 copies in its third term.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.19 – Rivals / The sophomore EP from American indie duo Tommy Le Froy debuted at No.9 two weeks ago, marking the first Top Ten hit for the group. Selling a further 13,000 copies this week, the EP has now sold over 60,000 copies in total, earning it a Silver certification.

No.22 – Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition / Dua Lipa’s disco-pop juggernaut is currently the 5th bestselling album of the 2020’s decade, having sold over 3.65 million copies. It has now become just the 11th album in history to spend a full three years (156 weeks) inside the Weekly Top 50. It currently ranks just behind Stevie Nicks’s Rock a Little (158 weeks) as the 11th longest-charting album ever.

No.28 – Hounds of Love / Kate Bush’s fifth studio album – which contains the mega-hits “Running Up That Hill” and the title track – returns this week on sales of 9,000 copies. The re-entry comes after Bush’s compilation album, The Whole Story, was removed from streaming services. Story had sold 2.77 million copies, and racked up 193 weeks on the chart during its time. Bush’s The Sensual World is also back at No.35 on sales of 7,000 copies.

No.47 – Making Movies / Dire Straits earn their first Top 50 hit as Making Movies opens at No.47 with 6,000 sold. The LP has sold 14,000 to date, and the band have moved a total of 56,000 albums.

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).