HAIM ROAR TO NO.1 WITH WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III!

PLUS: Lana Del Rey & Cher return to Top Ten!

HAIM collect their first number-one album with the sleeper hit Women in Music Pt. III as the record blasts 8-1 in its 38th charting week. Women – the 78th album to crown the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty – sold 63,000 copies this week (up 162 percent), earning it the greatest sales week since the week dated 28 February when Adele’s 30 moved 64,000 units.

Adele backtracks to No.2 after a total of fifteen weeks at the top spot with 30, which sold 58,000 this week (up 11 percent). 30 is currently the bestselling album of 2022 (1.34 million); the 5th bestselling album of the decade (2.65 million); and the 8th bestselling album of all time. it became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under slips 2-3 after four weeks in pole position, moving 44,000 units this week (down 12 percent); Tracy Chapman’s chart-topping eponymous debut holds at No.4 with 33,000 sold (down 8 percent); and Allison Russell’s Outside Child keeps at No.5 two weeks after debuting and peaking at No.4, on sales of 26,000 copies (down 4 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters rebounds 7-6 after spending three weeks at number-one in November (24,000 units – down 4 percent); Joni Mitchell’s Blue reverses course 9-7 after a whopping twenty-one weeks at the summit (23,000 units – down 8 percent); and Harry Styles’s former-number-one Fine Line rises 10-8 (20,000 units – down 14 percent).

Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! re-enters the Top Ten as it swings 12-9 after becoming the first album in history to sell over 5 million copies, moving 20,000 units (up 5 percent). NFR! has now spent a record-padding 124th week in the Top Ten!

Finally, Cher rounds out the Top Ten as If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher’s Greatest Hits shifts 11-10 (19,000 units – up 5 percent) to return to its current chart peak.

Onto Next Week: HAIM’s Women in Music Pt. III should be a lock for a second week at number-one; it is currently aiming to sell upwards of 60,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.11 – Superbloom / MisterWives’s 2020 studio album drops 3-11 in its second week, selling 18,000 copies. The LP has now sold 60,000 and has been certified Silver.

No.19 – Direct Hits / The Killers’s 2013 compilation record rises 23-19 (12,000 units) after peaking at No.16 more than two months ago. The best-of set has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 units.

No.24 – Red (Taylor’s Version) / Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album debuted at No.1 last November and has so far spent its first 23 weeks inside the Top Twenty-Five. To date, Red has sold just over 600,000 copies, becoming Swift’s sixth album to be certified Multi-Platinum, following folklore (15 x Platinum); evermore (11 x Platinum); Lover (5 x Platinum); Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2 x Platinum); and reputation (2 x Platinum).

No.28 – The Best of … So Far / The Kooks enter at No.28 with their 2017 best-of set, selling 8,000 in its first week.

No.32 – Shake the Spirit / Elle King’s sophomore studio album falls to No.32 with 7,000 sold, and has now been certified Triple Platinum for selling in excess of 900,000 copies. It is King’s first album to achieve this.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 754,000 units, down 3.6% from the previous week’s figure of 782,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 799,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 5.7%.

Note

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

ADELE RECLAIMS NO.1 SPOT WITH 30!

PLUS: MisterWives debut in Top Five; Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! makes history!

Adele rises 2-1 with 30, the biggest hit of 2022 to date by a country mile. The record sold 52,000 this week (up 6 percent) and has now nabbed a total of fifteen weeks atop the Weekly Top Fifty; it is the fourth-longest-running number-one album of all time, behind Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (twenty-five weeks); Joni Mitchell’s Blue (twenty-one weeks); and Taylor Swift’s folklore (seventeen weeks).

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.28 million); the 5th bestselling album of the decade (2.59 million); and the 8th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under descends to No.2 after spending a record four consecutive weeks at the top spot. The album sold 50,000 units this week (down 8 percent).

MisterWives score their first Top Five hit on L.dK Weekly as 2020’s Supberloom premieres at No.3 with first-week sales of 42,000 units.

Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut steps down 3-4 after a week at number-one in March, moving 36,000 this week (down 10 percent); Allison Russell’s Outside Child slips 4-5 in its second week with 27,000 sold (down 13 percent).

Beyond the Top Five: Norah Jones ticks 8-6 with the No.2-peaking Come Away With Me (26,000 units – up 8 percent); Lana Del Rey is down 6-7 with three-week chart-topper Blue Banisters (25,000 units – down 4 percent); HAIM return to their highest rank on the Top Fifty as Women in Music Pt. III edges 9-8 (24,000 units – up 14 percent); Joni Mitchell moves 7-9 with Blue (24,000 units – down 4 percent); finally, Harry Styles retreats 5-10 with former-number-one Fine Line (23,000 units – down 21 percent).

More Del Rey: While her 2019 mangum-opus NFR! just misses out on a Top Ten position this week, rising from No.17 to No.12, it makes history as the first album ever to sell over 5 million copies! The Greatest Album of All Time was also the first to cross 4 million sales.

To date, NFR! has sold 5,018,000 units since its release in August 2019; it has reigned as the bestselling album of all time since September 2020.

Onto Next Week: Adele’s 30 is gunning for a sales week of 45 – 55k units, and should be headed for a sixteenth non-consecutive week at the top spot!

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.18 – Diva / Annie Lennox’s debut solo album backtracks from No.11 to No.18 (14,000 units) and becomes just the seventh album in history to be certified 9 x Platinum for selling more than 2.7 million copies!

No.34 – Californian Soil / London Grammar’s third studio album dips 30-34 (7,000 units) in its 52nd charting week; it is the group’s first album to chart in the Top Fifty for a full year!

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 754,000 units, down 3.6% from the previous week’s figure of 782,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 799,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 5.7%.

Note

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

SAM FENDER’S SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER EARNS RECORD-PADDING FOURTH WEEK AT NO.1!

PLUS: Allison Russell scores Top Five debut; Harry Styles and Taylor Swift celebrate new milestones; HAIM re-enter Top Ten!

Sam Fender claims a fourth consecutive week at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty with his sophomore record, Seventeen Going Under. The LP sold 54,000 copies this week (down 11 percent). It extends its record as the longest-running number-one album by a solo male artist, and Fender extends his record for the most weeks at number-one overall by a male soloist.

Adele holds firm at No.2 with the historic 30, on sales of 49,000 units this week (down 6 percent). The album previously spent fourteen weeks at the summit.

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.23 million); the 5th bestselling album of the decade (2.54 million); and the 8th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut remains at No.3 after spending a week atop the list in March. It sold 40,000 copies this week (down 9 percent).

Allison Russell collects the top debut of the week as her debut solo venture – Outside Child – premieres at No.4. Following Russell’s performance and nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards, Outside sold 31,000 units.

Harry Styles re-enters the Top Five this week as Fine Line – a former chart-topper – races 11-5 on sales of 29,000 copies (up 61 percent), basking in the glow of Styles’s new single, “As It Was” which trailers his upcoming third record, Harry’s House – due May 20th.

In addition to its return to the Top Five, Fine Line becomes the bestselling album of all time by a male artist, having sold 1.50 million to date. It passes The Weeknd’s After Hours which had previously held the record with sales of 1.49 million units.

Outside the Top Five: Lana Del Rey’s three-week-leader Blue Banisters backtracks 5-6 (26,000 units – up 4 percent); Joni Mitchell’s record-breaking Blue stays at No.7 (25,000 units – up 13 percent); and Norah Jones’s Come Away With Me tumbles 4-8 after peaking at No.2 (24,000 units – down 11 percent).

HAIM return to the Top Ten this week as Women in Music Pt. III bolts 13-9 (21,000 units – up 31 percent). Women – their third album – debuted and peaked at No.8 in July 2020, and saw moderate success continue into 2021, where it climbed as high as No.11 over the Summer. This marks its second week inside the Top Ten.

Taylor Swift rounds out the Top Ten with her mega-hit, folklore (19,000 units – down 5 percent). The decade’s bestselling hit has now sold 4.5 million copies, becoming just the second album in history to be certified 15 x Platinum! It follows Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! which is currently certified 16 x Platinum.

Onto Next Week: Both Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under and Adele’s 30 are currently tracking to sell 45 – 55k units, and should compete for the No.1 spot. Fender will be aiming for a fifth straight week in charge, while Adele will be hoping to return to the number-one spot for a fifteenth non-consecutive frame.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.11 – Diva / Annie Lennox’s solo debut album is one of the biggest hits in L.dK Weekly history; it ranks among the top ten bestselling albums ever (2.68 million copies) and is the second-longest-charting hit ever (166 weeks). Diva celebrated thirty years since is initial release on 06 April, and so shoots from No.29 to No.11 on the Top Fifty, moving 18,000 units (up 125 percent).

No.13 – If I Could Turn Back Time / Cher’s best-of collection retreats after two weeks at its No.10 highpoint, moving 17,000 units. The compilation has sold just over 100,000 to date, earning it a Gold certification.

No.19 – Happier than Ever / Billie Eilish’s sophomore studio album hikes 34-19 (13,000 units – up 85 percent) following her performance and nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards. Happier debuted at No.1 upon its release last year, and has since become Eilish’s bestselling album.

No.24 – Positions / Ariana Grande’s most recent album springs 30-24 (9,000 units – up 12 percent) after its nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at this year’s Grammy Awards. Positions became Grande’s third chart-topper in October 2020, and has sold over 1.3 million to date.

No.28 – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power / Halsey’s chart-topping album re-enters at No.28 (8,000 units – up 800 percent); the hit was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at this year’s Grammys.

No.29 – Ladies of the Canyon / Joni Mitchell’s third studio album returns at No.29 (8,000 units – up 700 percent) after Mitchell won the award for Best Historical Album at the Grammys this year. Her catalogue all increased in sales this week, as Blue (No.7) sold 25,000; Clouds sold 4,000 (up 400 percent); and Both Sides Now sold 2,000 (up 200 percent).

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 754,000 units, down 3.6% from the previous week’s figure of 782,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 799,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 5.7%.

Note

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

SAM FENDER’S SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER RULES FOR THIRD WEEK; GOES PLATINUM!

PLUS: Maren Morris nabs Top Ten debut with Humble Quest!

Sam Fender earns a third successive week at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty with his sophomore hit Seventeen Going Under. The album sold 61,000 this week (down 5 percent) and has now been certified Platinum for selling over 300,000 units.

Seventeen extends its record as the longest-running number-one album by a solo male artist, and earns Fender the distinction of being the male artist with the most weeks atop the chart; he was previously tied with The Weeknd who had spent two weeks at the top spot across two albums, After Hours & Dawn FM.

Adele is a non-mover at No.2 with her juggernaut 30, selling 52,000 units this week (up 1 percent).

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.18 million); the 6th bestselling album of the decade (2.49 million); and the 8th bestselling album of all time, as it surpasses Alanis Morissette’s The Collection (2.45 million). It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Three of the year’s biggest-selling hits round out the Top Five: Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut keeps at No.3 with 44,000 sold (down 6 percent) after peaking at No.1 for a single week; Norah Jones’s No.2-peaking Come Away With Me is unmoved at No.4 on sales of 27,000 copies (down 4 percent); finally, Lana Del Rey‘s three-week-leader Blue Banisters hops 7-5, with 25,000 units (up 4 percent). Del Rey also drops 5-9 with Chemtrails Over the Country Club (19,000 units – down 27 percent) which previously spent a whopping nine weeks atop the chart!

Maren Morris tallies her second Top Ten hit on L.dK Weekly as Humble Quest opens at No.6 with 25,000 copies sold. It follows 2019’s GIRL which debuted at No.1 with sales of over 100,000 units; that album re-enters the tally at No.15 this week with 16,000 sold.

Capping the Top Ten: Joni Mitchell steps down 6-7 with the enduring Blue (22,000 units – down 8 percent) as it crosses sales of 1.8 million and goes 6 x Platinum; Taylor Swift repeats at No.8 with seventeen-week-chart-topper folklore (20,000 units – even with last week); and Cher bullets at No.10 with If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher’s Greatest Hits, the album’s current peak (18,000 units – up 5 percent).

Onto Next Week: Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under is currently aiming for a fourth week at the top of the charts, with sales of 55 – 60k.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 724,000 units, up 15.2% from the previous week’s figure of 628,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 916,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 21.0%.

Note

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

SAM FENDER MAKES HISTORY WITH SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER!

PLUS: Lana Del Rey & Cher hit Top Ten!

Sam Fender spends a second consecutive week at number-one on L.dK Weekly with his hit sophomore LP Seventeen Going Under! The album sold 64,000 units this week (up 6 percent) and has sold just under 300,000 copies since its release six weeks ago.

Seventeen is the first album by a male artist to spend multiple weeks at the top spot, following one-week-leaders from Sam Smith, Troye Sivan, Harry Styles & The Weeknd. By nabbing a second week at the top spot, Fender ties for the most weeks at number-one by a male soloist; The Weeknd topped the charts for a single week with both After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022).

Adele reverses course 3-2 with her historic fourth album 30; the album moved 51,000 units this week (on par with last week) and has now been certified 8 x Platinum for exceeding sales of 2.4 million copies!

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.12 million); the 6th bestselling album of the decade (2.44 million); and the 9th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut album descends 2-3 just two weeks after climbing to the summit for the first time. It sold 47,000 copies this week (down 17 percent) and has now been certified Platinum for selling over 300,000 units.

Norah Jones stays at No.4 with her No.2-peaking Come Away With Me on sales of 28,000 copies (up 7 percent).

Rounding out the Top Ten: Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over the Country Club rockets 19-5, selling 26,000 copies (up 160 percent) in the aftermath of its one-year anniversary on March 19th. Chemtrails has been certified 6 x Platinum for total sales of over 1.8 million copies; it spent nine weeks at the top spot in 2021 and has charted for 53 weeks to date.

Del Rey now boasts three album which have all been certified 6 x Platinum or higher: Norman Fucking Rockwell! (16 x Platinum); Lust for Life (9 x Platinum); and now Chemtrails (6 x Platinum) – a record among all artists.

Del Rey also drops 5-7 on this week’s list with her former chart-topping Blue Banisters (24,000 units – up 4 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Joni Mitchell bullets at No.6 with former-number-one Blue (24,000 units – up 14 percent); Taylor Swift repeats at No.8 with the historic folklore (20,000 units – even with last week); and Arlo Parks is steady at No.9 with the No.3-peaking Collapsed in Sunbeams (18,000 units – down 6 percent).

Finally, Cher collects her fourth successive Top Ten hit as her 1999 compilation album If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher’s Greatest Hits nudges 11-10 on sales of 17,000 copies (up 13 percent) in its 5th charting week. The collection follows Dancing Queen (No.2); Heart of Stone (No.2); and her self-titled LP (No.6). It has been certified Silver so far.

Onto Next Week: Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under is currently aiming for a third week at the top of the charts, with sales of 60 – 65k.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.12 – evermore / Taylor Swift’s ninth studio album, the wintery evermore – twinned with it’s more Summery folk counterpart, folklore – departs the Top Ten for the first time after a whopping 66 consecutive weeks in the region. The juggernaut was the biggest hit of 2021, has been certified Diamond, and become the fourth bestselling album of all time.

No.15 – High as Hope / Florence + the Machine’s chart-topping LP ascends 18-15 in its 55th charting week, moving 12,000 copies. The album has sold just over 600,000 to date, becoming the band’s second effort to be certified Multi-Platinum, following 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful which has been certified 3 x Platinum!

No.18 – Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition / Undisputably one of the decade’s biggest hits, Dua Lipa’s disco-oriented sophomore effort retreats 15-18 on sales of 10,000 units. The smash – which has sold over 3.14 million to date – has now spent a full two years (104 weeks) on the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty!

No.19 – Fine Line / Harry Styles’s sophomore LP re-enters the Top Fifty at No.19 (10,000 units) following the late-week announcement of Styles’s upcoming third album – Harry’s House is due out May 20th. Fine has sold just over 1.46 million to date, and charted for a total of 83 weeks.

No.24 – Women in Music Pt. III / Haim scored a breakthrough hit with their third album; it peaked at No.8 in 2020 and quickly slid off the chart; it would then become a sleeper hit, returning in mid-2021 and reaching a high of No.12, finishing as the No.58 album of the year, and charting for more than 30 weeks. The country-rock-pop set jumps 33-24 this week (9,000 units) and has now been certified Platinum!

No.27 – Direct Hits / The Killers’s 2013 best-of set drops 23-27 (9,000 units) after peaking at No.16 in February. The album is now certified Silver for selling over 60,000 copies.

No.39 – Don’t Feed the Pop Monster / Broods celebrate a full year on the Top Fifty with their Multi-Platinum hit. It is the 60th record to achieve this, and the first by the group.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 724,000 units, up 15.2% from the previous week’s figure of 628,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 916,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 21.0%.

Note

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

SAM FENDER JUMPS TO NO.1!

Fender’s Seventeen Going Under becomes the fifth album by a male solo artist to go all the way to No.1!

Sam Fender ascends to No.1 on the Weekly Top Fifty with last year’s Seventeen Going Under, becoming the 77th No.1 record in the chart’s five-year history. Seventeen sold 60,000 copies this week, marking a 25 percent increase in sales from the previous week when it sold 48,000.

The LP is just the fifth by a solo male artist to reach the top spot on L.dK Weekly; it follows Sam Smith’s The Thrill of it All (2017); Troye Sivan’s Bloom (2018); and Harry Styles’s Fine Line (2019). Currently, The Weeknd is the only male soloist to send two albums to the summit; After Hours (2020) & Dawn FM (2022).

Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut album retreats to No.2 after a week atop the tally, moving 56,000 units this week (down 11 percent).

Adele’s 30 steps down 2-3 following its 14-week command of the Top Fifty, selling 51,000 copies (down 9 percent) in its 17th charting frame.

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.07 million); the 6th bestselling album of the decade (2.39 million); and the 9th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Norah Jones is up 5-4 with her No.2-peaking Come Away With Me. The soft-jazz set sold 26,000 this week (up 13 percent) and has now sold over 400,000 to date.

Lana Del Rey caps the Top Five as three-week-leader Blue Banisters dips 4-5 with 23,000 sold (on par with last week); Del Rey’s twenty-five-week-leader Norman Fucking Rockwell! also ticks 8-7 with 20,000 units (even with last week) as it tallies a record-extending 122nd week in the Top Ten!

Outside the Top Five: Joni Mitchell is a non-mover at No.6 with the chart-topping Blue (21,000 units – down 5 percent); Taylor Swift reverses course 9-8 with former leader folklore (20,000 units – even with last week); Arlo Parks falls 7-9 with No.3-hit Collapsed in Sunbeams (19,000 units – down 5 percent); Swift keeps at No.10 with No.1 smash evermore (16,000 units – down 16 percent).

Onto Next Week: Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under and Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut are both set to sell 50 – 60k units, and should compete for the No.1 spot.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.12 – Dawn FM / The Weeknd’s latest offering slips 11-12 in its 10th week, selling 14,000 units. It has now sold just over 300,000 copies, becoming the R&B star’s third successive album to be certified at least Platinum; it follows 2020’s Ater Hours (4 x Platinum) and 2021’s The Highlights (2 x Platinum).

No.17 – Twelve Deadly Cyns – and then Some / Cyndi Lauper’s 1993 compilation record pushes 20-17 with 10,000 sold after reaching No.11 in January. The best-of set has now been certified Gold, becoming Lauper’s third record to do so after She’s so Unusual (6 x Platinum) and True Colors (Platinum).

No.19 – Chemtrails Over the Country Club / Lana Del Rey’s seventh studio album has now lived on the Weekly Top Fifty for a full year (52 weeks) and dips 18-19 this term. It is Del Rey’s sixth LP to spend at least a year on the list, following Norman Fucking Rockwell! (133 weeks); Lust for Life (112 weeks); Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (98 weeks); Honeymoon (60 weeks); Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass (55 weeks).

No.46 – Sweetener / Ariana Grande’s biggest hit slips 45-46 with 5,000 sold as it logs a 150th appearance on L.dK Weekly. Only two other albums have achieved this feat: Stevie Nicks’s Bella Donna (183 weeks), and Annie Lennox’s Diva (163 weeks).

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 628,000 units, down 3.9% from the previous week’s figure of 653,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 801,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 21.6%.

Note

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

TRACY CHAPMAN HITS NO.1!

Plus: Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters reaches new sales milestone

Tracy Chapman reaches No.1 on the Weekly Top Fifty with her eponymous debut album (1988), becoming the 76th No.1 record in the chart’s five-year history. Tracy sold 63,000 copies this week, marking an increase of 53 percent from the previous week when it sold 41,000.

The album (which has sold over 200,000 to date) originally peaked at No.4 in December 2021, but quickly dropped off the list. In February, it re-entered the Top Fifty at No.24 and hopped up to No.10 the following week (selling 20,000 copies) before then leaping to a new high of No.3 the week after.

Even more impressive than the LP’s flight to the top, is that it unseats Adele’s 30 after a staggering fourteen weeks at No.1! The juggernaut slips to No.2 in its 16th charting frame, selling a further 56,000 units (down 5 percent) and has sold 2.34 million to date.

Despite being knocked off its perch this week, 30 becomes the first album of 2022 to shift over 1 million copies, having moved 1.02 million since the start of the new year. It maintains its title as the bestselling album of the annum so far, boasting a lead of over 600,000 copies over its closest rival: Norah Jones’s Come Away With Me.

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (1.02 million); the 6th bestselling album of the decade (2.34 million); and the 9th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under regresses to No.3 after two weeks in the runner-up spot. It sold 48,000 copies this week (even with last week).

Lana Del Rey ascends 6-4 with three-week-leader Blue Banisters, on sales of 23,000 units (up 4 percent). Banisters has now sold 1.2 million units to date, earning it a 4 x Platinum certification! It is Del Rey’s fifth album to sell over 1.2 million copies following Norman Fucking Rockwell! (4.93 million); Lust for Life (2.88 million); Chemtrails Over the Country Club (1.77 million); and Born to Die: the Paradise Edition (1.35 million).

The singer is now tied with Stevie Nicks as the artist with the most albums boasting sales of over 1.2 million units. Nicks has achieved the feat with Crystal Visions – the Very Best of Stevie Nicks (2.28 million); Bella Donna (2.04 million); Rock a Little (1.42 million); The Wild Heart (1.28 million); and The Other Side of the Mirror (1.21 million).

Del Rey’s NFR! is also present in this week’s Top Ten: it rises 10-8 (20,000 units – up 11 percent) and nabs a record-adding 121st week in the Top Ten!

Norah Jones rounds out the Top Five as her No.2-peaking Come Away With Me rebounds 7-5 with 23,000 sold (up 9 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Joni Mitchell’s Blue retreats 5-6 (22,000 units – down 4 percent); and Arlo Parks is up 9-7 with her No.3-hit Collapsed in Sunbeams (20,000 units – up 11 percent).

Taylor Swift anchors the Top Ten with a pair of chart-topping juggernauts: folklore slips 8-9 (20,000 sold – on par with last week); and the wintery evermore tumbles 4-10 (19,000 units – down 24 percent).

Onto Next Week: Tracy Chapman’s self-titled LP should be set for a second week ontop, as it’s heading towards 60 – 65k sales for the tracking period. Adele’s 30 and Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under are both gunning to sell 50 – 55k and should compete for the No.2 position.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.38 – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power / Halsey’s fourth studio album was one of 2020’s biggest and bestselling hits, and spent a hefty eight weeks in the No.1 spot. This week, as it notches a 25th appearance in the Top Fifty, it becomes the 46th album to sell more than 1 million copies; it is Halsey’s first release to achieve this!

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 653,000 units, essentially equal with the previous week’s figure of 652,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 874,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 25.3%.

Note

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

ADELE‘S 30 SCORES FOURTEENTH WEEK AT NO.1!

Plus: Tracy Chapman reaches a new peak inside the Top Five!

Adele remains firmly lodged at No.1 for a fourteenth cumulative week with her juggernaut 30. It breaks out of its tie with Taylor Swift’s evermore (thirteen weeks) to become the 4th longest-running number-one album of all time.

1. Twenty-five weeks – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey
2. Twenty-one weeks – Blue / Joni Mitchell
3. Seventeen weeks – folklore / Taylor Swift
4. Fourteen weeks – 30

9th Bestselling Album Ever: 30 sold 59,000 copies this week (down 8 percent) and has sold 2.28 million units since its release last November. In just fifteen weeks, it has surpassed Stevie Nicks’s Crystal Visions – the Very Best of Stevie Nicks (2.27 million) to become the 9th bestselling hit of all time. It now sets its sights on Alanis Morissette’s compilation disc, The Collection (2.43 million).

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (971,000); the 6th bestselling album of the decade (2.28 million); and the 9th bestselling album of all time. It became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Sam Fender‘s Seventeen Going Under holds steady at its No.2 peak (after jumping up from No.9 last week). The LP sold 48,000 this week, marking a dip of 4 percent from the previous week. Seventeen has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 units.

Tracy Chapman achieves a new peak position this week as her self-titled debut album rockets 10-3 on sales of 41,000 copies (up 105 percent). The album – now certified Gold – passes its prior peak of No.4, achieved upon its chart debut in December.

Taylor Swift‘s evermore descends 3-4 on sales of 25,000 copies (down 29 percent); Swift also jumps 11-8 with folklore, selling 20,000 units (up 5 percent).

Capping the Top Five: Joni Mitchell‘s Blue pushes 7-5 with 23,000 sold (up 9 percent).

Rounding out the Top Ten: Lana Del Rey’s three-week-leader Blue Banisters sinks 5-6 (22,000 units – down 8 percent); Norah Jones‘s Come Away With Me slides 4-7 after peaking at No.2 (21,000 units – down 33 percent); Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! steps down 9-10 and logs a record-extending 120th week in the Top Ten (18,000 units – down 10 percent).

Onto Next Week: Adele’s 30 – currently tracking to sell between 55 – 60k should be clear for a fifteenth week out in front. Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under and Tracy Chapman’s eponymous debut are both heading for roughly 50 – 55k and will compete for the No.2 spot.

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.14 – Crystal Visions – The Very Best of Stevie Nicks / Nicks’s 2007 compilation album has now spent a full two years (104 weeks) inside the Weekly Top Fifty. It is Nicks’s third album to achieve this following Bella Donna (181 weeks) and Rock a Little (128 weeks).

No.41 – Medusa / Annie Lennox’s sophomore album has now been present on the Weekly Top Fifty for two years (104 weeks). Lennox has also achieved this with her debut album, Diva which has charted for 161 weeks to date.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 652,000 units, falling by 5.6% from the previous week’s figure of 690,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 792,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 17.7%.

Note

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

ADELE DOMINATES FOR THIRTEENTH WEEK!

Plus: Sam Fender reaches the Top Five, Broods debut in the Top Ten & Tracy Chapman returns to the region!

Adele‘s historic 30 commands the L.dK Weekly Top Fifty for a thirteenth non-consecutive week, tying it with Taylor Swift’s evermore as the 4th longest-running number-one album ever!

1. Twenty-five weeks – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey
2. Twenty-one weeks – Blue / Joni Mitchell
3. Seventeen weeks – folklore / Taylor Swift
4. Thirteen weeks – evermore & 30

10th bestselling album ever: 30 moved 64,000 units this week (down 16 percent) and has sold a whopping 2.22 million units since its release last November. In just fourteen weeks, it has surpassed Ariana Grande’s Sweetener (2.18 million) to become the 10th bestselling album of all time. It now sits just behind Stevie Nicks’s Crystal Visions – the Very Best of Stevie Nicks (2.26 million).

Currently, 30 is the bestselling album of 2022 (912,000); the 6th bestselling album of the 2020’s decade (2.22 million); and the 10th bestselling album of all time. It also became the fastest-selling album ever upon its release in November (650,000 units) and set the record for the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks) and 2 million copies (12 weeks)!

Sam Fender scores his first Top Five hit as Seventeen Going Under bolts 9-2 in its second week, surging by 138 percent to 50,000 sold. The album has now been certified Silver for selling over 60,000 units.

Taylor Swift‘s evermore descends 2-3 on sales of 35,000 copies (down 13 percent); Norah Jones falls 3-4 with her No.2-peaking Come Away With Me, selling 31,000 units (down 11 percent).

Lana Del Rey rounds out the Top Five as three-week chart-topper Blue Banisters remains steady at No.5. It sold 24,000 this week (down 4 percent). Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! also leaps 11-9 for a record-padding 119th week in the Top Ten (20,000 units – on par with last week).

Beyond the Top Five: Arlo Parks‘s Collapsed in Sunbeams slides 4-6 (23,000 units – down 12 percent) after peaking at No.3; Joni Mitchell‘s Blue slips 6-7 (21,000 units – down 13 percent) as it celebrates a full year on L.dK Weekly!

Broods debut at No.8 with their newest release: Space Island. It sold 20,000 in its first week, granting the duo their third Top Ten hit, following 2014’s Evergreen (No.7) and 2019’s chart-topping Don’t Feed the Pop Monster; they also peaked at No.11 with 2016’s Conscious. Their 2019 number-one hit bowed with first-week sales of 130,000 units.

Capping the Top Ten: Tracy Chapman‘s eponymous debut album roars 24-10 as it surges by 66 percent to 20,000 sold. The LP previously peaked at No.4 in December, and this marks its first foray back into the Top Ten!

Onto Next Week: Both Adele & Sam Fender could be in contention for the No.1 spot, with 30 looking to sell roughly 55 – 60k units, and Seventeen Going Under gunning for 50 – 55k. The former could become just the fourth album in history to rule for at least fourteen weeks, while Fender could become just the fifth male artist to reach No.1 on L.dK Weekly!

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty!

No.19 – If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher’s Greatest Hits / Cher adds her fourth Top Twenty hit as her 1999 compilation disc premieres at No.19 with first-week sales of 12,000 units. The collection joins Dancing Queen & Heart of Stone (both No.2) and her 1986 self-titled effort (No.6).

No.28 – Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition / Dua Lipa’s disco-pop juggernaut has sold over 3 million copies since its release in March 2020, and has continued to sell consistently almost two years on. This week marks its 100th consecutive appearance on L.dK Weekly, making it just the 19th record to achieve this!

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 690,000 units, falling by 3.4% from the previous week’s figure of 717,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 754,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 8.5%.

Note

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

ADELE RULES FOR TWELFTH WEEK!

As 30 soars in sales, Sam Fender nabs his first Top Ten!

Adele‘s record-breaking 30 stays put atop the L.dK Weekly Charts for a twelfth cumulative week, tying it with Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born – OST as the 5th longest-running number-one in history!

1. Twenty-five weeks – Norman Fucking Rockwell! / Lana Del Rey
2. Twenty-one weeks – Blue / Joni Mitchell
3. Seventeen weeks – folklore / Taylor Swift
4. Thirteen weeks – evermore / Taylor Swift
5. Twelve weeks – A Star is Born – OST & 30

30 moved a further 76,000 units this week (down 20 percent), bringing its lifetime sales total to a staggering 2.16 million after just thirteen weeks! It becomes just the 11th album to be certified 7 x Platinum for sales exceeding 2.1 million units.

30 is currently the bestselling album of 2022 (772,000 sold); the 6th bestselling album of the 2020’s decade (2.16 million); and the 11th bestselling album of all time!

Just last week, the juggernaut made history by selling 2 million copies in just twelve weeks, beating Taylor Swift’s folklore which sold as many units in twenty weeks! Speaking of Swift… evermore holds steady at No.2 in its 62nd charting week, selling 41,000 copies (down 5 percent); folklore also swings 10-7 on sales of 22,000 units (even with last week).

Norah Jones is a non-mover at No.3 with her No.2-peaking Come Away With Me. The album sold 36,000 this week (down 10 percent) and has sold just over 300,000 to date, being Jones’s first album to be certified Platinum.

Capping the Top Five: Arlo Parks ticks 5-4 with the No.3-peaking Collapsed in Sunbeams (26,000 units – down 8 percent); and Lana Del Rey elevates 7-5 with Blue Banisters (26,000 units – up 8 percent).

Two former-chart toppers follow outside the Top Five: Joni Mitchell‘s Blue pushes 8-6 (22,000 units – down 9 percent); and Birdy‘s Young Heart slides 4-8 (21,000 units – down 35 percent).

Sam Fender makes his official chart debut this week at No.9 with his sophomore album Seventeen Going Under. The album sold 21,000 in th week following his BRIT Awards performance.

Finally, Fleetwood Mac‘s Rumours improves to No.10 (20,000 units – down 5 percent) after re-entering at No.11 last week following its 45-year anniversary.

Onto Next Week: Adele’s 30 should sell a further 60,000 units, possibly earning the album a thirteenth week at No.1. Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under looks set to climb the list with sales of over 40,000 copies. Broods are aiming for a Top Ten start with Space Island (30,000 units).

L.dK Weekly Top Fifty

Notable Moves in the Top Fifty

No.16 – Direct Hits / The Killers open with sales of 15,000 for their 2013 compilation album. It is the first effort from the band to chart on L.dK Weekly.

No.24 – Tracy Chapman / The debut album from American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman re-enters at No.24 (12,000 units), reaching its highest rank since November when it debuted and peaked at No.4.

No.40 – Wonderful Wonderful / The Killers also appear further down the chart as their 2017 record starts with 7,000 sold.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

Industry Sales

Industry sales for the week stand at 717,000 units, falling by 5.1% from the previous week’s figure of 755,000 units. Compared to the same week last year (when 769,000 albums were sold), consumption is down by 6.8%.

Note

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