Adele’s 30 rules as biggest hit album of 2022!

Adele’s 30 is the No.1 album of the year on the L.dK Weekly Top 50.

The juggernaut was unleashed on 19 November 2021, and set the record for the fastest-selling album of all time, moving 650,000 copies in just one week. It has since felled a multitude of records, including the fastest album to sell 1 million (three weeks); 2 million (12 weeks); 3 million (29 weeks); and 4 million copies (55 weeks).

Since New Year’s, 30 has sold a staggering 2,779,000 copies, earning it the largest yearly sales figure in history, topping Taylor Swift’s evermore which sold 2.70 million copies last year. It has also spent a total of twelve weeks at number-one in 2022 – earning the title of longest-running number-one album of the year! – and led the list as recently as May.

The biggest sales years for albums are as follows.

1. (2022) 30 , Adele – 2,779,000
2. (2021) evermore , Taylor Swift – 2,703,000
3. (2020) folklore , Taylor Swift – 2,213,000
4. (2021) folklore , Taylor Swift – 2,000,000
5. (2020) Future Nostalgia , Dua Lipa – 2,145,000
6. (2020) The Collection , Alanis Morissette – 1,901,000
7. (2022) Court and Spark , Joni Mitchell – 1,897,000
8. (2019) Norman Fucking Rockwell! , Lana Del Rey – 1,886,000
9. (2017) Lust for Life , Lana Del Rey – 1,866,000
10. (2020) Chromatica , Lady Gaga – 1,818,000

Adele’s long-awaited comeback record is her first to top the Year-End Chart – she previously ranked at No.5 with 25 in 2017. 30 landed at No.12 on the 2021 rundown with 1.31 million sold in just five weeks.

Taylor Swift lands at No.2 with the evergreen evermore, which has sold 1,258,000 copies, despite being released in December 2020. The album even rose to No.2 in the final week of the year, behind Swift’s own Midnights. evermore was the biggest hit of 2021, selling over 2.70 million copies, and also ranked at No.58 in 2020 with 395,000 sold in its first two weeks on sale.

Swift also scores the 6th biggest hit of the year with folklore, which moved a further 921,000 units in its third year on sale. It comes after folklore ranked at No.4 in 2020, and at No.2 in 2021.

Joni Mitchell places a pair of smash albums back-to-back at No.3 (Court and Spark) and No.4 (Blue). The former has spent eleven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts since its debut in June, and has sold 1,897,000 copies, becoming the second bestselling hit of the year.

Blue – Mitchell’s first chart hit on L.dK Weekly – recorded further sales of 1,052,000 and celebrates its second consecutive year in the Top Five, after it landed at No.3 for 2021 with 1.49 million sold.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! rounds out the Top Five – with 957,000 sold – as it celebrates a fourth straight year in the region. NFR! was ranked at No.3 upon its release in 2019, and rose to No.1 in 2020, before dipping to No.5 last year. This also marks the first year when the album has sold less than a million copies, as it sold 1.88 million in 2019, 1.67 million in 2020, and 1.14 million in 2021.

Norah Jones finishes a brilliant first year on the tallies, as her debut Come Away With Me earns the No.7 spot on sales of 957,000 units. The album peaked at No.2 in the second week of January, and has stayed on the charts ever since, including fifteen weeks in the Top Ten.

Tracy Chapman’s self-titled album claims the No.8 position, boasting 1,031,000 sales. The LP initially underperformed in November 2021, debuting at No.4 before dropping off the list. It would regain popularity in February this year, and rose to No.1 in March where it spent a single week. It has since charted for a total of forty-nine weeks, including nineteen frames inside the Top Ten.

Kate Bush experienced a hugely successful year thanks to the success of “Running Up That Hill” – synced in the fourth season of Stranger Things. Leading this charge was her compilation The Whole Story at No.9, which returned to its No.3 highpoint in late-Summer, and sold 894,000 copies over the course of the year. Story has maintained a presence in the Top Ten of the Year-End Chart since 2020 when it ranked at No.10 – it nabbed the No.8 spot last year.

HAIM’s Women in Music Pt. III might just the definition of a sleeper hit. Originally released in 2020, it sold just 71,000 copies and was the 96th biggest hit of the year. It improved upon this in 2021, rising the No.54 with 203,000 sold. This year, it reached the Top Ten for the first time, and in the final week of April it shot to No.1 with 63,000 sold. Women sold 1,095,000 copies this year, becoming the biggest hit of 2022 by a group, and ranking at No.10 overall.

The biggest albums released in 2022 are as follows:

1. (No.19) Harry’s House / Harry Styles – 928,000
2. (No.21) Surrender / Maggie Rogers – 947,000
3. (No.23) Dance Fever / Florence + the Machine – 775,000
4. (No.24) Midnights / Taylor Swift – 1,255,000
5. (No.33) How to Let Go / Sigrid – 500,000
6. (No.39) Dawn FM / The Weeknd – 364,000
7. (No.48) Superache / Conan Gray – 304,000
8. (No.52) Being Funny in a Foreign Language / The 1975 – 276,000
9. (No.53) Special / Lizzo – 302,000
10. (No.54) The Gods We Can Touch / AURORA – 252,000

Notably, the top eighteen albums of 2022 were not actually released this year. Adele’s 30 debuted in November 2021, Swift’s evermore the previous December, and Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! in August 2019. Hits from Mitchell, Jones, Chapman & Bush are all retrospective hits that predate the chart.

Here are the bestselling albums of 2022 in terms of pure sales:

1. 30 , Adele – 2,779,000
2. Court and Spark , Joni Mitchell – 1,897,000
3. evermore , Taylor Swift – 1,258,000
4. Midnights , Taylor Swift – 1,255,000
5. Women in Music Pt. III , HAIM – 1,095,000
6. Blue , Joni Mitchell – 1,052,000
7. Tracy Chapman , Tracy Chapman – 1,031,000
8. Seventeen Going Under , Sam Fender – 1,010,000
9. Come Away With Me , Norah Jones – 975,000
10. Norman Fucking Rockwell! , Lana Del Rey – 957,000

Top Albums of 2022 (So Far)!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights scores eleventh week in command!

Swift continues her rule, as Arlo Parks vaults back into Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds at No.1 for an eleventh non-consecutive week, ticking up by 13 percent to 77,000 sold in the latest tracking week.

Midnights is now tied with Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life as the sixth-longest-running number-one album of all time! It currently sits just behind Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born – OST, and Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark which have both ruled for a total of twelve weeks.

The album has now been certified 5 x Platinum, denoting sales of over 1.5 million copies. This marks Swift’s fourth release to sell as many copies, following folklore (5.19 million); evermore (4.60 million); and Lover (1.66 million).

Swift also nabs the No.2 spot this week with fifteen-week-leader evermore, on sales of 63,000 units (down 6 percent); her seventeen-week-chart-topper folklore is also down 8-10 with 19,000 sold (on par with last week).

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark holds at No.3 with 45,000 sold (down 2 percent). Mitchell’s Hejira also bounces 9-7 after reaching No.6, shifting 23,000 copies (up 27 percent).

Adele’s seventeen-week-ruler 30 keeps at No.4 with 39,000 sold (up 2 percent); and First Aid Kit’s Palomino stays at No.5 after peaking at No.2, selling 31,000 units (up 24 percent).

Outside the Top Five: The Kooks’s No.3-peaking The Best of … So Far holds at No.6 (24,000 units – up 3 percent), while Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! retreats 7-8 (21,000 units – even with last week). The latter album collects a record-extending 136th week inside the Top Ten!

Arlo Parks’s debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams hurtles 48-9 to score its first Top Ten appearance since March 2022. The album moved 20,000 copies (up 300 percent) following the release of Park’s new single, “Weightless”. The song trailers the singer’s upcoming sophomore album, My Soft Machine – due May 26th.

To date, Sunbeams has peaked at No.3, charted for 49 weeks, including a fifteen-week stay inside the Top Ten, and has sold over 700,000 copies.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights is currently the favourite for the No.1 spot, looking to sell over 60,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.11 – Bad Girls / Donna Summer’s 1979 classic reaches a new peak as it lungs 18-11 with 17,000 sold – up 70 percent from the previous week’s haul of 10,000 units.

No.13 – Plastic Hearts / Miley Cyrus’s late-2020 smash hit hits its highest rank since March 2022, selling 16,000 copies in the wake of Cyrus’s new single “Flowers”. Cryus also places at No.25 with SHE IS COMING (10,000 sold); No.35 with Bangerz (8,000 sold); and No.43 with Younger Now (7,000 sold).

No.28 – Come on Over / Shania Twain’s landmark 1997 release charts for the first time on sales of 9,000 copies.

No.40 – Under My Skin / Avril Lavigne’s sophomore record reaches a new peak, as it improves from its No.50 debut last week. It sold 7,000 this week.

No.46 – Bella Donna / Stevie Nicks’s debut solo album becomes her first studio album to be certified 8 x Platinum for selling over 2.4 million copies. Bella Donna is also the longest-charting album of all time, having spent 225 weeks on the tally.

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).

Taylor Swift returns to No.1 with Midnights!

Plus: New certifications for Adele and Lana Del Rey; Swift’s folklore re-enters Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights springs 2-1 to spend a tenth non-consecutive week at the summit of the Weekly Top 50, selling 68,000 copies (up 26 percent). The album debuted at No.1 on the chart dated 31st October, selling 277,000 units to become the fastest-selling album of 2022, and stayed at the top of the charts for its first nine weeks.

Midnights is the ninth album to spend nine weeks at number-one, and Swift’s third after folklore (seventeen weeks), and evermore (fifteen weeks). This marks a record among all artists, although Lana Del Rey came close, with Norman Fucking Rockwell! (twenty-five weeks), and Lust for Life (eleven weeks) making the cut, while Chemtrails Over the Country Club (nine weeks) just falling short.

Midnights unseats Swift’s own evermore which falls to No.2, although sports a 15 percent sales increase, selling 67,000 copies. The album has now sold 4.54 million copies, becoming the third LP in history to be certified at least 15 x Platinum!

folklore meanwhile vaults 18-8 to re-enter the Top Ten for the first time since September 2022, selling 19,000 copies (up 72 percent).

Joni Mitchell’s eleven-week-leader Court and Spark bullets at No.3 with 46,000 sold (up 8 percent). It is now the songwriter’s second album to sell over 2 million copies, and just the 25th ever. Mitchell’s Hejira meanwhile retreats 8-9 after peaking at No.6, moviong 18,000 copies (down 18 percent).

Adele’s seventeen-week-ruler 30 remains at No.4 on sales of 38,000 units (down 2 percent) as it becomes the fourth album in history to be certified Platinum at least fourteen times over.

Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! marks its first Top Ten appearance since October 2022 as it surges 11-7 (21,000 units – up 23 percent). NFR! makes history this week as it becomes the first release ever to be certified 19 x Platinum, denoting sales exceeding 5.7 million units. The legendary disc is expected to surpass sales of 6 million copies within six months.

First Aid Kit’s Palomino repeats at No.5 after climbing to No.2, moving 25,000 copies (down 4 percent).

Outside the Top Five: The Kooks’s No.3-peaking The Best of … So Far steps up 7-6 (23,000 units – on par with last week), and Mariah Carey’s No.6-peaking Greatest Hits dips 9-10 (16,000 units – down 15 percent).

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights is currently headed for an eleventh week atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50, with estimated sales of over 60,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.12 – Come Away With Me / Norah Jones’s debut album peaked at No.2 in January 2021, and this week sails past a million combined sales. It is the 61st album to sell a million.

No.17 – Tracy Chapman / This singer-songwriter’s eponymous debut was one of the biggest hits of 2022, selling more than a million copies. It has now clocked up a full year inside the Top 50 – 52 weeks!

No.18 – Bad Girls / Donna Summer’s 1979 classic enters with first-week sales of 10,000 copies.

No.20 – Emails I Can’t Send / Sabrina Carpenter’s 2021 album makes its first appearance, selling 10,000 copies.

No.38 – Bloom / Troye Sivan’s sophomore album has cemented itself as a chart mainstay since its release in 2018, even finishing among the top 40 biggest hits of 2022. It has now become the first album ever by a male artist to chart for 100 weeks, and the 26th overall.

No.49 – Love Sux / Avril Lavigne’s seventh studio album celebrates its first showing after initally being released in 2022. It sold 5,000 in its first week. Her 2004 sophomore set Under My Skin notches a No.50 placement this week, also with 5,000 sold.

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).

Taylor Swift rules for fifteenth week with evermore!

As the Christmas hits melt away, albums from The Kooks, Joni Mitchell, Mariah Carey & Carly Rae Jepsen vault back into Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s evermore logs a fifteenth non-consecutive week at number-one on the L.dK Weekly Top 50, selling 59,000 units (up 1 percent). Currently, evermore is the fifth longest-running number-one album of all time, behind Swift’s own folklore & Adele’s 30 (seventeen weeks); Joni Mitchell’s Blue (twenty-one weeks); and Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (twenty-five weeks).

Swift’s Midnights recovers one spot to No.2, selling 54,000 copies (up 4 percent), after it led for its first nine weeks.

Joni Mitchell’s eleven-week-leader Court and Spark springs 5-3 with 42,000 copies sold (up 7 percent). The aforementioned Blue ascends 10-6 with 24,000 sold (up 4 percent), while the No.6 peaking Hejira lungs 13-8 on sales of 22,000 copies (up 15 percent). Hejira has now been certified Double Platinum for selling over 600,000 copies, becoming Mitchell’s third record to do so behind Spark and Blue.

Adele’s 30 re-enters the Top Five, jumping 6-4 on sales of 39,000 units (up 14 percent), and First Aid Kit anchor the region with the No.2-peaking Palomino (up from No.8) which sold 26,000 this week (up 4 percent).

Outside the Top Five: The Kooks’s No.3-hit The Best of So Far leaps 11-7 (23,000 units – up 4 percent); Mariah Carey’s No.6-peaking Greatest Hits bursts 16-9 (19,000 units – up 12 percent); and Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time swings 17-10 after topping out at No.2, while achieving Platinum status (17,000 units – up 6 percent).

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s evermore & Midnights could battle for the number-one spot once again. Currently, evermore is currently to sell between 50-60,000 units, while Midnights is gunning to sell 50-55,000 copies.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.15 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language / The 1975’s latest album bounves 29-15 in the vaccum left by the exiting holiday music, selling 12,000 copies. The record has now sold over 300,000 copies, becoming the band’s first effort to be certified 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).

Taylor Swift replaces herself at No.1!

As evermore surpasses Midnights, Christmas records from Darlene Love, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble and Mariah Carey all rise in Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s evermore reclaims the number-one spot on the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a fourteenth non-consecutive week, moving 58,000 units (up 18 percent). This marks the first time since March 2021 that evermore has ranked atop the Top 50.

To date, evermore has sold over 4.4 million copies, and with fourteen weeks in pole position, it stands as the fourth longest-running number-one album of all time!

Swift’s Midnights meanwhile slides to No.3 on sales of 52,000 copies (down 19 percent) after spending its first nine weeks at the summit.

Darlene Love leads a flurry of Christmas hits in the Top Ten, as Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) rockets 7-2 with 55,000 sold (up 96 percent), going Silver for selling over 60,000 copies. Kelly Clarkson’s No.2-peaking Wrapped in Red elevates 5-4 with 43,000 sold (up 26 percent); Michael Buble’s No.4-peaking Christmas ascends 9-7 with 29,000 units (up 32 percent); and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas springs from No.16 to a new peak of No.9, selling 24,000 copies (up 33 percent).

Aside from the seasonal hits: Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark rounds out the Top Five – down from No.3 – selling 39,000 copies (up 2 percent). Court previously spent eleven weeks at the chart summit. Mitchell’s Blue meanwhile gains at No.10 on sales of 23,000 copies (up 9 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Adele’s 30 dives 4-6 after seventeen weeks in pole position (34,000 units – down 6 percent), and First Aid Kit’s Palomino descends 6-8 after peaking at No.2 (25,000 units – down 11 percent)

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift currently has two albums in contention for the number-one spot, with both evermore and Midnights tracking to sell over 50,000 units in the upcoming tracking week.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.12 – A Christmas Cornucopia / Annie Lennox’s fifth studio album bounds 15-12 in its 6th charting week, shifting 20,000 copies. Cornucopia peaked at No.9 in the 2021 Christmas season. To date, the album has sold over 113,000 copies, becoming Lennox’s third Gold-certified hit.

No.38 – Come Away With Me / Norah Jones’s debut studio album places at No.38 (9,000 sold) as it celebrates a full year inside the L.dK Weekly Top 50!

No.47 – For the Roses / Joni Mitchell’s 1972 fifth studio album has now sold over 60,000 copies, becoming Mitchell’s eleventh hit to do so.

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).

Taylor Swift ends the year at No.1!

Plus: Kelly Clarkson, Darlene Love & Michael Buble enter the Top Ten with Christmas hits!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights commands the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a ninth consecutive week, selling a further 64,000 copies (down 33 percent).

Midnights has now sold over 1.2 million copies to date, becoming Swift’s fourth album to be certified at least 4 x Platinum.

Swift also takes the runner-up spot this week as the wintery evermore sails 3-2 on sales of 49,000 copies (up 32 percent). The album previously spent thirteen weeks at the top spot.

Joni Mitchell’s eleven-week-leader Court and Spark retreats 2-3 with 38,000 sold (down 9 percent). Mitchell also returns to the Top Ten with Blue (up from No.14) thanks to its inclusion the Christmasy track “River”. The album drew 21,000 units this week (up 31 percent).

Adele’s 30 elevates 5-4, selling 36,000 copies (down 9 percent) after leading the Top 50 for a whopping seventeen weeks!

Kelly Clarkson leads the Christmas charge this week as Wrapped in Red zooms 20-5 on sales of 34,000 copies (up 183 percent). Red peaked at No.2 in the 2021 Christmas season. Meanwhile, Darlene Love’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) debuts at No.7 with 25,000 sold, and Michael Buble’s No.4-peaking Christmas surges 28-9 with 22,000 sold (up 120 percent).

Outside the Top Five: First Aid Kit descends 4-6 with their No.2-peaking Palomino (28,000 units – down 30 percent), and The Kooks’s The Best of … So Far falls 6-8 (24,000 units – down 25 percent) after peaking at No.3.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights is currently tracking for a tenth consecutive week at No.1 with projected sales of over 50,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.20 – Fleetwood Mac / Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled set has now sold over 300,000 copies, becoming the band’s sixth album to reach this status. It joins Greatest Hits & Rumours (7 x Platinum); Tango in the Night (3 x Platinum); Mirage (2 x Platinum); and Tusk (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).

Taylor Swift crowns Top 50 for eighth week with Midnights!

Plus: Swift’s evermore re-enters Top Five; Carly Rae Jepsen and Joni Mitchell records return to Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights scores an eighth successive week in charge of the L.dK Weekly Top 50, moving 96,000 copies (down 12 percent).

The album – which has now sold over 1.19 million copies – is the first album in almost two years to spend its first eight weeks at the top spot. The last? Swift’s own evermore which spent its first thirteen weeks in pole position. That album flurries 7-3 this week, moving 41,000 copies (up 17 percent).

Midnights is currently the third-longest-running number-one album of 2022 to date, behind Adele’s 30 (twelve weeks), and Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (eleven weeks).

Speaking of Spark… that album jumps 4-2 this week with 42,000 copies sold (even with last week). Joni Mitchell’s No.6-peaking Hejira also ascends 15-10 on sales of 20,000 units (up 6 percent).

First Aid Kit’s Palomino slides to No.4 after three weeks at its No.2 peak, shifting 40,000 copies (down 25 percent), while Adele’s record-breaking 30 remains at No.5 with 39,000 sold (down 5 percent).

Beyond the Top Five: The Kooks’s The Best of … So Far rebounds 8-6 after reaching No.3 (32,000 units – down 3 percent); Fleetwood Mac’s chart-topping Greatest Hits dives 3-7 (26,000 units – down 45 percent); Mariah Carey’s No.6-peaking Greatest Hits ticks back up 9-8 (24,000 units – down 14 percent).

Rounding out the Top Ten: Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time springs 12-9 (21,000 units – down 5 percent). The album previously debuted and peaked at No.2 in October.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights seems headed for a ninth straight week at number-one. It is currently expected to sell upwards of 70,000 over the pre-Christmas week.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.50 – Christine McVie / Christine McVie’s sophomore self-titled record from 1984 celebrates its first appearance inside the Top 50 as it premieres at No.50 on sales of 5,000 copies, following the unfortunate passing of McVie the week prior.

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).

Fleetwood Mac rally in the wake of Christine McVie’s passing.

Plus: Taylor Swift earns a seventh week at the top spot with Midnights; Mariah Carey and Joni Mitchell earn new certifications!

Fleetwood Mac’s resident songbird Christine McVie passed on Wednesday 30th November, causing the band’s catalogue to surge (or re-enter) on the charts in the final tracking day of last week. Their flagship Greatest Hits jumped up to No.8 (from No.27), followed by re-entries for Fleetwood Mac (No.15); Rumours (No.21); Tango in the Night (No.23); Mirage (No.26); and Tusk (No.32).

This week, the chart-topping Greatest Hits rockets from No.8 to No.3, shifting a further 47,000 copies (up 62 percent), and marking the collection’s highest placement since it ranked at No.2 on the Catalogue Albums Chart in the first week of 2021.

Fleetwood Mac soars 15-6 on sales of 36,000 copies (up 100 percent), after previously peaking at No.5 in 2017. The Mac’s three-week-leader Tango in the Night meanwhile zooms 23-10 with 24,000 sold (also up 100 percent).

Beyond the Top Ten, five-week-ruler Rumours jumps 21-11 (23,000 units – up 76 percent); the No.2-peaking Mirage leaps 26-14 (20,000 units – up 81 percent); and the No.3-hit Tusk swings 32-17 (17,000 units – up 70 percent).

In total, Fleetwood Mac recorded album sales of 167,000 this week, making them the week’s most successful artist.

In other news: Taylor Swift’s Midnights keeps atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a seventh consecutive week, drawing 109,000 units (down 17 percent). The album has now sold over a million copies in just seven weeks (1.095 million to be exact), becoming one of the fastest to do so, lagging behind Adele’s 30 (three weeks), Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (five weeks), and Swift’s own evermore (six weeks).

Speaking of evermore … that wintery album descends 6-7 this week with 35,000 sold (up 3 percent), and celebrates its 104th showing on the list. evermore is currently the 23rd album to spend at least two full years on the ranking.

First Aid Kit log a third week at their peak of No.2 with Palomino with 53,000 sold (down 15 percent).

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark keeps at No.4 after eleven weeks at the top spot, selling 42,000 copies (down 9 percent). Court has now sold over 1.8 million copies, becoming Mitchell’s second album to be certified at least 6 x Platinum, following Blue (8 x Platinum).

Adele’s 30 caps the Top Five as it slides 3-5 on sales of 41,000 copies (down 15 percent). 30 previously spent seventeen weeks at number-one.

Outside the Top Five: The Kooks’s Best of … So Far slides 5-8 after hitting No.3 (33,000 sold – down 18 percent), as Mariah Carey’s newly-Platinum-minted Greatest Hits drops 7-9 after rising as high as No.6 (28,000 units – down 15 percent).

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights shpould be headed for an eighth week in pole position, with sales of 80-95,000 expected.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.21 – Wrapped in Red / Kelly Clarkson’s Christmas piece jumps 33-21 this week (14,000 sold) and becomes the singer’s third album to be certified Gold for selling over 100,000 copies.

No.50 – Seventeen Going Under / Sam Fender’s sophomore LP became a huge hit earlier this year, spending four consecutive weeks at the top spot – a record among male artists. It has now sold over a million copies since release, becoming only the third album to do so by a male artist, following Harry Styles’s Fine Line (1.65 million); The Weeknd’s After Hours (1.49 million); and Troye Sivan’s Bloom (1.02 million).

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).

Taylor Swift commands Top 50 for sixth week!

Plus: Fleetwood Mac’s catalogue surges following the passing of Christine McVie.

Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds atop the L.dK Weekly Top 50 for a sixth consecutive week. The album saw an 8.5% decline in sales, selling 131,000 copies this week.

Midnights debuted at No.1 on the chart dated Nov. 4, with 277,000 units, becoming the fastest-selling album of 2022.

To date, Midnights has sold 986,000 copies, becoming Swift’s sixth Triple-Platinum-certified hit. It also passes Red (Taylor’s Version) (954,000) to rank as the star’s fourth-bestselling album to date. It currently trails Lover (1.66 million), evermore (4.23 million) and folklore (5.10 million).

Swift’s evermore also jumps 8-6 with 34,000 sold (up 21 percent) as it passes 4.2 million sales, becoming Swift’s second record to be certified at least 14 x Platinum!

Top Five holds steady: First Aid Kit remain at their No.2 highpoint with Palomino, on sales of 62,000 copies (down 17 percent); Adele’s 30 stays at No.3 with 48,000 sold (down 2 percent); Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark holds at No.4, selling 46,000 units (up 4 percent); and The Kooks are unmoved at No.5 with The Best of … So Far, selling 40,000 copies (down 2 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Mariah Carey’s Greatest Hits backtracks from its No.6 peak to No.7 (33,000 units – down 7 percent); Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits roars 27-8… more on that later (29,000 units – up 222 percent); Sigrid’s chart-topping How to Let Go falls 7-9 (26,000 units – down 13 percent); and Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time slips 9-10 after peaking at No.2 (24,000 units – up 4 percent).

Fleetwood Mac: Songbird Christine McVie passed away on Wednesday, 30th November, causing Fleetwood Mac’s catalogue to surge in the final 24 hours of the tracking week.

Greatest Hits leads the pack as it rockets 27-8 on sales of 29,000 units (up 222 percent). The compilation has now sold over 2.1 million copies, and ranks as the band’s biggest-selling hit.

The outfit’s 1975-self-titled returns at No.15 (18,000 units), followed by Rumours at No.21 (13,000 units); Tango in the Night at No.23 (12,000 units); Mirage at No.26 (11,000 units); and Tusk at No.32 (10,000 units).

McVie formed an integral part of Fleetwood Mac, and her hits – including “Say You Love Me”, “You Make Loving Fun”, “Over and Over”, “Hold Me”, “Little Lies”, and “Everywhere” – have aided them in their illustrious career on L.dK Weekly. The legendary group have sold over 6.6 million records – enough to make them the bestselling band of all time – and their 1977 juggernaut Rumours ranks among the Top Ten Greatest Albums of All Time.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights is expected to take out a seventh week at number-one, with sales of over 100,000 units. Fleetwood Mac should expect to occupy a few spots in the Top Ten, with Fleetwood Mac (25 – 35,000 units), and Rumours (20 – 30,000) expected to join Greatest Hits in the region.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.16 – 21 / Adele’s sophomore album has now sold over 1,000,000 units, becoming the singer’s third effort to do so, and the 58th in history.

No.22 – Sucker Punch / Sigrid’s debut album descends 13-22 with 13,000 sold. The album has now been certified Platinum for selling more than 300,000 copies. It is Sigrid’s second record to achieve this, following her sophomore hit How to Let Go.

No.29 – Christmas / Michael Buble’s festive piece returns with 11,000 sold. It peaked at No.3 over the 2021 Christmas season.

No.33 – Wrapped in Red / Kelly Clarkson’s No.2-peaking seasonal collection re-enters this week, moving 10,000 copies.

No.43 – Positions / Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album moves 42-43 (7,000 units) in its 86th charting week. Despite initially falling short of the sales expectations set by its forebears, Sweetener (2.47 million) and thank u, next (1.42 million), the album has since proved to be a chart mainstay, outlasting the latter record on the charts, and now becoming Grande’s first album since the former to sell upwards of 1.5 million copies.

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).

Taylor Swift’s Midnights tightens its grip, logs fifth week at No.1!

Plus: First Aid Kit rocket to No.2, Adele re-enters Top Five, albums from Carly Rae Jepsen & Joni Mitchell return to Top Ten!

Taylor Swift’s Midnights spends a fifth successive week at No.1 on the L.dk Weekly Top 50. The album moved 144,000 units, sporting a surprise gain of 12.5% from the previous week.

Midnights debuted at No.1 on the chart dated Nov. 4, with 277,000 units, becoming the fastest-selling album of 2022. It sold 154,000 & 152,000 in its second and third weeks, respectively, and drew 128,000 in its fourth term.

Midnights scores the biggest fifth-week sales figure since Adele’s 30 sold 152,000 – also in its fifth week at the top of the charts.

Swift’s evermore also ascends 9-8 with 26,000 sold (down 7 percent). The wintery set previously spent a whopping thirteen weeks at the top of the charts.

First Aid Kit’s Palomino spikes to No.2 in its second week (up from its debut at No.5), earning 75,000 units in its second week – up an impressive 108 percent. The folk-rock LP has now been certified Gold for selling over 100,000 copies.

Adele’s 30 makes its appearance in the Top Five since the chart dated Oct. 17, rising 6-3 following the opening of Adele’s Vegas Residencey – ‘Weekends with Adele’. The smash hit – which has logged seventeen weeks at number-one to date – sold 49,000 this week (up 48 percent).

30 has now been certified 13 x Platinum for selling in excess of 3.9 million copies. Only three other albums have sold as many copies: Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (5.60 million), and Taylor Swift’s folklore (5.09 million) and evermore (4.19 million).

Joni Mitchell’s eleven-week-leader Court and Spark repeats again at No.4, on sales of 45,000 copies (up 7 percent). Mitchell’s Hejira also re-enters the Top Ten as it pushes 11-10, selling 21,000 units (down 9 percent). Hejira peaked at No.6 in October and would stay there for three non-consecutive weeks.

The Kooks round out the Top Five this week as The Best of … So Far regresses from its No.3 peak to No.5, shifting 41,000 units (down 2 percent).

Outside the Top Five: Mariah Carey’s Greatest Hits lifts 7-6 for a second week at its highpoint (35,000 units – up 6 percent), and Sigrid’s chart-topping How to Let Go slides 2-7 (30,000 units – down 42 percent).

Finally, Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time returns to the Top Ten this week as it lifts 12-9 (23,000 units – up 9 percent). Loneliest debuted at No.2 on the chart dated Nov. 4, blocked from a No.1 bow by Swift’s Midnights.

Onto Next Week: Taylor Swift’s Midnights should have no trouble securing a fifth straight week at No.1, thanks to expected sales of over 125,000 units.

L.dK Weekly Top 50

Notable Moves in the Weekly Top 50

No.20 – Surrender / Maggie Rogers’s sophomore studio album jumps 29-20 (11,000 units), and becomes her first album to be certified Triple Platinum, denoting sales of over 900,000 copies.

No.18 – 21 / Adele’s second record bounds 36-18 (11,000 units), also experiencing a boost this week, in line with 30. Her third album 25 also improves 43-37 with 7,000 sold.

No.30 – Plastic Hearts / Miley Cyrus’s biggest careeer hit swings 42-30 (9,000 sold) as it becomes the 22nd album to spend a full two years inside the Top 50. Plastic – which has sold 2.28 million to date – is tied with Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black as the 21st longest-charting album of all time.

L.dK Weekly Top Artists

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