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Slowdive scores its first top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Sept. 16) as the band’s new album Everything Is Alive debuts at No. 3. The set launches with 12,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 7, according to Luminate. It’s the best sales week yet for the British group, and its second chart entry, having previously topped out at No. 22 with its self-titled release 2017.
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Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the late Jimmy Buffett’s 1985 best-of album Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s) re-enters the list at No. 1 – its first week atop the 32-year-old tally. Plus, YouTuber and Twitch streamer Dream sees his debut effort To Whoever Wants to Hear launch at No. 8.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Songs You Know by Heart sold 15,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 7 (up from about 200 copies in the previous week), following Buffett’s death on Sept. 1. It’s the best sales week for the album in 24 years, since the chart date of July 3, 1999, when it sold 17,000 copies.
Travis Scott’s chart-topping Utopia holds at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 12,000 sold (down 58%), while NewJeans’ former leader 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ is a non-mover at No. 4 with 11,000 (down 19%) and Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) rises 6-5 with 10,000 (down 23%). NCT Dream’s ISTJ: The 3rd Album climbs one spot to No. 6 (8,000; down 37%) while Swift’s chart-topping Midnights bumps 9-7 (nearly 8,000; down 24%).
YouTuber and Twitch streamer Dream starts at No. 8 with his first album release, To Whoever Wants to Hear, with nearly 7,000 copies sold. J-Hope’s Jack in the Box slips 8-9 (6,000; down 49%) and Stray Kids’ 5-Star: The 3rd Album rises 15-10 (6,000; down 17%).
In the week ending Sept. 7, there were 1.630 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 2.2% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.287 million (down 3.4%) and digital albums comprised 342,000 (up 2.6%).
There were 543,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Sept. 7 (down 1.5% week-over-week) and 734,000 vinyl albums sold (down 5.1%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 23.826 million (up 1.5% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 31.881 million (up 20.1%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 68.831 million (up 6.7% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 56.075 million (up 11.3%) and digital album sales total 12.756 million (down 9.9%).
Gunna scores his first non-collaborative No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “Fukumean” crowns the list dated Sept. 16. The new champ jumps from No. 3 after a 11% surge in plays that made it the most-played song on U.S. monitored mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the week ending Sept. 7, according to […]
Doja Cat is on pace for a second week at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Paint The Town Red” (via Ministry of Sound), though she faces a real challenge from Olivia Rodrigo.
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Last Friday, Sept. 8, Doja Cat’s latest hit leaped to the top of the Official U.K. Singles Chart, for her first-ever leader in that territory.
According to the Official Charts Company, “Paint The Town Red” maintains a slim advantage at the midweek point – a little over 1,000 chart units.
Rodrigo’s collects positions No. 2 and No. 3 on the chart blast with “Vampire” and “Bad Idea Right”, respectively. Another, third track from her sophomore album is set to enter the top 10, “All American Bitch”. The Guts (Geffen) cut starts at No. 9 on the Official Chart Update, and is set to become the week’s highest debut. If it holds its spot, “All American Bitch” will give Rodrigo a seventh top tier effort in the U.K.
Guts, meanwhile, is streaking to No. 1 on national albums survey. As previously reported, the new release crushes the midweek U.K. albums chart with more sales and streams than the rest of the top 10 combined.
Based on sales and streaming data published by the OCC, Fred Again and Obongjayar’s “Adore U” (Atlantic) could climb 10-6, for a new high.
Kenya Grace cracked the U.K. chart for the first time last week with her viral number “Strangers” (FFRR), which entered at No. 20. “Strangers” is on the up, rising to No. 14 on the midweek survey.
Finally, Leigh-Anne should nab her second top 40 with the Afrobeats-influenced single “My Love” (Warner Records) featuring Ayra Starr. It’s new at No. 21 on the chart blast.
As a member of Little Mix, Leigh-Anne landed five U.K. No. 1 singles and a chart-topping album. Her debut solo single “Don’t Say Love” peaked at No. 11 on the national tally earlier this year.
Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts (via Interscope) will be near-impossible to catch in the race to the U.K. chart title.
Based on midweek sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, Guts is currently outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.
At the halfway mark, Guts had accumulated over 33,000 chart units, the OCC reports. It’s virtually assured top spot when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday, Sept. 15.
The followup to Sour, Rodrigo’s history-making debut from 2021, Guts has already yielded her third U.K. No. 1 single, “Vampire,” and a sixth top 10 hit, “Bad Idea Right?”
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Rodrigo holds a stack of U.K. chart records. When Sour and “Good 4 U” reached No. 1 in the same week in May 2021, she became the youngest solo artist in history to nab the chart double, aged 18 years and 3 months.
Sour also set a U.K. benchmark for the most first-week streams for a debut album. The following month, in June 2021, Rodrigo became the first female solo artist to claim three simultaneous U.K. top 5 singles with “Good 4 U,” “Déjà vu” and “Traitor.” And when “Vampire” summited this year, she was anointed as the female solo artist with the most U.K. No. 1 singles this decade.
Guts isn’t the only new release on track to impact the U.K. top 10.
Former Moloko singer Roisin Murphy is set to start at No. 2 with Hit Parade (Ninja Tune), her sixth solo studio album. If it holds its course, it would give the Irish artist her first solo top 10 appearance.
Meanwhile, the Coral’s 11th album Sea Of Mirrors (Modern Sky/Run On) is close behind at No. 3 on the Official Chart Update. The Wirral, England band should add to their six U.K. top 10 appearances. A second entry from the indie act is approaching the top 10, Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show, set to arrive at No. 13.
Electronic dance music veterans the Chemical Brothers could capture a 10th U.K. top 10 with For That Beautiful Feeling (EMI), new at No. 4 on the chart blast, while BTS singer V could complete an all-new top 5 with solo release Layover (Interscope), new at No. 5 on the midweek tally.
Finally, The xx’s Romy could land at No. 6 with her solo debut Mid-Air (Young), and Fleetwood Mac’s newly released concert recording from 1977, Rumours Live (Rhino), could score the Hall of Famers a 14th top 10 collection. It’s new at No. 9 on the chart blast.
Royal Blood reigns over the U.K. albums chart as Back to the Water Below (Warner Record) enters at No. 1.
The leader at the midweek stage, when it held an imposing 2-to-1 advantage over its nearest rival, Back to the Water Below keeps the duo’s perfect U.K. chart streak alive.
The Worthing, England formed rock act, comprising Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher, now boast four consecutive No. 1 studio albums, starting with their eponymously-titled debut from 2014, 2017’s How Did We Get So Dark and 2021’s Typhoons.
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Back to the Water Below was the week’s best-seller on vinyl, with physical sales accounting for over 85% of the first week total, the Official Charts Company reports.
Completing the top three this week is Travis Scott’s former leader Utopia (RCA), up 5-2, while the 1975’s self-titled debut LP (via Dirty Hit/Polydor) rebounds to No. 3, thanks to the release of a 10th anniversary edition, issued in multiple formats.
Burna Boy’s history-setting new album I Told Them… (via Atlantic) continues to perform well in its second week, dipping 1-4. The Nigeria-born artist (real name: Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu) is a stadium headliner in the U.K. With I Told Them…, he made history as the first international Afrobeats artist to snag a U.K. No. 1 album.
British shoegaze veterans Slowdive enjoy a career-high and first-ever top 10 appearance with Everything Alive (Dead Oceans). It’s new at No. 6 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, Sept. 8.
Prior to Everything Alive, the Reading, England-raised band impacted the top 40 on two occasions, with 1991’s Just for a Day (No. 32) and their 2017 comeback effort Slowdive (No. 17).
Finally, Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós bags a sixth top 40 LP with Átta (BMG). It’s new at No. 30, following its release on physical formats. Átta is the group’s eighth studio album, and first in 10 years.
Doja Cat is crowned on the U.K. chart for the very first time with “Paint the Town Red,” which completes its coronation in its fifth week.
Lifted from the U.S. artist’s forthcoming fourth album Scarlet, “Paint the Town Red” (via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records) hangs on after claiming pole position at the midweek stage. “Paint the Town Red” had led on the chart blast the previous week, before being overtaken in the final stages by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” (Geffen).
Doja Cat has 15 U.K. top 40 singles, including top 10s with 2020’s ”Say So” (No. 2 peak), 2021’s SZA collaboration “Kiss Me More” (No. 3) and her 2021 team-up with “You Right” with the Weeknd (No. 9).
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Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (EMI) improves 4-2 for a new best. It’s an unusual journey for a song which first appeared on Swift’s 2019 chart-topping album Lover, and was liberated in June of this year as an official single release.
Rodrigo’s “Vampire” dips 1-3 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Sept. 8.
Red hot producer and DJ Fred Again snags his first top 10 single as a solo artist with “adore u” (Atlantic) featuring Nigerian vocalist Obongjaya. The track rises 13-9, for a new peak position. The Mercury Prize-nominated creator has produced works with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Little Mix, Rita Ora and others.
The U.K.’s decades-long love affair with Kylie Minogue continues to blossom as “Tension” (BMG), the title track from her forthcoming 16th studio album, lands at No. 19. That’s the highest debut this week and it’s the U.K.’s best-selling single for the latest cycle. “Tension” gives the Aussie pop veteran her 53rd U.K. top 40, and her second this year after “Padam Padam” cracked the top 10 (peaking at No. 8).
Close behind is Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” (FFRR), which enters the chart at No. 20. The viral number is the English singer and songwriter’s major label debut, and her first appearance on the national survey.
Finally, Troye Sivan is in a rush on the U.K. chart. The Australian pop artist’s “Rush” (Polydor) powers 33-22, following the release of a new remix featuring PinkPantheress and Hyunjin of K-pop group Stray Kids.
Doja Cat has another fine chance to capture her first U.K. chart crown with “Paint The Town Red.”
Based on midweek sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, “Paint The Town Red” (via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records) is in pole position.
The U.S. pop singer and rapper will hope for a different result from last week, when “Paint The Town Red” led at the midweek stage, before being outraced in the final straight by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” (Geffen). Doja Cat’s Scarlet single finished the last chart cycle at No. 2, an equal career high (“Say So” also finished in the runner-up position).
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As it stands, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (EMI) lifts 4-2, as “Vampire” dips 1-3.
Meanwhile, Calvin Harris and Sam Smith’s latest collaboration, “Desire” (Columbia), could climb into the top 5 for the first time. It’s up 7-5 on the Official Chart Update.
Fred Again’s “Adore U” (Atlantic) could become the red hot producer’s first Top 10 single as a solo artist. “Adore U” rises 16-10 on the chart blast.
Australia’s pop princess Kylie Minogue is readying the release of her 16th studio album, Tension (due out Sept. 22 via BMG). The title track is set to arrive at No. 19 on the national chart, for what should be Kylie’s 53rd top 40 hit in the U.K. “Tension” is the followup to “Padam Padam,” which crashed the top 10 earlier this year, reaching No. 8.
English singer and songwriter Kenya Grace has never impacted the Official Singles Chart. That could be about to change, as “Strangers” (Major Recordings) blasts to No. 22 on the midweek tally.
Finally, Nicki Minaj’s “Last Time I Saw You” (Republic Records). The Pink Friday 2 cut could bow at No. 25, for what would be the rap star’s 44th U.K. top 40 single. Minaj’s Pink Friday sequel is due out Nov. 17.
The Official U.K. Singles Chart will be presented late Friday, Sept. 8.
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” (via Geffen) hasn’t lost any of its bite. The U.S. pop phenomenon’s GUTS-era hit finds new wings as it lifts 3-1 on the latest U.K. chart, published Friday, Sept. 1.
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That’s the first stint at the summit for “Vampire,” which previously peaked out at No. 2. And it gets there in its ninth week on the tally.
With its latest flight, “Vampire” gives Rodrigo a trio of U.K. No. 1s, following “drivers license” and “good 4 u,” which both summited in 2021.
Rodrigo is now the female solo artist with the most U.K. No. 1 singles this decade, the Official Charts Company reports.
Since bursting onto the scene with her debut album SOUR and its singles, Rodrigo has set a handful of U.K. chart records. When SOUR and “Good 4 U reached No. 1 in the same week in May 2021, she became the youngest solo artist in history to nab the chart double, at 18 years and 3 months.SOUR also set a U.K. benchmark for the most first-week streams for a debut album. The following month, in June 2021, Rodrigo became the first female solo artist to claim three simultaneous U.K. top 5 singles with “Good 4 U,” “Déjà vu” and “Traitor.”
“Vampire” bumps Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (Ministry of Sound), which had led at the midweek stage and finishes the chart cycle up 4-2, for a new peak position.
It’s another “Girl Powered” Official U.K. Singles Chart, as solo female artists dominate positions 1-5.
The top debut on the survey this week belongs to Miley Cyrus, whose ballad “Used To Be Young” (Columbia) bows at No. 12 for the U.S. pop star’s 23rd top 40.
Also making its mark for the first time is “Cheat On Me,” taken from Afrobeats star Burna Boy’s U.K. No. 1 album I Told Them… “Cheat On Me” (Atlantic) is new at No. 19, with another album cut, “City Boys” opening its account at No. 31. The Nigeria-born artist now boasts 12 U.K. top 40 singles.
Finally, Selena Gomez grabs her 20th U.K. top 40 appearance with “Single Soon” (Interscope), a new entry at No. 21.
Burna Boy bags his first U.K. chart crown – and a piece of history – with his latest album I Told Them…(via Atlantic).
The Nigeria-born artist (real name: Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu) blasts to the top of the latest Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Sept. 1, becoming the first international Afrobeats artist to secure the title.
The leader at the midweek stage, Burna Boy’s seventh and latest LP goes one better than 2022’s Love, Damini, which peaked at No. 2.
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“Burna Boy has transformed into a global superstar and this No. 1 album reflects his growth over the last few years,” comments Austin Daboh, vice president of Atlantic Records U.K. in a statement. “The success of this album is the combination of world class music, a coherent strategy based in culture, and unmatched passion, energy and commitment from his wider team and Atlantic Records.”
It’s not his first taste of the high life. Burna Boy scaled the U.K. singles chart summit with 2019’s “Own It,” a collaboration with Stormzy and Ed Sheeran. The records keep tumbling. Earlier this summer, he became the first African artist to headline a stadium concert in the U.K., when he played his Love, Damini tour date at a packed-out 60,000 capacity London Stadium, and he has a Grammy Award to his name, for 2020’s Twice as Tall (best global music album).
Meanwhile, Claire Richards steps on up to a solo career best with her second studio album Euphoria (Edsel), new at No. 2. The Steps star now has two solo top 10s, with 2019’s My Wildest Dreams peaking at No. 9. As a member of Steps, Richards has an addition 11 top 10 albums, including four leaders: 1999’s Steptacular, 2001’s Gold: The Greatest Hits, 2011’s The Ultimate Collection and 2022’s Platinum Collection.
London rapper Digga D (real name: Rhys Herbert) scores a third U.K. top 10 with Back to Square One (Black Money Records). Digga D snagged his first and only No. 1 in 2022 with the Noughty By Nature mixtape.
U.S. alternative-pop artist Ashnikko makes her debut U.K. top 10 appearance with Weedkiller (Parlophone), new at No. 7, ahead of Alice Cooper’s 22nd solo studio album Road (Ear Music), which starts at No. 8. That’s the sixth top 10 LP as a solo artist for the veteran shock-rock artist.
Finally, U.S. country artist Zach Bryan’s enjoys his first U.K. top 40 spot with his self-titled fourth studio album. Zach Bryan (via Warner Records) is new at No. 22.
Twenty years after its release, Powderfinger’s Vulture Street is perched at No. 1 on the national albums chart.
The Aussie rock favorites’ fifth studio album initially logged three weeks atop the ARIA Albums Chart in 2003, and went on to win album of the year at ARIA Awards, one of 18 total ARIAs collected in a glittering career.
Thanks to a reissue campaign, and a host of special fan events, including a Q&A and a screening of the long out-of-print These Days Live concert from 2004, the LP returns to the summit.
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With their latest feat, Powderfinger now holds the ARIA Chart record for the longest stretch of time for an Australian album to return to No. 1, according to Universal Music Australia.
The ‘Finger, as they’re affectionately known in these parts, has the distinction of ruling the national albums chart with five successive titles. The band went out on a high with 2009’s Golden Rule, the last of those leaders, and a major farewell tour which sold more than 200,000 tickets.
The five former bandmates remain good friends — and residents of their hometown, Brisbane — to this day. During the pandemic, Powderfinger briefly reunited for One Night Lonely, a special virtual concert which raised more than A$500,000 for music industry charity Support Act and mental wellbeing support service Beyond Blue. Unreleased, the band’s compilation of studio tracks unearthed from sessions recorded between 1998 and 2010, peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart in 2020.
Zach Bryan continues the hot streak for U.S. country artists in Australia as his self-titled fourth studio album arrives No. 2, a new career high. That’s well advanced on its predecessor, American Heartbreak (Warner), which reached No. 65. Meanwhile, the U.S. country star’s track “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, is new at No. 19 on the singles survey. That’s Musgraves’ first appearance on the Australian chart. Also, Bryan’s “Something In The Orange” holds at No. 12 on the chart, published Sept. 1, in its 59th week.
As the Weeknd’s forthcoming tour of Australia expands to seven stadium shows, the Canadian R&B star’s catalog enjoys spikes on the national chart. Career retrospective The Highlights holds at No. 3; former leaders Starboy lifts 18-4, After Hours is up 27-17, Dawn FM climbs 65-25 and Beauty Behind The Madness bounces 93-38 (all via Universal).
Several of his hits power on up the singles survey, including “Popular,” featuring Playboi Carti and Madonna, lifting 11-9. “Popular” becomes Madonna’s 41st top 10 single in the land Down Under, dating back to “Holiday” in 1983, and her first in 15 years; the Queen of Pop’s last top 10 appearance on the ARIA Singles Chart was 2008’s “4 Minutes” with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, which hit No. 1. Additionally, the Weeknd’s “Die For You” climbs 18-10.
At the top of the singles survey is Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (RCA/Sony) which extends its reign into a second week.
Miley Cyrus scores the top debut with “Used To Be Young” (Columbia/Sony), new at No. 13. It’s the fourth single from Endless Summer Vacation, which led the albums tally in March, and included the lead single, “Flowers,” a smash that logged 12 weeks at No. 1 earlier in the year.
Finally, Selena Gomez enjoys a top 40 debut with “Single Soon” (Interscope/Universal). It’s new at No. 26. The pop star has had six top 10 singles in Australia, with a best of No. 2 for 2019’s “Lose You To Love Me.”