Adele is the undisputed queen of the U.K.’s charts, as “Easy On Me” (Columbia) and its parent album 30 complete another week at No. 1.
“Easy On Me” enters a seventh consecutive week at the summit of the Official U.K. Singles Chart, extending its reign as Adele’s longest-serving leader.
The hit single chalks up another 69,000 chart sales, including 8.4 million streams, over the seven-day chart cycle, ahead of three fast-rising singles: Teenage TikTok sensation Gayle’s “ABCDEFU” (up 14-2 via Atlantic), and holiday classics “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey (up 24-3 via Columbia) and “Last Christmas by Wham (up 28-4). Meanwhile, Adele’s 30 tracks “I Drive Wine” (down 4-5) and “Oh My God” (2-6) continue to impact the Top 10.
Over on the national albums survey, 30 enters a second week at No. 1 with 102,000 chart sales, more than 80% of which is made of sales (sales and digital), the OCC reports.
Westlife’s 12th studio album Wild Dreams (EastWest/Rhino) bows at No. 2, for the Irish pop veterans’ 14th consecutive Top 5 album, while Take That’s Gary Barlow starts at No. 5 with his festive effort The Dream Of Christmas (Polydor). It’s Barlow’s fifth Top 10 LP as a solo artist.
Finally, The Beatles are back on the Official U.K. Albums chart. Following the release of Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary on Disney+, The Beatles: Get Back, the band’s classic album Let It Be (Apple Corps) rockets 63-22 this week and the 2000 hits collection 1 lifts 57-37.