Official Charts

It took 37 years to reach No. 1, now Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (via Fish People) is proving hard to move from the U.K. chart summit. Based on midweek sales and streaming data crunched by the OCC, “Running Up That Hill” is on track for a third consecutive week at No. 1. Bush, who was nominated for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, is enjoying a remarkable resurgence off the back of season four of Stranger Things, which has featured the song in several life-or-death situations. The chart race, however, is far from won. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Scottish DJ duo LF System fires 3-2 on the Official Chart Update with their viral summer single “Afraid To Feel” (Warner Records), while Beyonce is on the boun...

Don Broco’s aptly-titled Amazing Things (Sharptone) is cruising to No. 1 in the U.K., some three months after its original release. The Bedford, England alternative rock group’s fourth LP digitally dropped last October, but, thanks to its release in physical permutations, the title pulls ahead on the midweek chart, the OCC reports. Following its digital-only release, the album managed a best of No. 91, and tumbled from the Top 100 after just one week. It Amazing Things holds its course when the latest Official U.K. Albums Chart is revealed late Friday, Don Broco will score a career-first No. 1, and third Top 10 release overall, after 2016’s Automatic (No. 6 peak) and 2018’s Technology (No. 5). The four-piece saw their 2012 debut album Priorities peak at No. 25. Explore See latest videos, c...

Adele holds off a spirited challenge from Gayle to scale the U.K. singles chart summit once again. “Easy On Me,” the first track lifted from Adele’s 30 (Columbia) album, zooms 37 places for an eighth non-consecutive week at No. 1. It’s Adele’s longest-running leader in her homeland, besting the five-week run at the top for 2011’s “Someone Like You” (her other leader, 2015’s “Hello,” logged three weeks at No. 1). Coming in close at No. 2 this week is Gayle’s viral Atlantic hit “abcdefu”, which zooms 14-2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart for a fresh peak. Also scaling new heights is Sam Fender, whose “Seventeen Going Under” (Polydor) blasts 30-3. It’s a first U.K. Singles Chart Top 5 appearance for this one-time BRITS Critics’ Choice Award winner, though he does two No. 1 albums to his nam...

Ed Sheeran is on track for a third non-consecutive week at No. 1 in the U.K. with = (equals). Sheeran has an enviable chart record in his homeland, where all five of his studio albums have hit No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. Equals (via Asylum) would have logged more weeks at the summit were it not for Adele’s 30 (Columbia), which dropped last November and ruled the Official Charts Company’s year-end chart, with Sheeran’s latest album coming in at No. 2. Based on midweek data, Sheeran’s 2017’s LP Divide is set to reenter the U.K. Top 10, at No. 7, the OCC reports, with equals at No. 1. Another veteran act on the rise is ABBA, whose chart-leading comeback album Voyage (Polar) climbs one place to No. 3 on the Official Chart Update, while their career retrospective Gold — the only al...

A new Adele album is typically greeted with excitement and bumper sales. That was certainly the case in her homeland, where 30 (Columbia) logged multiple weeks at No. 1 and ended 2021 as the market’s biggest album. Following its Nov. 19 release, Adele’s fourth LP became the fastest-selling title of the year in the U.K., notching 261,000 week-one chart sales. Since then, the album shifted upwards of 600,000 combined sales and led the weekly chart for five cycles, equaling Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Interscope) for the year’s longest-reign. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news 30 was a popular stocking filler. The album shifted 502,000 units in “pure” sales, including 448,000 physical units, according to the OCC in its 2021 market analysis. The year’s No....