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Harry Styles Holds Off Porcupine Tree For U.K. Chart Title
Harry Styles is right at home atop the U.K. albums chart with Harry’s House (Columbia), which enters a fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1. With Styles holding onto top spot, veteran prog-rock outfit Porcupine Tree enjoys a career high with Closure / Continuation (Music For Nations), their 11th studio album. Having led all titles at the midweek stage, Closure / Continuation bows at No. 2, for the English band’s first U.K. Top 10 appearance. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Until now, the rocker have made just two appearances in the U.K. Top 40, the best a No. 23 peak for 2009’s The Incident. Also on the latest Official U.K. Albums Chart, there are Top 10 debuts for a string of U.S. artists: Chris Brown’s Breezy (Chris Brown Entertainment/...
Will LF System Beat Kate Bush to U.K. Chart Crown?
Kate Bush’s reign over the U.K. singles chart is set to end, with LF System on the brink of claiming the title. The Scottish electronic act’s club-filler “Afraid to Feel” rises 2-1 on the First Look chart, which ranks singles based on sales and streams from the first 48 hours of the chart week. If it holds its course, the disco number would give the duo their first-ever leader. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After three weeks at No. 1, Bush could lose her crown when the chart is published late Friday (July 8). “Running Up That Hill,” her reanimated hit from 1985, drops to No. 4 on the chart blast, behind Harry Styles’ “As It Was” and George Ezra’s “Green Green Grass,” respectively. This week’s highest new entry could belong to Paolo Nutini, th...
Drake Challenges Foals For U.K. No. 1 Album
Drake sprung a surprise last Friday (June 17) with the release of Honestly, Nevermind (OVO/Republic Records). Now, Foals can spring a surprise of their own by beating Drake to the U.K. chart title. Foals’ seventh studio album Life is Yours (Warner Records) reigns over the midweek chart, leading Drake’s latest by 6,000 chart units, the OCC reports. If Foals keeps its momentum when the weekly chart is published this Friday (June 24), it’ll mark the Oxford-originated guitar band’s second leader, following 2019’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Should Drizzy turn on the afterburners in the second half of the chart cycle, Honestly, Nevermind would give the Canadian rapper a fifth U.K. leader. Meanwhile, th...
George Ezra Completes U.K. Chart Hattrick With ‘Gold Rush Kid’
George Ezra strikes gold as he scores a third consecutive U.K. albums chart title. The English singer’s Gold Rush Kid (Columbia) blasts to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, with combined sales upwards of 44,000, the OCC reports, with physical sales accounting for 79% of the total. Gold Rush Kid completes a hattrick started with Wanted On Voyage (from 2014) and Staying At Tamara’s (2018). Ezra’s latest LP bumps Harry Styles’ Harry’s Place (Columbia), from the leaderboard. Harry’s Place is coming off a two-week stint at No. 1, the only title this year to log consecutive weeks at the top. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news At the midweek point, Gold Rush Kid was outpacing its closest rival by four-to-one. Further down the list, British e...
George Ezra’s ‘Gold Rush Kid’ Heading For U.K. No. 1
George Ezra should extend his U.K. streak to three-straight leaders with Gold Rush Kid (via Columbia), his third studio album. The English singer and songwriter’s latest LP leads the midweek chart, and is unlikely to be stopped on its path to the top. According to the OCC, Gold Rush Kid is outstripping its closest rival by four-to-one, and is almost certain to win the crown, equaling the efforts of 2014 debut Wanted on Voyage and 2018’s Staying at Tamara’s. Also new to the Official Chart Update is Chase & Status’s What Came Before (EMI), the electronic music duo’s fifth studio album. It’s aiming for a No. 3 entry, and could give the act its best charting performance since 2013’s Brand New Machine peaked at No. 2. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and ...
Harry Styles Returns to U.K. Albums Chart Summit
Harry Styles checks back into top spot on the U.K. albums chart with Harry’s House (via Columbia), while Post Malone has the week’s highest debut with Twelve Carat Toothache. As it lifts 2-1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Styles’ third studio album becomes the first title this year to score a second week at No. 1. According to the OCC, 21 different LPs have held top spot in 21 weeks so far in 2022. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The highest number of unique leaders in a calendar year stands at 43, the charts company reports, a record set in 2020. Styles’ return to the summit comes as the European leg of his Love On Tour shows kicks off at Glasgow’s Ibrox Stadium, and, with “As It Was” completing a 10th week atop the singles survey, he bags...
Harry Styles Collects 10th U.K. Chart Crown With ‘As It Was’
Harry Styles spoils Kate Bush‘s comeback party on the U.K. singles chart where his hit “As It Was” (via Columbia) enters a 10th consecutive week at No. 1. With “As It Was” and its parent album Harry’s House reclaiming the respective chart titles, Styles completes another U.K. chart double. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, Bush’s 1985 single “Running Up That Hill” (Fish People) lifts 6-2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, for a new peak. Until now, the track, lifted from Hounds of Love, had a U.K. chart best of No. 3. The legendary English singer is enjoying renewed success on sales charts around the globe, thanks to the fourth season of Stranger Things, which features the song in several nailbiting situations. In Australia, “Running ...
Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ Returns to U.K. Top 10 Thanks to ‘Stranger Things’
Kate Bush runs up the Official U.K. Singles Chart, with a little help from Stranger Things. The iconic English singer returns to the U.K. Top 10 with 1985’s “Running Up That Hill” (via Fish People), which is capturing the attention thanks to its prominent use in the fourth and latest season of Netflix’ hit sci-fi series. The single races to No. 8 this week, a decade after it returned to the top tier when a new mix featured in the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games. On that occasion, the song vaulted to No. 6. The first single lifted from the Hounds of Love album, “Running Up That Hill” strolled to a No. 3 best following its initial release. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Thanks to the good music taste of Stranger Things cha...
Liam Gallagher Lands U.K. No. 1 With ‘C’Mon You Know’
Liam Gallagher finds himself in a familiar spot this week: at No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart. With his latest leader, the British rocker has a fourth solo No. 1, and eleventh across his career, including his seven best-sellers with Oasis. C’Mon You Know (Warner Records) accumulates 70,000 chart sales in its first seven days, including 29,000 units on vinyl, to easily lead the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, the OCC reports. It’s a double hit of Gallagher as his live album Down By the River Thames, debuts at No. 4 Official U.K. Albums Chart this week, and No. 2 on the vinyl tally. With his latest chart feat, Gallagher equals the eleven leaders notched by his brother Noel, including LPs with Oasis and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest vide...
Liam Gallagher Heading For U.K. Chart Title With ‘C’Mon You Know’
Liam Gallagher is on track for his fourth post-Oasis U.K. No. 1, with C’Mon You Know (Warner Records). The Manchester singer leads the midweek chart with his third and latest solo album, and he’s poised to dethrone Harry Styles in the process, as Harry’s House (Columbia) dips 1-2. Gallagher already has chart crowns with 2017’s As You Were, 2019’s Why Me? Why Not and 2020’s live effort MTV Unplugged, and, with Oasis, a perfect seven No. 1s from seven studio albums. If C’Mon You Know holds its ground when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published Friday, Gallagher will draw level with his older brother (and adversary) Noel, with eleven leaders. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The “Live Forever” singer looks set to dominate albums tally. At...
Harry Styles Cruising to Ninth U.K. Singles Chart Crown
Harry Styles looks set to lose his U.K. albums chart title to Liam Gallagher, but the singles crown should still fit come Friday, when the chart proper is published. Based on midweek sales and streaming data, published by the OCC, Styles’ “As It Was” (via Columbia) “races ahead” for what should be a ninth consecutive week at No. 1. Styles’ hit, lifted from his current No. 1 album Harry’s House, is already the year’s longest-running No. 1 in the U.K., besting “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Disney’s animated family film Encanto. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Lizzo’s latest single “About Damn Time” (Atlantic) is the closest contender, as it eyes a new peak position, up 5-2; while Cat Burns’ “Go” could return to its peak position (up 4-3 via RC...
Harry Styles Completes U.K. Chart Double
It’s official: Harry Styles is the king of the U.K.’s charts. The former One Direction star cleans up as Harry’s House (via Columbia) blasts to No. 1 on the national albums chart, and three songs from it dominate the Official Singles Chart. Harry’s House is 2022’s fastest-selling record to date, the OCC reports, as it tallies over 113,000 chart sales in its first week. That figure towers over the results of his two previous albums. His 2017 debut Harry Styles managed just under 57,000 first-week combined sales, while 2019’s Fine Line nabbed 49,000. Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Styles extends his reign into an eighth consecutive week with “As It Was,” with 80,000 chart sales counted during the latest cycle. “As It Was” remains the most-streamed track in the U.K., powering to mor...
