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Sales Report: W/E 20th June 2024
Source: Music Week
Commentary: Alan Jones

Singles



01 85,724 Eminem - Houdini [4,591 downloads, 81,133 streaming]
02 80,537 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso [total: 618,707]
03 78,151 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
04 59,339 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER
05 54,977 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
06 45,977 Central Cee & Lil Baby - BAND4BAND
07 43,016 Myles Smith - Stargazing
08 40,910 Billie Eilish - LUNCH
09 39,555 Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
10 37,880 Dasha - Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

12 34,118 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
16 24,725 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
22 19,594 RAYE - Genesis.
27 17,516 Charli XCX - 360
35 13,339 Gracie Abrams - Close to You
37 13,008 Eminem - Without Me
40 12,105 Flex (UK) feat. Nate Dogg - 6 in the Morning

46 10,006 Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!
47 9,641 Charli XCX - Talk talk
50 8,800 Zerb & The Chainsmokers feat. Ink - Addicted
51 8,718 Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova
52 8,595 Disclosure - She's Gone, Dance On
54 8,513 PAWSA feat. Nate Dogg - PICK UP THE PHONE
56 8,441 Charli XCX - Sympathy is a knife
58 8,339 Lithe - Fall Back
60 8,299 Jung Kook - Never Let Go
61 8,228 Ariana Grande - the boy is mine
65 7,876 Alex Warren - Carry You Home
71 7,299 Tinashe - Nasty
74 7,004 Sonny Fodera feat. blythe - Mind Still
75 6,957 Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me

In the chart with his debut hit, My Name Is, when Sabrina Carpenter was born in May 1999, Eminem’s 2024 renaissance Houdini denies her the opportunity of securing the chart’s top two positions simultaneously, as it coasts to a second week at No.1 on consumption of 85,724 units (4,591 digital downloads, 81,133 sales-equivalent streams). Although it is his 11th No.1, Houdini is, somewhat surprisingly, the first Eminem single to spend more than one week at the summit. His 2002 No.1, Without Me, which Houdini references, moves 38-37 (13,008 sales).

Elbowed aside last week, Carpenter’s five-week chart-topper, Espresso holds at No.2 (80,537 sales), right ahead of her latest hit, Please Please Please, which debuts at No.3 (78,151 sales). Espresso’s consumption surged 18.15% week-on-week to its highest level yet, helped by new 7-inch vinyl and cassette formats, which attracted sales of 3,305 and 423, respectively. Its to-date sales stand at 618,707, making it her very first platinum single.

Carpenter’s 13th Top 75 and second Top 10 hit, Please Please Please surpasses the No.6 start made by Espresso to become her highest-debuting song to date. This all augurs well for Carpenter’s upcoming sixth album, Short N’ Sweet, which is home to both hits, and drops in August. Ahead of that, she makes her first ever appearance in the Top 75 album chart this week, with fifth album, Emails I Can’t Send, jumping 98-54 (2,652 sales), two years after peaking at No.76.

After two weeks at No.5, Birds Of A Feather has a new, higher perch for Billie Eilish, gliding to No.4 (59,339 sales).

Myles Smith’s introductory Top 10 hit, Stargazing, increases consumption for the fourth straight week since release, edging to a new peak (8-7, 43,016 sales).

Dasha makes chart history as her debut hit, Austin, becomes the first single ever to spend five consecutive weeks at No.10. Its consumption easing 0.64% to 37,880 units, the track has spent 10 straight weeks in the Top 10, peaking at No.7.

The rest of the Top 10: A Bar Song (Tipsy) (4-5, 54,977 sales) by Shaboozey, Band4Band (3-6, 45,977 sales, exactly 9,000 fewer than the No.5) by Central Cee feat. Lil Baby, Lunch (6-8, 40,910 sales) by Billie Eilish and I Had Some Help (7-9, 39,555 sales) by Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen.

Tommy Richman’s first hit, Million Dollar Baby, exits the Top 10 after a five-week sojourn, falling 9-12 (34,118 sales).

Multiple Brit Awards winner Raye’s first new song of 2024, Genesis, debuts at No.22 (19,594 sales). It is her 25th hit in total, but only the eighth on which she has had sole artist billing, in which capacity she has, surprisingly, never been in the Top 30 before.

Charli XCX’s new No.2 album, Brat, spawns two new hits, namely Talk Talk (No.47, 9,641 sales) and Sympathy Is A Knife (No.56, 8,441 sales). Her 24th and 25th chart entries, they join earlier single 360, which sprints 41-27 (17,516 sales) to establish a new peak, becoming her 16th Top 40 entry.

Previously without a new hit since 2004, Nate Dogg, who died in 2011, has his second in as many weeks, debuting at No.54 (8,513 sales) as featured artist on electronic dance cut Pick Up The Phone by Pawsa. Nate Dogg’s 11th hit, and the first for Pawsa – 32-year-old London DJ David Esekhile - it samples Gangsta Walk, the same Nate Dogg track as used in 6 In The Morning, which improves 50-40 (12,105 sales) on its second frame for Flex (UK) feat. Nate Dogg.

Also new to the Top 75: Close To You (No.35, 13,339 sales), the second hit for American singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams, arriving five weeks after her first, Risk, debuted and peaked at No.67; Never Let Go (No.60, 8,299 sales), the sixth chart entry (second solo) away from BTS for South Korean singer Jung Kook; The Boy Is Mine (No.61, 8,228 sales), the latest single from Ariana Grande’s album Eternal Sunshine and her 46th hit; Nasty (No.71, 7,299 sales), the first solo hit for 31-year-old American R&B singer Tinashe, and fourth hit in all, arriving seven years after her last; and Mind Still (82-74, 7,004 sales), the fourth hit for UK-based Australian DJ Sonny Fodera, and the first for featured vocalist, 38-year-old Blythe (Pepino).

Chappell Roan continues to prosper. The 26-year-old Missouri singer/songwriter’s standalone first hit, Good Luck, Babe! holds at its peak (16-16, 24,725 sales), while two tracks from her debut album enjoy fruitful second weeks, Hot To Go! rising 53-46 (10,006 sales) and Red Wine Supernova elevating 68-51 (8,718 sales). They are both taken from The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, which reaches a new peak for the sixth week in a row, advancing 23-15 (4,960 sales).

Not in the chart two weeks ago, fraternal dance duo Disclosure now have two rising hits, with new Ennio Morricone/Michael Fraser cover She’s Gone, Dance On jumping 61-52 (8,595 sales), while their 2013 No.10 collaboration with Eliza Doolittle, You & Me, is a re-entry at No.75 (6,957 sales), with a Rivo remix providing the main thrust.

There are also new peaks for: Addicted (54-50, 8,800 sales) by Zerb & The Chainsmokers feat. Ink; Fall Back (70-58, 8,339 sales) by Lithe; and Carry You Home (69-65, 7,876 sales) by Alex Warren.

Overall singles consumption is down 0.93% week-on-week to 29,534,778 units, 4.54% above same week 2023 consumption of 28,252,019 units. Paid-for sales are up 4.34% week-on-week at 299,407 – 2.56% above same week 2023 sales of 291,938.

Albums



01 35,941 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT [17,136 CDs, 1,481 vinyl, 5 cassettes, 1,134 downloads, 16,185 streaming]
02 27,234 Charli XCX - BRAT [6,077 CDs, 10,687 vinyl, 339 cassettes, 507 downloads, 9,624 streaming]
03 22,812 Bon Jovi - Forever [875 streaming]
04 17,980 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
05 7,496 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
06 7,479 The Weeknd - The Highlights
07 6,209 Taylor Swift - Lover
08 6,132 AURORA - What Happened to the Heart?
09 5,656 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
10 5,443 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

12 5,149 Meghan Trainor - Timeless
13 5,098 Taylor Swift - Midnights
14 5,044 Taylor Swift - folklore
15 4,960 Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
19 4,625 Taylor Swift - reputation
23 3,995 Seasick Steve - A Trip a Stumble a Fall Down On Your Knees
25 3,897 Tems - Born in the Wild
39 3,223 Peggy Gou - I Hear You
40 3,216 Becky Hill - Believe Me Now?

41 3,170 KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS
45 3,006 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
50 2,750 Taylor Swift - evermore
54 2,652 Sabrina Carpenter - emails i can't send
57 2,568 Alfie Templeman - Radiosoul
62 2,400 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
67 2,294 Taylor Swift - 1989
71 2,269 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)

106 1,770 Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love
108 1,753 K-Trap - SMILE?
174 1,208 ATEEZ - GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1

xxx 881 Crowded House - Gravity Stairs

Compilations

01 3,014 Now Yearbook Extra ’74 [2,831 CDs, 183 downloads]

New releases from Bon Jovi and Charli XCX both took turns at No.1 in sales flashes but neither had the legs to prevent The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) from topping the chart for the third time in a row, and sixth time in eight weeks for Taylor Swift.

Now the longest-running No.1 of her career – relegating five-week topper Midnights to second place in her canon – TTPD increased consumption by 46.73% to 35,941 units (17,136 CDs, 1,481 vinyl albums, five cassettes, 1,134 digital downloads and 16,185 sales-equivalent streams), raising its to-date tally to 507,519 units

The UK leg of her Eras tour continuing at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium tonight, Taylor has a further 10 titles climbing or re-entering the Top 75, all with increased consumption of more than 20%. They are: Lover (19-7, 6,209 sales), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (21-9, 5,656 sales), Midnights (26-13, 5,098 sales), Folklore (25-14, 5,044 sales), Reputation (36-19, 4,625 sales), Red (Taylor’s Version) (69-45, 3,006 sales), Evermore (75-50, 2,750 sales), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (102-62, 2,400 sales), 1989 (93-67, 2,294 sales) and Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (114-71, 2,269 sales).

Swift thus equals the all-time record for a female solo artist of 11 concurrent Top 75 entries, set by Kate Bush in sales week ending 30 August 2014. Coinciding with the start of Bush's 22-night run at the Hammersmith Apollo, the compilation The Whole Story and all 10 of Bush's studio albums were charted between No.6 and No.49. The all-time record for most simultaneous Top 75 albums was set in January 2016, when David Bowie died suddenly two days after his 69th birthday, and posthumously had 16 albums on the list that week, including his newly-released set Blackstar, which debuted at No.1 on sales of 146,168 copies. Swift’s previous personal record for most simultaneous Top 75 entries – nine – was set last July, and subsequently equalled a staggering 33 times.

On a quirkier note, the Top 75 position occupied by Swift more than any other in her chart career to date is No.8, where she has settled 37 times. No.72 is her least favourite perch, being achieved only nine times. The last time Swift wasn’t in the Top 75 was sales week ending 22 August 2019 – 252 weeks ago – when her highest-charting album was 1989 at No.97. She has spent 26 weeks at No.1, 1358 weeks in the Top 75, 2293 in Top 200 – the latter equating to more than 44 years - with No.181 the only position she has never occupied.

It has yet to yield a Top 20 single but Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, Brat, makes a creditable debut at No.2. Her fifth charted album, it really upped its game vs. Crash – its 2022 predecessor, and her only No.1 album. Brat’s first week consumption of 27,234 units is her best yet, and 68.98% above the 16,117 start made by Crash. Brat briefly topped the sales flashes on Thursday, overhauling Bon Jovi, but both eventually lost out to Taylor Swift.

XCX is primarily a singles artist, as evidenced by the fact that her track consumption (9,556,578 units) prior is more than 38 times her album consumption (248,332 units), while Swift’s multiple is less than nine and Bon Jovi’s (post 1994) is just 1.48. One of the main reasons for Brat selling so well was its 12 vinyl variants, which together accounted for 10,687 sales – 39.24% of the total – alongside 6,077 CDs, 339 cassettes, 507 digital downloads and 9,624 sales-equivalent streams. The releases of a deluxe version of the album, with three extra tracks, only three days after the initial release, also helped. Eleven tracks by XCX have achieved BPI sales certifications but none of her albums have, although Crash should do so before too long, with consumption to date of 58,673 units – 1,327 short of achieving silver status.

Arriving 40 years after their eponymous debut, Bon Jovi’s 16th studio set, Forever, led all the sales flashes until Thursday but was foiled in its attempts to become their sixth No.1 by inferior streaming, which contributed just 875 of its overall consumption of 22,812 units as it debuts at No.3. Forever’s overall consumption – 89.09% of it physical -is a whopping 130.63% above the debut/peak week of their last album, 2020, which opened in the year after which it is titled at No.5 on consumption of 9,891 units. Forever is Bon Jovi’s 21st Top 75 and 18th Top 10 album.

Norwegian singer/songwriter Aurora’s fifth release, What Happened To The Heart? debuts at No.8 (6,132 sales), becoming her fourth chart entry and second Top 10 album, equalling the peak set by her first, 2022’s The Gods We Can Touch.

The rest of the Top 10: Hit Me Hard And Soft (2-4, 17,980 sales) by Billie Eilish, Curtain Call: The Hits (7-5, 7,496 sales) by Eminem, The Highlights (6-6, 7,479 sales) by The Weeknd and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-10, 5,443 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. A 2005 release, the Eminem title is at its highest position for 71 weeks, and becomes his first album to spend 50 weeks in the Top 10, while upping its lifetime consumption to 3,171,135 units, including 1,688,814 physical sales, and 241,073 digital downloads.

Exiting the Top 10 are: Believe Me Now? (3-40, 3,216 sales) by Becky Hill, In This City They Call You Love (5-106, 1,770 sales) by Richard Hawley, Smile (10-108, 1,753 sales) by K-Trap and Golden Hour Part 1 (4-174, 1,208 sales) by Ateez. Last week’s No.8, Gravity Stairs by Crowded House, is no longer in the Top 200 (881 sales).

Meghan Trainor scores her fifth chart entry and third Top 20 album with Timeless (No.12, 5,149 sales).

Also new to the Top 75: A Trip, A Stumble, A Fall Down On Your Knees (No.23, 3,995 sales), the 12th chart entry for 73-year-old Denmark-based American blues singer/songwriter Seasick Steve; Born In The Wild (No.25, 3,897 sales), the first album by Nigerian Afrobeats singer Tems; I Hear You (No.39, 3,223 sales), the first album by Germany-based South Korean DJ and producer Peggy Gou; Timeless (No.41, 3,170 sales), the third chart album for Canada-based Haitian rapper, singer and DJ, Kaytranada; and Radiosoul (No.57, 2,568 sales), the second album by 21-year-old singer/songwriter Alfie Templeman from Bedfordshire, who reached No.31 with 2022 debut, Mellow Moon.

Now Yearbook Extra ’74 debuts at No.1 on the compilation chart with 3,014 sales (2,831 CDs, 183 digital downloads). It is the 16th Now Yearbook Extra release – 14 for individual years, two others - and the seventh to reach No.1.

Overall album sales are down 0.29% week-on-week at 2,414,454, 4.60% above same week 2023 sales of 2,308,245. Physical product accounts for 316,516 sales, 13.11% of the total.

Bonus Information

Album Totals
58,673 Charli XCX - CRASH

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