Posted Thursday at 14:151 day Sales Report: W/E 14th August 2025Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 54,491 Chappell Roan - The Subway [1,050 downloads, 53,441 streaming]02 48,943 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden03 34,715 Justin Bieber - DAISIES04 33,958 MK feat. Chrystal - Dior05 29,510 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys06 27,063 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop07 27,007 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild08 26,939 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Your Idol09 26,588 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings10 24,381 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire11 24,204 Alex Warren - Ordinary12 23,032 Drake & Central Cee - Which One** 17,225 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Takedown19 16,783 sombr - 12 to 1223 14,454 Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger24 14,342 Justin Bieber - YUKON27 13,633 Oasis - Live Forever31 12,186 Oasis - Slide Away [total: 806,017]32 11,936 Black Sabbath - Paranoid36 11,381 Coldplay - Sparks42 9,477 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train43 9,231 Rudimental & Jess Glynne - Back to Me46 8,820 Marino - Devil in Disguise47 8,777 TWICE - TAKEDOWN51 8,419 Denon Reed & Cru2 - Let Him Go59 7,669 Olivia Dean - Dive64 7,518 TWICE - Strategy65 7,503 Tanishk Bagchi, Faheem Abdullah, Arslan Nizami & Irshad Kamil - Saiyaara75 6,721 Kehlani - Folded QuoteThe first artist to have two No.1 singles in 2025 is… Chappell Roan.Twenty-two weeks after Roan’s first No.1, Pink Pony Club, completed its epic 257-week trip to the summit, her new single, The Subway, does so instantly, racking up first week consumption of 54,491 units (1,050 digital downloads and 53,441 sales-equivalent streams). The song’s deployment of the definite article in its title means the record run of six consecutive No.1s with single-word titles is over, but another run is ongoing - since Alex Warren’s Ordinary ended its initial 12-week run at No.1, leadership of the chart has changed hands eight times in nine weeks, the most volatile it has been in 10 years.Despite ceding pole position, Golden (1-2, 48,943 sales) continues to improve its consumption for Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast as do the other concurrent hits from Netflix animated fantasy film Kpop Demon Hunters, namely Soda Pop, which surges 11-6 (27,063 sales) for Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast and the same artists’ Your Idol (10-8, 26,939 sales). It is the first time in chart history that three K-Pop tracks have appeared simultaneously in the Top 10. No Broke Boys reaches a new peak for the fifth week in a row, growing 8-5 (29,510 sales) for Disco Lines & Tinashe.The rest of the Top 10: Daisies (2-3, 34,715 sales) by Justin Bieber, Dior (3-4, 33,958 sales, modestly boosted by the new Bou & Turno mix) by MK feat. Chrystal, Manchild (5-7, 27,007 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, Blessings (6-9, 26,588 sales) by Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas and Sapphire (7-10, 24,381 sales) by Ed Sheeran. Manchild and Blessings are on ACR next week. Ordinary (9-11, 24,204 sales) by Alex Warren and Which One (4-12, 23,032 sales) by Drake & Central Cee exit the Top 10. Twice, twice: Without a Top 75 entry since their debut in 2015, South Korean K-Pop nonet Twice finally made their chart debut last week, with Takedown, which now climbs 63-47 (8,777 sales), and double-up with second Top 75 hit, Strategy (85-64, 7,518 sales). Takedown is from the expanded version of their latest album, This Is For, while Strategy emanates from Twice’s 2024 EP of the same title, and is available by Twice alone and in collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion. Although it is the only version in the Top 75, Twice’s version of Takedown is not the most popular – the version by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast is ‘starred-out’ (17,225 sales), due to primary artist rules allowing only three tracks from KPop Demon Hunters to chart simultaneously. The Twice version is ALSO on KPop Demon Hunters, and escapes being ‘starred-out’, presumably because it is on Twice’s own album which gives it immunity, although the expanded version on which it appears came out after KPop Demon Hunters. Yes, I know… Don’t Look Back In Anger (22-23, 14,454 sales) and Live Forever (23-27, 13,633 sales) secure their fifth straight week in the Top 40 as Oasis’ tour continues – but the third Oasis chart entry under primary artist rules changes again. For two weeks, it was previously uncharted fan favourite Acquiesce that made up the numbers, but that dropped below Wonderwall, which replaced it for the last two weeks. Wonderwall has now been returned to ACR, leaving an opening for Slide Away, a previously uncharted song from Oasis’ 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe, which debuts at No.31 (12,186 sales), becoming their 28th hit. It is Oasis’ 16th most-consumed track, with a to-date tally of 806,017 units. It was also the subject of solo versions by Oasis’ squabbling Gallagher siblings Noel (28,021 sales) and Liam (7,014 sales). The fourth and final song to debut on the Top 75 this week is Folded (No.75, 6,721 sales), the eighth hit in total for 30-year-old Californian pop/R&B artist Kehlani but her first for five years and first solo since her 2016 debut hit, Gangsta. Four of the six Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne tracks that were in the Top 75 last week have now exited, with Sabbath’s Paranoid (20-32, 11,936 sales) and Ozzy’s Crazy Train (25-42, 9,477 sales) clinging on. Back To Me debuted at No.52 three weeks ago for Rudimental & Jess Glynne. After spending consecutive weeks at No.94, it catapults to a new peak this week, improving 51 places to No.43, with week-on-week consumption growing 48.55% to 9,231 units, following the release of the Amazon exclusive Summer Sessions VIP Remix. Four weeks after reaching No.63 and 123 weeks after its release, Dive (80-59, 7,669 sales) is also a Top 75 re-entry, scaling a new peak, for Olivia Dean. Its music video now released, Yukon – which previously peaked at No.32 – climbs 37-24 (14,342 sales) for Justin Bieber.There are also new peaks for: 12 To 12 (31-19, 16,783 sales) by Sombr, Sparks (39-36, 11,381 sales) by Coldplay, Devil In Disguise (50-46, 8,820 sales) by Marino, Let Him Go (55-51, 8,419 sales) by Denon Reed & Cru2, and Saiyaara (73-65, 7,503 sales), the Hindi-language Indian film theme by Tanishk Bagchi, Ishad Kamil, Faheem Abdullah and Arslan NizamiOverall singles consumption is down 0.92% week-on-week to a 15-week low of 29,738,300 units, 5.70% above same week 2024 consumption of 28.133,962 units. Paid-for sales are down 4.70% week-on-week at 278,989, 4.30% below same week 2024 sales of 291,488.Albums01 15,643 Reneé Rapp - BITE ME [5,821 CDs, 4,541 vinyl, 340 cassettes, 205 downloads, 4,736 streaming]02 14,458 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-200903 10,802 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?04 9,639 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid05 8,198 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop06 8,144 Oasis - Definitely Maybe07 7,546 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)08 6,930 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet09 5,708 The Weeknd - The Highlights10 4,817 Michael Jackson - The Essential [total: 1,986,830]16 4,447 Richard Hawley - Coles Corner [total: 180,851]20 4,172 Roger Waters - Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague31 3,273 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming34 2,987 Taylor Swift - folklore [total: 926,829]40 2,765 Ozzy Osbourne - The Essential [265 paid-for sales]67 2,260 Elvis Presley - Sunset Boulevard102 1,765 Paul Weller - Find El Doradoxxx 1,092 Alice Cooper - The Revenge of Alice Cooperxxx 1,027 The K's - Pretty on the InternetCompilations01 17,521 KPop Demon Hunters [427 downloads, 17,094 streaming] QuoteAmerican singer, songwriter and actress Reneé Rapp’s second album, Bite Me, nips into the void to debut at No.1, effecting the 34th change in leadership of the chart in as many weeks.The succinct – 12 songs and 33 minutes – and musically diverse set racks up first week consumption of 15,643 units (5,821 CDs, 4,541 vinyl albums, 340 cassettes, 205 digital downloads and 4,736 sales-equivalent streams) for the 25-year-old from North Carolina. That’s a 183.95% bigger first frame than Rapp’s ballad-heavy debut set, Snow Angel, achieved when it debuted and peaked at No.7 in August 2023.Rapp’s popularity is largely viral; neither album has spawned a major hit single, with Megan Thee Stallion collaboration Not My Fault from Snow Angel peaking at No.61, and Bite Me single Leave Me Alone reaching No.69. Although Snow Angel dipped out of the chart after one week, it has performed solidly, and amassed to-date consumption of 65,823 units.Oasis’ Live ’25 tour continues to boost their back catalogue, with three of their albums in the Top 10 for the fifth week in a row and in the same positions as last week, although consumption of all three is down. They are 2010 compilation Time Flies: 1994-2009 (2-2, 14,458 sales), 1995 second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (3-3, 10,802 sales) and 1994 debut Definitely Maybe (6-6, 8,144 sales).In the week that it was revealed that superstar artists are to be signed up for a Michael Jackson tribute album, and BTS denied their involvement, the late icon’s chart-topping 2005 compilation, The Essential, surges 19-10 (4,817 sales) to achieve its highest chart placing for 831 weeks – shortly after his 2009 death. The album’s to-date consumption stands at 1,986,830 units and it has been an ever-present in the Top 40 for the last 85 weeks.The rest of the Top 10: You’ll Be Alright, Kid (4-4, 9,639 sales) by Alex Warren, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (7-5, 8,198 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, +-=÷× Tour Collection (8-7, 7,546 sales) by Ed Sheeran, Short N’ Sweet (10-8, 6,930 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter and The Highlights (12-9, 9,708 sales) by The Weeknd.Exiting the Top 10: Find El Dorado (5-102, 1,765 sales) by Paul Weller, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper (No.9 last week, now uncarted, 1,092 sales) and – suffering the extremely rare distinction of exiting the Top 200 the week after debuting at No.1 – Pretty On The Internet (1,027 sales) by The K’s. The only other act to suffer this indignity are The Lottery Winners, who went from No.1 to nowhere with 2023 album Anxiety Replacement Therapy AND 2025 follow-up Koko. Other albums – like Christmas by Michael Buble and Lover (Live From Paris) by Taylor Swift – have dropped from No.1 to a position outside the Top 200 but not on their second week on the list.Controversial former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters’ concert album This Is Not A Drill…Live From Prague, debuts at No.20, (4,172 sales). It is 40 years since the 81-year-old left Pink Floyd, and provides his 10th solo chart entry.After spawning back-to-back Top 20 singles in the form of All For You and I’ll Be Waiting, Irish singer/songwriter Cian Ducrot’s first album, Victory, garnered critical acclaim and duly debuted at No.1 on consumption of 15,668 units, two years ago this very week. Four songs from follow-up Little Dreaming have already been released without denting the Top 75, hence the album’s less stellar debut at No.31 (3,273 sales) this week. All For You and I’ll Be Waiting went on to achieve platinum status, and have to-date consumption of 635,003 and 807,515 units, respectively, while Victory is on 52,207 units.Anthologising 89 recordings he made in Los Angeles in 1970 – studio cuts, out-takes and rehearsals of which more than half are previously unissued – Sunset Boulevard debuts at No.67 (2,260 sales) for the late Elvis Presley. His labyrinthine releases over the last 70 years – particularly since his death in 1977 – make it difficult to ascertain exactly how many different albums he has charted, so we’ll default to OCC who make Sunset Boulevard his 125th Top 75 album.Seven albums by Sheffield’s eclectic and idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Richard Hawley charted higher, including five that made the Top 10, but none achieved greater acclaim than his third full-length album, Coles Corner, which peaked at No.37 in 2025. Named after a place in Sheffield, the album was also recorded in the Yorkshire city, and most of its songs are about it. To mark its 20th anniversary, it is newly available in a deluxe edition, which adds singles versions, B-sides and previously unreleased live tracks, all of which helped it to generate consumption of 4,447 units, as it returns to the chart in its new peak position of No.16. Despite the plethora of Hawley releases that have charted higher, Coles Corner is, by some distance, his most-consumed album, with a to-date tally of 180,851 units.For no obvious reason, other than fans celebrating the fifth anniversary of its release, Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, Folklore – No.1 on debut in 2020 – rallies strongly this week, advancing 61-34, with consumption increasing 16.77% week-on-week to 2,987 units. Reaching a 28-week high, it ends a rare run of six straight weeks when no album by Swift was in the Top 50, and raises the set’s all-time consumption to 926,829 units – the sixth highest of her canon.While all other Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath titles are in steep decline, Osbourne’s 2003 No.21 compilation, The Essential, bucks the trend, re-entering the chart at No.40 (2,765 sales) – its highest chart position since its second week on the list more than 22 years ago. It replaces another Osbourne compilation, Memoirs Of A Madman, which was No.32 last week simply because its paid-for sales of 265 in the latest frame were higher than Memoirs’ 171, with the result it gets all of the streaming points that were allocated to its rival last weekHome to three songs currently in the Top 10, the soundtrack to Netflix animated fantasy film Kpop Demon Hunters spends its seventh consecutive week atop the compilation chart, with consumption reaching another new peak of 17,521 units (427 digital downloads and 17,094 sales-equivalent streams). For the first time, it is also No.1 on the overall album chart – besting Reneé Rapp’s artist album tally by 12.01%. In the last 100 weeks, the only other time a compilation has held the overall No.1 position was 33 weeks ago, when the soundtrack to the film Wicked trumped artist album No.1, Short N’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter.Overall album sales are down 2.05% week-on-week to 2,391,581 units – their lowest level for 30 weeks but 7.54% above same week 2024 sales of 2,223,841. Physical product accounts for 247,099 sales, 10.33% of the total.Bonus InformationSingle Totals635,003 Cian Ducrot - All for You807,515 Cian Ducrot - I'll Be Waiting28,021 Noel Gallagher - Slide Away7,014 Liam Gallagher - Slide AwayAlbum Totals65,823 Reneé Rapp - Snow Angel52,207 Cian Ducrot - VictoryNotes- Sales can appear at any time, so please bear with us, we're doing our best to get the report + breakdown up as quickly as possible.- If you have any sales information to share, please back it up with a source.- Please don't ask us for any other sales info - if it's not in the report, we don't have it!- The mods reserve the right to delete any posts that are deemed inappropriate or inflammatory.
11 hours ago11 hr Author Sales are in! Dior's avoided ACR but Manchild and Blessings confirmed.Taken a stab in the dark on The Highlights' figure as it's definitely wrong in the article, based on its recent figures as it surely won't be fluctuating much.
11 hours ago11 hr Bit of a muted showing for Cian Ducrot, after his fanbase helped get his debut album to #1 two years ago.Mind you, this era wasn't backed up by singles that have done as well as some of those on his first album so perhaps it's not too surprising.
11 hours ago11 hr Looks like "Beautiful Things" is on DCL-2 this week! Fingers crossed for DCL-3 next week! 🤞 Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by DanielCarey
11 hours ago11 hr 3 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:Looks like "Beautiful Things" is on DCL-2 this week! Fingers crossed for DCL-3 next week! 🤞Good weather next week so that won’t be happening unfortunately
11 hours ago11 hr 3 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:Looks like "Beautiful Things" is on DCL-2 this week!Its Spotify streams were down 0.97% week-on-week, and the market has fallen 0.92% - too close for comfort! (Plus good weather next week as already mentioned will probably spare it anyway.)'Nice To Meet You' appears to have gone though! (Based on Spotify - inconclusive from the numbers here though 😬)
10 hours ago10 hr No obvious reason , how dare he ignore the annual swiftie holiday known as august when discussing folklores rise🙄
8 hours ago8 hr On 07/08/2025 at 15:15, JosephBoone said:Sales Report: W/E 14th August 2025Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 54,491 Chappell Roan - The Subway [1,050 downloads, 53,441 streaming]Would that be Chappell’s biggest ever sales week so far? Impressive stuff.
7 hours ago7 hr 40 minutes ago, Jaz13music said:Would that be Chappell’s biggest ever sales week so far? Impressive stuff.Yes, her previous best was just under 45k for 'Good Luck, Babe!'
7 hours ago7 hr Where did Cian Ducrot's fans go? Crazy that he went from 15,668 two years ago to just 3,273 for this album, that's some drop!
7 hours ago7 hr 1 hour ago, Jaz13music said:Would that be Chappell’s biggest ever sales week so far? Impressive stuff.Yeah but other than the giver her songs have grown. To peaks , so the subway does have the advantage of being brand new (to be able to purchase and stream that is)
5 hours ago5 hr More Chappell Roan totals from Music Week:As noted in Alan Jones’ charts analysis, its trajectory was markedly different to Pink Pony Club, which reached No.1 in March five years after its release. Pink Pony Club remains in the Top 30 (No.26) and has consumption to date of 1,413,484 units.The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess climbed 33-12 on the latest chart with week-on-week consumption (4,625 units) up 28.1%. The album has consumption to date of 480,143 units.
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