Week 37:

Michael not building up much of a lead and may not be above Olivia in the weekly chart for much longer. Maybe she still has an outside chance.

1	1	Michael Jackson	The Essential	488,000	2,590,000
2	2	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	479,000	760,000
3	3	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	387,000
4	4	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	296,000	2,130,000
5	5	Olivia Rodrigo	You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love	287,000
6	6	The Weeknd	Highlights	255,000	1,840,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	235,000	750,000
8	9	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	208,000
9	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	207,000	510,000
10	10	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	199,000	500,000
11	11	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	196,000	2,610,000
12	12	Linkin Park	Papercuts	189,000	580,000
13	13	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	178,000	900,000
14	14	ABBA	Gold	173,000	6,320,000
15	15	Elton John	Diamonds	172,000	2,100,000
16	16	Michael Jackson	Thriller	168,000	4,920,000
17	18	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	166,000	3,720,000
18	17	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	166,000	1,060,000
19	19	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	157,000	5,770,000
20	21	Michael Jackson	Bad	148,000	4,600,000
21	20	Drake	Iceman	148,000
22	22	BTS	Arirang	148,000
23	24	Arctic Monkeys	AM	141,000	2,470,000
24	23	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	140,000	780,000
25	25	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	136,000
26	27	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	136,000	3,670,000
27	26	Tate McRae	So Close To What	136,000	390,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	135,000	1,380,000
29	29	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	132,000	760,000
30	30	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	132,000	830,000
31	31	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	125,000	220,000
32	32	Maroon 5	Singles	125,000	1,120,000
33	33	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	122,000	890,000
34	34	Calvin Harris	96 Months	116,000	350,000
35	37	Katy Perry	The Ones That Got The Plays	115,000
36	35	Queen	Greatest Hits	113,000	3,320,000
37	36	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	112,000	2,150,000
38	38	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	111,000	2,420,000
39	39	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	107,000	2,540,000
40	40	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	106,000	3,120,000
47	54	Sienna Spiro	Visitor	99,000
61	66	Ariana Grande	Petal	89,000
77	78	The Killers	Rebel Diamonds	79,000	320,000
91	93	Ella Langley	Dandelion	74,000
96	100	Dua Lipa	Live From Mexico	71,000

33 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

#86 with 75k. Now out of the weekly top 200 so not sure it will hold on.

She’ll get #4 but #3 seems improbable.

Thanks, yeah that’s what I was thinking, she’ll likely be very close behind by year-end so…

Ooh, I really hope Olivia D. can overtake Michael by year-end, the albums chart is stuffed with greatest hits and it could be like 2023 where The Weeknd was year-end No. 1.

It’s more deserving for an actual studio album to be year-end No. 1 rather than a streaming-by default getting year-end No. 1

I know there is a 1-year anniversary half-speed vinyl of The Art of Loving to be released next week, hope that helps that particular week in any small way 🙏

only five albums (plus a compilation) that were released this year in the YTD top 40

I hope Olivia Dean can reclaim #1 too. I didn't mind The Weeknd having the 2023 EOY #1 as the album and many of its songs were only a few years old.

Olivia Rodrigo reaching #3 would be great but she'd likely need a third song to do more than 'drop dead' is doing now. Another reason for 'expectations' to go viral!