Posted Thursday at 18:315 days Sales Report: W/E 29th January 2026Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 50,474 Dave & Tems - Raindance [318 downloads, 50,156 streaming]02 45,325 Djo - End of Beginning03 42,319 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!04 39,928 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia [YTD: 172,312]05 36,338 Bruno Mars - I Just Might06 32,255 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)07 31,045 Zara Larsson - Lush Life08 29,946 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In09 28,979 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill10 27,029 Olivia Dean - Man I Need [SCR: 53,215] [YTD: 214,905]12 22,467 PinkPantheress - Stateside18 15,014 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us23 13,117 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile28 12,026 Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven29 11,923 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun30 11,749 Gunna feat. Burna Boy - wgft39 10,134 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry [digital era total: 1,165,815]41 9,872 Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying42 9,428 A$AP Rocky - HELICOPTER45 8,733 Shakira - Zoo49 8,089 A$AP Rocky feat. Brent Faiyaz - STAY HERE 4 LIFE59 7,486 A$AP Rocky - STOLE YA FLOW61 7,153 Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over [total: 537,105]68 6,823 mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps - Papaoutai71 6,741 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas74 6,628 Wizkid & Asake - Jogodo75 6,548 Lola Young - Messyxxx 3,943 Victoria Beckham - Not Such an Innocent Girl [3,578 downloads] QuoteTwelve weeks after debuting at No.5, Raindance edges 2-1 for Dave & Tems on consumption of 50,474 units (318 digital downloads, 50,156 sales-equivalent streams).Ending the two-week reign of Djo’s End Of Beginning – which mirrors its activity, falling 1-2 (45,325 sales) – Raindance is the fourth No.1 for 27-year-old London-born rapper Dave and the first for 30-year-old Nigerian singer Tems.One of four singles lifted from Dave’s latest album, The Boy Who Played Harp, it is the first to reach No.1, with previous peaks of No.9 for History (feat. James Blake), No.11 for Chapter 16 (feat. Kano) and No.72 for No Weapons (feat. Jim Legxacy). The album, which debuted at No.1 the same week as Raindance first charted, has seen surprisingly little benefit from the success of Raindance, with its chart position weakening in 10 of the 12 subsequent weeks, falling 88-100 (1,955 sales) in the latest frame.Raindance is the first single by Dave to climb to No.1 – his previous chart-toppers Funky Friday (feat. Fredo, 2018), Starlight (2022) and Sprinter (with Central Cee, 2023) all debuted at the summit. It is also only the second charted single to have Raindance as its title – the first being a No.62 hit for near-namesakes Dare in 1989. The only other song to reach a new peak in the Top 10 is I Just Might, the first hit from Bruno Mars’ upcoming album The Romantic, which climbs 6-5 (36,338 sales). Two old Mars tracks also climb further down the chart, with 2024 Lady Gaga collaboration Die With A Smile up 28-23 (13,117 sales) and 2012 solo cut Locked Out Of Heaven up 36-28 (12,026 sales).It’s another excellent week for Swedish singer Zara Larsson, whose viral revival Lush Life – No.3 in 2016 – advances 9-7 (1,045 sales), while the title track of her latest album, Midnight Sun, reaches a new high, improving 39-29 (11,923 sales).With multiple MOBO and BRITs nominations cushioning them, Olivia Dean has three songs in the Top 10 for the fourth week in a row – So Easy (To Fall In Love) (5-6, 32,255 sales), Rein Me In (with Sam Fender, 7-8, 29,946 sales) and Man I Need (8-10, 27,029 sales). The only one of the three on ACR, Man I Need continues atop the Top 200 Combined Tracks chart – an even playing field where ACR and track limits don’t count – with unadjusted consumption of 53,215 units. It is the fourth week in a row, and seventh week in total it has topped the Combined Tracks chart. The first of those weeks – 16 weeks ago – coincided with the first and only time it has topped the regular Official Singles Chart. Man I Need’s unadjusted consumption has exceeded 50,000 for 21 weeks in a row - and although its 2026 singles chart run is 6-7-8-10, it is easily No.1 for the year-to-date, with 214,905 units placing it over 40,000 ahead of No.2 track, The Fate Of Ophelia (172,312 units).Rounding out the Top 10: Where Is My Husband! (4-3, 42,319 sales) by Raye, The Fate Of Ophelia (3-4, 39,928 sales) by Taylor Swift and – up one place for the third straight week, and returning to the peak it scaled nine weeks ago – Die On This Hill (10-9, 28,979 sales) by Sienna Spiro.With 10 prior Top 75 entries to his name, none of which credited him solo, and the last of which with him as primary artist was eight years ago, New York rapper A$AP Rocky addresses all those issues achieving the three highest entries to the chart with tracks from his new album Don’t Be Dumb. Helicopter (No.42, 9,428 sales) leads the way, followed by Stay Here 4 Life (No.49, 8,089 sales) and Stole Ya Flow (No.59, 7,486 sales). OCC credit them all as solo cuts, though Brent Faiyaz also features on Stay Here 4 Life. Jeff Buckley registers his fourth hit in total – and third since his 1997 death – with Lover, You Should’ve Come Over, a haunting track that has been gaining traction on TikTok of late, and debuts at No.68 (7,153 sales). It is taken from his only regular studio album, Grace, which itself charted at No.73 in Christmas week, making its first appearance since it peaked at No.31 in 2014. Home to his posthumous (2007) No.2 hit Hallelujah, Grace has to-date consumption of 1,026,407, while Hallelujah (1,035,095 units) and Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (537,105 units) are his top tracks.Also new to the Top 75: Papaoutai (No.68, 6,823 sales), an afro-soul cover of Belgian singer Stromae’s uncharted 2013 single, by Swedish artist and producer Mikael Daghighi as Mikeeysmind alongside Chill77 and Unjaps, who are both apparently powered by AI; and Jogodo (No.74, 6,628 sales), a collaboration between Nigerian singers Wizkid & Asake, bringing the former’s 14th hit, the latter’s fourth.PinkPantheress scores her third Top 20 hit, with Stateside (23-12, 22,467 sales), as do Sonny Fodera and D.O.D with Think About Us (22-18, 15,014 sales), which features vocals from first time Top 20 entrant Poppy Baskcomb.There are also new peaks for: What You Saying (50-41, 9,872 sales) by Lil Uzi Vert, Zoo (52-45, 8,733 sales) by Shakira and Choosin’ Texas (73-71, 6,741 sales) by Ella Langley.Fourteen weeks after peaking at No.22, WGFT rebounds 41-30 (11,749 sales) for Gunna & Burna Boy, with much of its impetus coming from a new remix featuring Chris Brown. The Cure are back in the Top 40 for the first time since 2004 with 1986 No.22 hit Boys Don’t Cry storming back at No.39 (10,134 sales) after the publicity surrounding the fact it has become their first track to achieve a billion streams on Spotify, and its upcoming physical re-release. Its chart placing reflects activity for both the 1979 original version of the track and the 1986 remix. Although it is their most-streamed track globally, it is actually only No.2 in the UK on this metric – its digital era consumption of 1,165,815 units is well below the 1,749,423 units of Friday I’m in Love, with overall audio streaming and Spotify-specific streaming of the latter much greater. Following Brooklyn’s social media revelations on Monday (January 19), Victoria Beckham became the subject of a fan-fuelled campaign to make her 2001 No.6 song Not Such An Innocent Girl a No.1 hit. It duly debuts atop the Download Singles chart (3,578 sales). It achieved overall DUS growth of 19,615% week-on-week from 20 units to 3,943 units, somewhat short of the 6,548 units it would have required to return to the Top 75.Overall singles consumption is up 2.44% week-on-week to 31,443,504 units, 5.49% above same week 2025 sales of 29,807,295 units. Paid-for sales are up 0.70% week-on-week at 247,749, 2.47% above same week 2025 sales of 241,785.Albums01 34,157 Robbie Williams - BRITPOP [16,536 CDs, 2,510 vinyl, 13,791 cassettes, 672 downloads, 648 streaming]02 17,757 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving03 11,183 Madison Beer - locket04 9,265 Nathan Evans & SAINT PHNX - Angels' Share05 8,446 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop06 8,094 Sleaford Mods - The Demise of Planet X07 7,556 The Weeknd - The Highlights08 7,328 A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb09 6,767 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend10 6,572 Zach Bryan - With Heaven on Top12 6,475 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)13 6,465 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl14 5,987 Elles Bailey - Can't Take My Story Away16 5,603 Tate McRae - So Close to What27 4,123 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans32 3,440 Harry Styles - Harry's House37 3,218 Harry Styles - Fine Line66 2,392 Bruno Mars - 24K Magic71 2,335 Kid Kapichi - Fearless Nature100 1,955 Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harpxxx 826 Blue - Reflectionsxxx 516 The Cribs - Selling a VibeCompilations01 8,620 KPop Demon Hunters [413 Yoto cards, 96 downloads, 8,111 streaming] QuoteBigger than The Beatles? Eclipsing the Fab Four to become the artist with most UK No.1 albums in chart history, Robbie Williams returns to the summit with retro-styled new release, Britpop.Debuting atop the chart a year to the week after his Better Man soundtrack set reached the summit, Britpop was unleashed unexpectedly last Friday (January 16), three weeks before its originally scheduled date, and racks up first week consumption of 34,157 units (16,536 CDs, 2,510 vinyl albums, 13,791 cassettes, 672 digital downloads and 648 sales-equivalent streams). That’s the highest sale for a No.1 album for 12 weeks, but 21.01% below Better Man’s chart-topping tally of 43,238.Britpop is the 16th solo No.1 for the 51-year-old from Stoke, who co-wrote every track on the set, which includes collaborations with Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Mexican duo Jesse & Joy. Five of its tracks have thus far been released as singles without charting, extending to more than nine years Williams’ absence from the singles chart.On top of his considerable solo success, Williams has also topped the chart as a member of Take That, being a full member of the band when Everything Changes (1993) and Nobody Else (1995) were No.1, and rejoining them for 2010 chart-topper Progress. He also contributed to most tracks on their 1996 No.1 compilation, Greatest Hits and some on subsequent (2018) hits package, Odyssey. He could therefore be said – depending on how strictly you interpret his presence on the hits sets – to have had 19, 20 or even 21 number one albums. The higher total is beaten only by Paul McCartney (23, including 15 with The Beatles). Williams’ career album consumption as a soloist totals 21,108,856 units, with his top titles being Greatest Hits (2,684,529 units), I’ve Been Expecting You (2,630,892 units) and Swing When You’re Winning (2,466,945 units). 17,281,259 of those units have accrued in the 21st century, making him the No.1 artist of the era, with Coldplay (15,809,980 sales) as runners-up. Among solo artists, Williams’ nearest 21st century rivals are Ed Sheeran (14,988,419 sales) and Adele (13,467,216 sales). Far eclipsing the No.28 peak ascended by both her 2021 debut album As She Pleases and 2023 follow-up Silence Between Songs, 26-year-old singer-songwriter Madison Beer from New York, debuts at No.3 (11,183 sales) with third album, Locket. Beer’s much improved chart performance likely reflects the popularity of its lead single, Make You Mine, which peaked at No.50 nearly two years ago but has subsequently emerged as a fan favourite, winning a Grammy nomination and achieving to-date consumption of 300,747 units. Providing a twist on the Scottish folk tradition, Angels’ Share is a collaboration between Nathan Evans – who shot to fame with his 2021 No.1 adaptation of the sea shanty Wellerman – and fraternal duo Saint Phnx. Including their interpretation of Cotton Eye Joe – a No.1 hit for Rednex in 1994 – it is a succinct set with 12 songs and a playing time of half an hour. Debuting at No.4 (9,265 sales), it is the second album chart entry for both Evans, who reached No.26 with 2024 album 1994, and Saint Phnx, whose 2020 EP Happy Place peaked at No.39.Recording artists since 2007 but uncharted until 2015, Nottingham post-punk duo Sleaford Mods’ 13th studio album, The Demise Of Planet A can’t quite match the dizzy career heights of No.3 and 9,064 sales set by their last album, UK Grim in 2023, but delivers their fifth Top 10 entry and eighth Top 75 album, opening at No.6 on solid first week sales of 8,094 units. Their biggest selling album to date is Key Markets, No.11 in 2020, with to-date consumption of 27,499 units. They have never come near the singles chart, with their most popular track hitherto being Jobseeker, a 2015 release which has accumulated lifetime consumption of 28,008 units. It is 10 years since Rihanna released an album and eight years since her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, did so – but he is the first to break the drought, with fourth studio set, Don’t Be Dumb. Following Long Live A$AP (No.7, 2013), At Long Last A$AP (No.10, 2015) and Testing (No.11, 2018), it opens at No.8 (7,328 sales) - although released only digitally at this stage – while spinning-off three singles chart entries.In the first full week since her four MOBO nominations were announced, and two days after her five BRITS nominations were announced, Olivia Dean’s The Art Of Loving sees consumption rise 5.47% to 17,757 units – a four-week high – even as it slips 1-2.The rest of the Top 10: 50 Years: Don’t Stop (4-5, 8,446 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, The Highlights (7-7, 7,556 sales) by The Weeknd, Man’s Best Friend (6-9, 6,767 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter and With Heaven On Top (3-10, 6,572 sales) by Zach Bryan.Half of last week’s Top 10 depart that portion of the chart, including The Life Of A Showgirl, which tumbles 8-13 (6,465 sales) for Taylor Swift to end its initial 15-week run in the top tier.Also exiting: +-=÷× Tour Collection (9-12, 6,475 sales) by Ed Sheeran and So Close To What (10=16, 5,603 sales) by Tate McRae plus Top 200 departees Reflections (826 sales) by Blue and Selling A Vibe (516 sales) by The Cribs, No.2 and No.5 last week, respectively. Blues/Americana singer Elles Bailey’s fifth studio set, Can’t Take My Story Away debuts at No.14 (5,987 sales). Consisting of 10 blistering new songs she co-wrote and a poignant cover of late friend Matt Long’s Better Days, it is the third chart album for the 37-year-old from Bristol, following Shining In The Half Light (No.42, 2022) and Beneath The Neon Glow (No.12, 2024). The seventh and final new entry is Fearless Nature (No.71, 2,335 sales), the fourth album and second chart entry by Sussex punk duo Kid Kapichi.As anticipation and excitement grows ahead of his first solo album in a decade – The Romantic, which drops at the end of next month – Bruno Mars’ 2010 No.1 debut Doo-Wops & Hooligan reaches its highest chart placing for 718 weeks, climbing 31-27 (4,123 sales), and is joined in the Top 75 by his most recent, No.3 2016 release 24K Magic, which ends a 392-week absence by jumping 96-66 (2,392 sales). By the same token, Harry Styles’ announcement of his fourth album Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally galvanises his back catalogue, triggering re-entries for 2022 No.1 album Harry’s House (135-32, 3,440 sales) and 2019 No.2 album fine Line (121-37, 3,218 sales). They achieve their highest chart positions for 107 and 124 weeks, respectively.KPop Demon Hunters’ soundtrack is No.1 on the compilation chart for the 30th time in 31 weeks, and the eighth time in a row. Its consumption dips 4.10% week-on-week to 8,620 units (413 Yoto cards, 96 digital downloads and 8,111 sales-equivalent streams) – its third lowest level yet. Overall album sales are up 3.12% week-on-week at 2,598,119 units, 5.02% above same week 2025 sales of 2,473,944. Physical product accounts for 321,068 sales, 12.36% of the total. Bonus InformationSingle Totals (digital era where applicable)1,749,423 The Cure - Friday I'm in Love1,035,095 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah300,747 Madison Beer - make you mine28,008 Sleaford Mods - JobseekerAlbum Totals2,684,529 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits2,630,892 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You2,466,945 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning1,026,407 Jeff Buckley - Grace27,499 Sleaford Mods - Key MarketsNotes- 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.
Friday at 18:304 days Vault 1982 matching the peak of extra 1991. I expected the latter to outpeak the former
Friday at 18:304 days 34k for Robbie respectable but still a big comeback down for him, Vicky B the sales number 1 not even top 100 🤭
Friday at 18:304 days The lack of streaming for these physical heavy num 1s of older artists continues. Is he gonna go out next week
Friday at 18:354 days Only 20 copies of Not Such An Innocent Girl sold last week! Jeff Buckley coming for another platinum non-top 40?
Friday at 18:434 days 'Boys Don't Cry', 'Hallelujah' and the Grace album all on over 1 million combined sales! ❤️
Friday at 18:484 days 13,791 cassettes?!!!!!!I mean I admire the dedication to being authentically 90s but still
Friday at 19:084 days 14 minutes ago, dandy* said:13,791 cassettes?!!!!!!I mean I admire the dedication to being authentically 90s but stillHis Better Man soundtrack album sold 21,314 cassettes first week last year! A lot of those 21k sales were likely driven by the inclusion of a signed poster, I wonder if there was a similar incentive this time around.Victoria Beckham slaying Tbh, one thing that rather annoys me about Music Week is that they continue to rigidly regard the Top 75 as being the main body of the chart. It's incredibly archaic of them considering that the OCC have published the Top 100 for many years. It's all well and good knowing how far off she was from the Top 75, but I would prefer to know how close she was to the Top 100.
Friday at 19:094 days Just now, -Jay- said:I would prefer to know how far off she was from #100.Still miles 😝(I’d guess 5.2-5.3k for #100.)
Friday at 19:124 days 1 New NOT SUCH AN INNOCENT GIRL - VICTORIA BECKHAMNumber 1 on both singles sales chart and singles download chart. Well done Brooklyn,Robbie Williams - I’ve Been Expecting You (2,630,892 units)It was certified 9 times Platinum in August 2000 for 2,700,000 units.It was certified 10 times Platinum in October 2004 for 3,000,000 units.Has not reached 2.7m yet. Greatly over-shipped. How many returns have there been? Edited Friday at 19:164 days by ben08
Friday at 19:214 days Cumulative totals:The Cure - Friday I'm in Love87,015 1992 units + 1,749,423 post February 1994 units = 1,836,438 total chart units!The Cure - Boys Don't Cry10,738 1970s units + 52,360 1980s units + 1,165,815 post February 1994 units = 1,228,913 total chart units!
Friday at 19:294 days 19 minutes ago, Julian_ said:Still miles 😝(I’d guess 5.2-5.3k for #100.)If only Brooklyn had timed his rant better! This time last week would’ve been ideal
Friday at 20:554 days Good grief at Papaoutai. Can of worms well and truly opened.Usually I would celebrate a new foreign language hit, but it’s a rather hollow achievement on this occasion.
Friday at 21:124 days Updated Lily Allen totals from Music Week:91,487 West End Girl album110,812 Kitty Palace90,638 Madeline 83,872 West End Girl song
Friday at 21:544 days 40 minutes ago, Ne Plus Ultra said:Updated Lily Allen totals from Music Week:91,487 West End Girl album110,812 Kitty Palace90,638 Madeline83,872 West End Girl songAmazing obviously but the hype died down a lot faster than I would’ve liked!
Friday at 22:014 days 6 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:Amazing obviously but the hype died down a lot faster than I would’ve liked!I think it could boost again with the physicals and the BRIT Awards, depending how well she does there/if she performs.
Friday at 22:444 days 1 hour ago, gooddelta said:Good grief at Papaoutai. Can of worms well and truly opened.Usually I would celebrate a new foreign language hit, but it’s a rather hollow achievement on this occasion.How come? Don't know the story
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