Posted Thursday at 17:111 day Sales Report: W/E 21st May 2026Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 50,182 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In [10 7" vinyl, 658 downloads, 49,514 streaming]02 34,140 Tame Impala - Dracula03 33,621 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean04 28,007 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead05 27,666 Michael Jackson - Beat It06 27,604 Michael Jackson - Human Nature07 26,443 The Chemical Brothers - Go [2,802 downloads]08 26,442 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM** 25,838 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough09 25,405 sombr - Homewrecker10 25,284 Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty and a Beat11 24,796 Zara Larsson - Lush Life12 24,000 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun20 16,227 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind21 16,116 Malcolm Todd - Earrings23 15,276 SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover27 12,979 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back30 12,161 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away32 11,721 Temper City - Self Aware35 11,275 STELLA LEFTY - Boston36 11,211 Charli xcx - Rock Music [932 7" vinyl]55 8,793 Calvin Harris & Jazzy - Satisfy57 7,981 F3miii - NOBLE58 7,953 Harry Styles - Dance No More65 7,527 Prospa & Murda Beatz - Baby QuoteIn a week when half of the songs in the Top 10 are more than 10 years old, and only three songs from 2026 are in the top tier, there is no change at the summit, where Rein Me In by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean is No.1 for the third week in a row, and eleventh week in total on consumption of 50,182 units (10 vinyl singles, 658 digital downloads and 49,514 sales-equivalent streams).On its 30th week in the Top 10 and 47th consecutive week in the Top 40, the 2025 release is nevertheless showing signs of fatigue at long last – its consumption is down for the second week in a row, falling 11.24% to its lowest level for 11 weeks. Only eight singles in chart history have spent longer at No.1, none by a male/female duo – making it a new chart record.With fellow 2025 cut Dracula holding at No.2 (34,140 sales, 38 more than last week) for Tame Impala and 2026 tracks Drop Dead (3-4, 28,007 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Fever Dream (5-8, 26,442 sales) by Alex Warren and Homewrecker (8-9, 25,405 sales) by Sombr in retreat, it is left to oldies to take up the chase.Primarily, oldies by Michael Jackson, whose fortunes are on the rise again, nearly 17 years after his death, thanks to the runaway box office success of the Jacko biopic, Michael.Leading the charge, Billie Jean – which topped the chart when first released in 1983 – secures its highest placing since then, rising 4-3 (33,621 sales). Beat It – which reached No.3 in 1983 – is just two notches off its top placing, surging 10-5 (27,666 sales). Jackson was also No.15 last week, with 1979 No.3 hit Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. Although that track increased consumption by 10.01% week-on-week to 25,838 units, it is now one of 12 Jackson solo cuts ‘starred-out’ under primary artist rules which allow for only three concurrent chart entries. In its stead, Human Nature – a track from Thriller, which wasn’t even released as a single here, and which previously peaked at No.62, following his death in 2009 – makes its first ever appearance in the Top 40, surging to No.6 (27,604 sales).As The Jackson 5 are considered a separate entity to Michael Jackson, even though he sings lead on I Want You Back, that 1970 No.2 hit progresses 33-27 (12,979 sales).There’s more film-related fun and combusting catalogue with The Chemical Brothers’ 2015 No.46 hit Go – as featured in Netflix streaming hit Apex – catapulting 22-7 (26,443 sales) to become the dance duo’s eighth Top 10 hit in all, and first since 2005. It spends a second week at No.1 on the Top 200 Download Singles chart, with a 45.24% increase in consumption to 2,802 units.Justin Bieber’s 2012 song Beauty And A Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj, 6-10, 25,284 sales) completes the Top 10.Zara Larsson is the only artist to exit the Top 10 this week, doing so both with 2016 viral revival Lush Life (9-11, 24,796 sales) and the title track of her latest album, Midnight Sun (7-12, 24,000 sales).It is only three months since Charli XCX’s Wuthering Heights soundtrack – home to the hits Chains Of Love. Always Everywhere and Dying For You – was released but she is already working on a new album, from which the first single is Rock Music. The highest of four new entries to the Top 75 this week, at No.36 (11,211 sales, including 932 7-inch singles), it is XCX’s 26th Top 40 and 38th Top 75 entry.The release of a promotional video last week helped to trigger a 43.66% increase in consumption week-on-week for Dance No More, which duly becomes the fourth hit from Harry Styles’ album, Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally, ahead of his June London dates, debuting at No.58 (7,953 sales). It is Styles’ 49th hit, including 29 as a member of One Direction.Also new to the chart: Satisfy (No.55, 8,793 sales), the 55th hit for Calvin Harris and the eighth for Irish singer Jazzy; and Baby (No.65, 7,527 sales), the second hit for Leeds dance duo Prospa – whose first hit, Cloonee collaboration Free Your Mind reaches a new peak (23-20, 16,227 sales) – and the second for collaborator, Canadian DJ and producer Murda Beatz.No.67 on debut last week, Material Lover rockets to No.23 (15,276 sales) for Sienna Spiro, as the film in which it is featured – The Devil Wears Prada 2 – topples Michal Jackson biopic Michael from the top of the box office chart.There are also new peaks for: Earrings (26-21, 16,116 sales) by Malcolm Todd, Self Aware (36-32, 11,721 sales) by Temper City, Boston (38-35, 11,275 sales) by Stella Lefty and Noble (63-57, 7,981 sales) by F3miii.The viral resurgence of The One That Got Away continues, with the Katy Perry track – a No.18 hit from her album Teenage Dream in 2011 – returning to the Top 40 for the first time since (41-30, 12,161 sales). It is the highest position Perry has held in the chart since 2019.Overall singles consumption is down 0.39% week-on-week to 32,132,541 units, 1.92% below same week 2025 sales of 32,760,619 units. Paid-for sales are down 5.31% week-on-week at 259,510, 1.26% above same week 2025 sales of 256,273.Albums01 31,628 Michael Jackson - The Essential [404 CDs, 104 downloads, 31,120 streaming]02 26,783 Westlife - 25 - The Ultimate Collection [19,248 CDs, 2,025 vinyl, 3,095 cassettes, 710 downloads, 1,705 streaming]03 13,263 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide04 12,380 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving05 11,482 Michael Jackson - Thriller06 9,307 Michael Jackson - Bad07 8,977 Reverend and the Makers - Is This How Happiness Feels? [3,057 vinyl]08 7,762 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop09 6,720 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.10 6,645 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid13 6,580 Katy Perry - The Ones That Got the Plays16 5,110 Basement - WIRED17 5,106 Chris Brown - BROWN29 3,916 Kneecap - FENIAN34 3,554 The Covasettes - Honeymoon Forever39 3,311 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall51 2,799 Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia61 2,557 Neil Diamond - Wild at Heart63 2,518 Midge Ure - A Man of Two Worlds64 2,517 MUNA - Dancing on the Wall72 2,423 Black Veil Brides - VINDICATE74 2,388 Michael Jackson - Dangerous98 1,983 Melanie C - Sweat116 1,813 Kacey Musgraves - Middle of NowhereCompilations01 4,923 Now Yearbook 1972 [4,115 CDs, 584 vinyl, 224 downloads]02 4,285 KPop Demon Hunters QuoteIn pursuit of their ninth No.1 album, Westlife established a huge lead in early sales flashes with 25: The Ultimate Collection but ultimately have to settle for their fourth No.2 album (26,783 sales), with Michael Jackson’s 2005 compilation, The Essential, coming through at the death to secure its ninth week at No.1 in all, and its second in a row.25: The Ultimate Collection adds four new Westlife recordings to different selections of hits and fan favourites across multiple editions, and held a lead in excess of 10,000 units in the first three of the week’s sales flashes. It remained ahead throughout the week, only falling behind in the final chart.It’s not much consolation but it has the highest consumption for a No.2 album for 28 weeks. Its physically-skewed consumption profile – 19,248 CDs, 2,025 vinyl albums, 3,095 cassettes, 710 digital downloads and 1,705 sales-equivalent streams - is very different to The Essential.The continuing box office allure of the biopic Michael helped Jackson’s entire catalogue to register gains week-on-week yet again. The Essential – which continues to cannibalise all streams from Number Ones and Michael – increased consumption 7.38% week-on-week to 31,628 units (404 CDs, 104 digital downloads and 31,120 sales-equivalent streams).Jackson’s studio albums also continue to prosper with 1982 No.1 Thriller (6-5, 11,482 sales), 1987 No.1 Bad (8-6, 9,307 sales) and 1979 No.3 album Off The Wall (47-39, 3,311 sales) all climbing on increased consumption, and being joined in the Top 75 by his 1991 No.1 album, Dangerous (80-74, 2,388 sales),Sheffield rock quintet Reverend & The Makers secure back-to-back Top 10 albums for the first time in their career, as eighth studio set, Is This How Heaven Feels?, opens at No.7 (8,977 sales), three years after its immediate predecessor, Heatwave In The Cold North debuted at No.6 on lower consumption of 7,810 units. It also earns the band its first ever No.1 (3,057 sales) on the vinyl albums chart.R&TM co-founder, lead singer and guitarist, 44-year-old Jon ‘Reverend’ McClure is the only band member to have a writing credit on every track on Is This How Heaven Feels?, which includes collaborations with Robbie Williams and actress Vicky McClure (unrelated).All of R&TM’s albums have made the Top 20, and three have made the Top 10, with 2007 debut, The State Of Things, remaining their highest-charting set, having debuted at No.5. Also spawning their only three chart singles – Heavyweight Champion Of The World (No.8), He Said He Loved Me (No.15) and Open Your Window (No.65). The State Of Things’ consumption of 181,197 units is six times that of any other album by the group, and higher than the rest of their output together. Heavyweight Champion Of The World is similarly commanding in their list of top tracks, with to-date consumption of 575,454 units.The rest of the Top 10: The Great Divide (4-3, 13,263 sales) by Noah Kahan, The Art Of Loving (5-4, 12,380 sales) by Olivia Dean, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-8, 7,762 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally (14-9, 6,720 sales) by Harry Styles and You’ll Be Alright, Kid (10-10, 6,645 sales) by Alex Warren.Exiting the Top 10: Fenian (2-29, 3,916 sales) by Kneecap, Sweat (3-98, 1,983 sales) by Melanie C and Middle Of Nowhere (7-116, 1,813 sales) by Kacey Musgraves.As 2011 single The One That Got Away returns to the Top 40, Katy Perry’s similarly-titled first ever compilation, The Ones That Got The Plays, becomes her seventh chart album. Debuting at No.13 (6,580 sales), it comprises 22 songs, and dropped unexpectedly on Wednesday (May 13).Seventeen years after their formation, 15 years after their first album, and eight years after their last, Suffolk post-punk hardcore quintet Basement’s hard work pays off as their fifth studio set, Wired, debuts at No.16 (5,110 sales). Comprising 37-year-old lead singer Andrew Fisher, 37-year-old lead guitarist Ronan Crix, 37-year-old rhythm guitarist Alex Henery, 34-year-old bassist Duncan Stewart and 33-year-old drummer Alex Fisher, Basement’s only Top 200 appearance hitherto came in 2016, when third album, Promise Everything, reached No.147. It is their biggest seller, with a to-date tally of 13,432 units.Whatever else you might think of him, Chris Brown doesn’t stint on content. His new, 12th studio album Brown (No.17, 5,106 sales), comprising 27 new songs with a playing time of 92 minutes, arrives 18 months after its predecessor 11:11, a collection of 22 songs which, rather pleasingly given its title, debuted at No.11, and was later expanded to 35 songs with a playing time of 110 minutes.Eighteen months before that, he released Breezy, which reached No.6, starting out with 23 tracks, and ultimately 35 with 116 minutes playing time. So, Brown has released three albums in just under four years, with a combined tally of 97 new songs (all of which he co-wrote), with a playing time well in excess of five hours. You have to admire the work ethic of the 37-year-old R&B singer from Virgina, who has charted 14 albums here since his 2005 debut, including collaborations with Tyga and Young Thug.Manchester indie quartet The Covasettes have been releasing songs since 2017, but their first full-length album is Honeymoon Forever, which debuts at No.34 (3,554 sales).Also new to the Top 75: Wild At Heart (No.61, 2,557 sales), a collection of self-penned, previously unreleased, newly-tweaked 2007 recordings by 85-year-old Neil Diamond, delivering his 45th chart album; A Man Of Two Worlds (No.63, 2,518 sales), the first album of new material in 12-years by 72-year-old Ultravox/Visage legend Midge Ure and his sixth charted solo set; Dancing On The Wall (No.64, 2,517 sales), the fourth studio album by Californian indie band Muna, who previously charted (No.61), with their eponymous third album in 2022; and Vindicate (No.72, 2,423 sales), the seventh album by American rock band Black Veil Brides, and the first to miss the Top 20.A year to the week after debuting at No.1, Sleep Token’s fourth album Even In Arcadia is available in new CD and vinyl editions, hence its re-entry at No.51 (2,799 sales).The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is prised from the No.1 slot on the compilation chart for only the fourth time in its 47-week chart tenure, dipping to No.2 (4,285 sales), behind Now Yearbook 1972 (156-1, 4,923 sales including 4,115 CDs, 584 vinyl albums and 224 digital downloads). The 16th regular Now Yearbook album to reach No.1 – the 24th including Yearbook Extra and Final Chapter editions – it is the newest of a total of 61 releases with Now Yearbook at the start of their titles. With a total of 80 songs by 73 artists, it includes several non-hits, namely The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr., If Not For You by Bob Dylan, Anticipation by Carly Simon and The Way Of Love by Cher.Overall album sales are down 0.98% week-on-week to 2,566,934 units, 1.55% below same week 2025 sales of 2,607,414. Physical product accounts for 284,994 sales, 11.10% of the total.Bonus InformationSingle Totals575,454 Reverend and the Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the WorldAlbum Totals181,197 Reverend and the Makers - The State of Things13,432 Basement - Promise EverythingNotes- 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.
7 hours ago7 hr One more decline for Rein Me In please! Hopefully no one is looping Olivia tracks in the week leading up to Big Weekend and the weather is rubbish.
7 hours ago7 hr There is no historical updates for Westlife older records? They dont provide anything nowadays?
7 hours ago7 hr 5 minutes ago, gasman449 said:One more decline for Rein Me In please! Hopefully no one is looping Olivia tracks in the week leading up to Big Weekend and the weather is rubbish.Until they make an excuse with the market
7 hours ago7 hr Single consumption down on this time last year - I don’t recall that ever happening in recent memory?
7 hours ago7 hr 1972 yearbook selling 1,165 less copies than what Now 123 did in its first week and it’s the first yearbook since 1989 to top the compilation chart
7 hours ago7 hr It’s bank holiday next weekend and the weather is meant to be lovely so I’m pretty sure everything will increase again in 2 weeks time (the week for RMI to go to ACR!)
7 hours ago7 hr Are they trying to say that Katy Perry's GH got enough streams to be #13 in 2 days? Wasn't it released on Wednesday?
7 hours ago7 hr 20 minutes ago, Charis said:There is no historical updates for Westlife older records? They dont provide anything nowadays?They do, but it's a bit of a lottery as to what they provide totals for.
7 hours ago7 hr 2 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:Are they trying to say that Katy Perry's GH got enough streams to be #13 in 2 days? Wasn't it released on Wednesday?I don't think they are? But I would guess the OCC have just counted the streams the tracks got from Friday onwards as they were all available before the album's release. Bit strange of them to do that!
7 hours ago7 hr 8 minutes ago, Charis said:There is no historical updates for Westlife older records? They dont provide anything nowadays?Sometimes, but inconsistently... I think it really comes down to what Alan is interested in revealing and apparently that's not older sales for Westlife 💔Interesting to see Katy Perry did well enough to be #13, and so close to Top 10. Seemingly backdating it so it had a full week of sales, when it didn't even exist until Wednesday, seems cheeky x
7 hours ago7 hr 7 minutes ago, -Jay- said:Sometimes, but inconsistently... I think it really comes down to what Alan is interested in revealing and apparently that's not older sales for Westlife 💔Interesting to see Katy Perry did well enough to be #13, and so close to Top 10. Seemingly backdating it so it had a full week of sales, when it didn't even exist until Wednesday, seems cheeky xAny chance to get any update from other sources or wtvr? Occ didnt provide anything either…. :( and it is a celebration album too
7 hours ago7 hr 6 minutes ago, -Jay- said:Interesting to see Katy Perry did well enough to be #13, and so close to Top 10. Seemingly backdating it so it had a full week of sales, when it didn't even exist until Wednesday, seems cheeky xI did wonder if that was the case!It completely confused me when I looked at the album chart and saw it there.
6 hours ago6 hr 56 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:Katy Perry #13 on albums And only 65 copies away from being in the top 10! Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Lee_J11
6 hours ago6 hr 1 hour ago, ___∆___ said:Katy Perry #13 on albums If it did 6.5k in 2(?) days, that suggests it could ‘sell’ 21k a week, every week 🫣 Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Nick Jonas
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