Posted Thursday at 17:273 days Sales Report: W/E 9th July 2026Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 41,708 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In [7 7" singles, 361 downloads, 41,340 streaming] [total: 1,951,310]02 27,400 Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song03 26,564 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean04 26,296 Harry Styles - American Girls05 26,205 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me06 25,734 Olivia Rodrigo - the cure07 24,660 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You08 24,319 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead09 24,284 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas10 21,622 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind11 20,853 Olivia Dean - Man I Need [SCR: 41,351] [total: 2,485,223]12 20,450 Michael Jackson - Beat It14 16,648 SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover16 16,009 Malcolm Todd - Earrings18 15,297 Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai27 11,746 sombr - My Body Isn't Ready31 11,322 HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun33 11,175 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away [total: 1,698,970]39 10,449 Gracie Abrams - Look At My Life40 10,320 Aitch - RMB (Ring My Bell)50 9,291 Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys57 8,669 Charli xcx - Wink Wink63 7,675 Cameron Whitcomb - Kingdom of Fear64 7,660 Audrey Hobert - Sue me75 6,984 Benson Boone - The Time of My Lifexxx 3,756 Katy Perry - Watch It Burn QuoteWhen Sam Fender wrote Rein Me In in 2021, he didn’t think it had the potential to be a single. When a duet between Fender and Olivia Dean was mooted, his label submitted a different song off his People Watching album for her consideration. Fender insisted they allow her to choose from all of the tracks. And, of course, she chose Rein Me In, making some changes, and earning a co-writer’s credit along the way.So here we are, with Rein Me In at No.1 for the second week in a row, and 15th time in total in a chart run for the ages.In the Top 10 for the 37th time in total – a mark surpassed by only Christmas accumulators All I Want For Christmas Is You and Fairytale Of New York – and the 27th week in a row, a total surpassed only by Frankie Laine’s 35-week-run with I Believe, it is one of the biggest hits of all-timeRemaining in the Top 40 for the 54th week in a row – equalling the all-time record set by Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud in 2014/2015 – is has shown remarkable resilience, although its consumption does dip 4.03% week-on-week to 41,708 units (seven 7-inch singles, 361 digital downloads and 41,340 sales-equivalent streams). That is its lowest level for 20 weeks, the lowest of any of its weeks at No.1, and the lowest for any No.1 since Daisies was top on consumption of 40,643 units for Justin Bieber 49 weeks ago.Rein Me In moves into joint fourth place for most weeks at No.1 in chart history, alongside Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet and One Dance by Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla, with only I Believe (18 weeks) by Frankie Laine and (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (17 weeks) by Bryan Adams ahead of it. Laine was American, Adams is Canadian, meaning that Rein Me In shares with the Wet Wet Wet title the honour of being the longest-running No.1 by a British act. The fact that Rein Me In has constantly flirted with ACR but always managed to avoid it (thus far) gives it the appearance of being a bigger record than Dean’s solo cut Man I Need and Alex Warren’s Ordinary. In reality, although an early ACR victim that has spent only one week at No.1 on the main chart, Man I Need has racked up 13 weeks at No.1 on the Top 200 Combined Tracks chart, returning to the summit last week, but dipping back to No.2 this week with unadjusted consumption of 41,351 units (357 fewer than Rein Me In), compared to the 20,853 it has under ACR, which mean it remains at No.11 on the main chart. By the same token, although Ordinary spent 13 weeks on the main chart, it topped the Top 200 Combined Tracks chart 18 times. Meanwhile, although Rein Me In has spent 15 weeks atop the main chart, it has spent only 11 at No.1 on the Top 200 Combined Tracks list. The to-date consumption of the three tracks: Ordinary – 3,039,795, Man I Need – 2,485,223 and Rein Me In – 1,951,310.Despite its own falling consumption, Rein Me In has a considerable lead at the top of the chart, in an unchanged top three, where Stupid Song remains at No.2 (27,400 sales) with Michael Jackson’s 1983 chart-topper Billie Jean static at No.3 (26,564 sales). Stupid Song has the lowest consumption for a No.2 since Ed Sheeran’s Afterglow tallied 25,725 units five and a half years (286 weeks) ago. Having switched directions eight times in a 14-week chart residency, Free Your Mind (12-10, 21,622 sales) finally makes the Top 10 for Leeds electronic artists and DJs Prospa (28-year-old Harvey Blumler and 29-year-old Guiorgi Smith) and UK-born, Us-based Cloonee (29-year-old Dave Bissett).Harry Styles’ resurgent former No.1 American Girls is the most obvious beneficiary of his Wembley Arena residency, jumping 8-4 (26,296 sales), to achieve its highest position for 13 weeks.The rest of the Top 10: Hate That I Made You Love Me (6-5, 26,205 sales) by Ariana Grande, The Cure (4-6, 25,734 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, I Knew It, I Knew You (7-7, 24,660 sales) by Taylor Swift, Drop Dead (5-8, 24,319 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo and Choosin’ Texas (9-9, 24,284 sales) by Ella Langley.Top 10 for four weeks in its original 1983 chart run, when it peaked at No.3, Beat It has spent twice as long in the top tier this time around, reaching No.5, but it dips 10-12 (20,450 sales) this week. Solo singer/songwriters supply all of this week’s new entries with My Body Isn’t Ready, the seventh hit for New Yorker Sombr, who turns 21 on Sunday (5 July), leading the way (No.27, 11,746 sales).Also new to the Top 75: Look At My Life (No.39, 10,449 sales) by Gracie Abrams, taken from her upcoming third album, Daughter From Hell to become the 26-year-old Californian’s ninth hit; Lost Boys (No.50, 9,291 sales), the introductory hit from 31-year-old Californian Phoebe Bridgers, and a track on her upcoming, third album, Lost Weekend; Wink Wink (No.57, 8,669 sales), the 40th hit for Charli XCX, as featured on her upcoming album, Music Fashion Film; and The Time Of My Life (No.75, 6,984 sales), a brand new power ballad from Benson Boone – who was 24 last week – and his 10th hit. Last week’s only new entry, dance track Movin’ To The Sun, makes substantial gains for Hugel, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté, surging 59-31 (11,322 sales). The first ever Top 40 hit for the others, it is Ultra Naté’s seventh, 21 years after her sixth.RMB (Ring My Bell) becomes Manchester rapper Aitch’s 21st Top 40 single, rising 50-40 (10,320 sales).There are also new peaks for: Material Lover (15-14, 16,648 sales) by Sienna Spiro, Earrings (17-16, 15,009 sales) by Malcolm Todd, Dai Dai (19-18, 15,297 sales) by Shakira & Burna Boy, Kingdom Of Fear (68-63, 7,675 sales) by Cameron Whitcomb and – having previously peaked at No.71 -Sue Me (76-64, 7,660 sales), by Audrey Hobert. Overall singles consumption is down 2.64% week-on-week to 30,736,888 units, their lowest level for 24 weeks, and 0.28% below same week 2025 sales of 30,823,160 units. Paid-for sales are up 9.44% week-on-week at 275,873, 20.24% below same week 2025 sales of 345,874.Albums01 34,933 Muse - The Wow! Signal [14,848 CDs, 15,256 vinyl, 563 cassettes, 1,756 downloads, 2,510 streaming]02 22,072 Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love03 19,536 Michael Jackson - The Essential04 10,346 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.05 9,873 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving06 9,813 The Pretty Reckless - Dear God07 7,072 Michael Jackson - Thriller08 7,059 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop09 7,059 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide10 6,623 Katy Perry - The Ones That Got the Plays11 6,451 The Weeknd - The Highlights12 6,173 Drake - ICEMAN17 4,882 Myles Smith - My Mess, My Heart, My Life.27 3,741 Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS35 3,361 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [total: 2,113,617]37 3,268 BTS - ARIRANG [total: 119,194]39 3,211 Metallica - Reload [total: 283,669]53 2,550 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade [total: 1,202,340]xxx 733 ATEEZ - GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 [6,707 chart-ineligible sales]Compilations01 3,720 KPop Demon Hunters [274 Yoto cards, 25 downloads, 3,421 streaming] QuoteMuse become the first group and second act in chart history to debut at No.1 with eight consecutive albums this week, with their 10th studio set, The Wow! Signal opening atop the list on consumption of 34,933 units (14,848 CDs, 15,256 vinyl albums, 563 cassettes, 1,756 digital downloads and 2,510 sales-equivalent streams). Although it is well clear of the rest of the field – its nearest challenger is former incumbent You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, which dips to No.2 on consumption of 22,072 units, after a fortnight at the summit for Olivia Rodrigo – it is their lowest first week tally since their first album, Showbiz, which ultimately peaked at No.29, debuted at No.69 on consumption of 2,901 units in 1999.Their subsequent studio albums, first week tallies, and year of release: Origin Of Symmetry (45,652 sales, 2001), Absolution (71,597 sales, 2003), Black Holes & Revelations (115,144 sales, 2006), The Resistance (148,161 sales, 2009), The 2nd Law (108,536 sales, 2012), Drones (72,863 sales, 2015), Simulation Theory (44,320 sales, 2018) and Will Of The People (51,510 sales, 2022). All debuted at No.1, except Origin Of Symmetry, which debuted and peaked at No.3. The band has also charted with compilation Hullabaloo, which debuted and peaked at No.10, with first week sales of 16,384 in 2002; live album, HAARP, which opened and peaked at No.2, on sales of 45,276 copies in 2008; Live At Rome Olympic Stadium, which attracted 10,509 sales to open at No.36 in 2013; and Origin Of Muse, a box set containing remastered expanded versions of their first two albums, which sold 2,688 copies debuting and peaking at No.70 in 2019. Overall sales of Muse albums in the UK now stand at 5,999,273, with top tallies of 1,237,613 for Black Holes & Revelations, 1,023,122 for Absolution and 832,202 for The Resistance.Taylor Swift and Eminem are the only acts to have more consecutive studio albums debut at No.1 than Muse, with her current unbroken string standing at 13, and his at nine – but Muse could be sharing top group honours with Kasabian later this year. Missing out only with their eponymous debut, which reached No.4, the Leicester band has seven consecutive No.1 debuts under its belt, and will try for an eighth when their ninth album, Act III, is released in September. A trio nominally from Teignmouth in Devon – where they went to school and met, though none of them were born there – Muse have had the same line-up since they adopted the name in the late 1990s, and all of their No.1s have occurred since 2003. The only group with more No.1 albums this century is Coldplay (10) – Westlife also have eight. In the whole of chart history, 21 acts have had more No.1 albums than Muse, nine of them groups.Fronted by the enigmatic Taylor Momsen, New York rock quartet The Pretty Reckless land their fourth Top 10 album with their fifth studio set, Dear God, debuting at No.6 (9,813 sales). It thus equals their highest ever chart placing, as previously achieved by 2010’s Light Me Up (with their best ever first week sale of 11,916 units) and most recent album, Death By Rock And Roll, which had a lesser debut tally of 5,119 units in 2021. The band are considerably more successful here than in their native America, where they have had only one Top 10 album, with Dear God on schedule to fall short of the Top 20.Released last week, Katy Perry’s new single, Watch It Burn falls, well short of becoming her 36th hit, with first week consumption of 3,756 units. Her back catalogue fares better: her first ever compilation, The Ones That Got The Plays, which debuted at No.13 seven weeks ago, and has subsequently spent four weeks at its peak of No.12, becomes her sixth Top 10 album, climbing to No.10 (6,623 sales). Meanwhile, her most successful album with greater consumption than the rest of her catalogue combined, 2010 No.1 Teenage Dream, went septuple platinum last month. It moves 36-35 on its 331st week in the Top 75 (the last 26 consecutively), its 439th in the Top 100, and its 696th in the Top 200, with consumption of 3,361 units raising its all-time tally to 2,113,617. Both The Ones That Got The Plays and Teenage Dream host Perry’s single The One That Got Away, a 2011 No.18 hit which reverses 28-33 (11,175 sales) on the ninth week of its viral chart resurgence. It remains Perry’s ninth most-consumed track (1,698,970 units). The rest of the Top 10: The Essential (3-3, 19,536 sales) by Michael Jackson, Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally (4-4, 10,346 sales) by Harry Styles, The Art Of Loving (5-5, 9,873 sales) by Olivia Dean, Thriller (7-7, 7,072 sales) by Michael Jackson, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (6-8, 7,059 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and The Great Divide (9-9, also 7,059 sales) by Noah Kahan. Exiting the Top 10 are: The Highlights (10-11, 6,451 sales) by The Weeknd, Iceman (8-12, 6,173 sales) by Drake and My Mess, My Heart, My Life (2-17, 4,882 sales) by Myles Smith.ReLoad Reloaded: The seventh of 11 studio albums thus far released by Metallica, ReLoad debuted and peaked at No.4 in 1997, spending nine weeks in the Top 75. Newly released in CD, vinyl and digitally in much-expanded, remastered ‘super deluxe’ editions and a remastered (but unextended) cassette, it returns for the first time since at No.39 (3,211 sales), raising its all-time tally to 283,669, making it Metallica’s ninth most consumed title.Appearing at sports stadiums seems to work well for Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, whose 2025 No.13 album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, rocketed 43-2 (10,932 sales) after his electrifying half-time performance at The Superbowl in Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara in February. Subsequently retreating from the Top 75, it returns this week, surging 94-27 – its highest position for 18 weeks - with consumption up 93.88% week-on-week to 3,741 units, following his 27 and 28 July performances at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. BTS will also perform for two nights at the stadium (July 6-7) as part of a whole week of BTS events in London, ahead of which their latest album Arirang climbs 39-37 (3,268 sales). Their third No.1 album, it has spent longer in the chart (15 weeks so far), recently became their ninth album to go gold, and has to-date consumption of 119,194 units. Although it is the only album by a South Korean act in the chart this week, it isn’t the one with the highest consumption. That honour falls to Golden Hour Part 5, the new five-song 14m 48s Latino/K-Pop EP from boy band octet Ateez. Only 733 of its 7,440 sales - which would otherwise earn it a No.7 debut – are chart eligible. It will, however, become their third No.1 and ninth Top 10 album in America, which imposes less strict eligibility rules than the UK.My Chemical Romance’s tour in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their third album, The Black Parade, reached the UK this week. With one date down and four to go, it is enough to trigger an 85.94% increase in consumption of the 2006 No.2 set, which rallies 168-53 (2,550 sales) as a result. That is its highest chart position for just over four years (214 weeks), and tips it into quadruple platinum territory, with to-date consumption of 1,202,340 units. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack set is No.1 for the fifth week in a row and 48th time in total on the compilation chart, on consumption of 3,720 units (274 Yoto cards, 25 digital downloads and 3,421 sales-equivalent streams). That is its lowest weekly consumption to date, and the lowest for a No.1 compilation for 54 weeks. Overall album sales are down 1.26% week-on-week to 2,411,257 units, their lowest level for 25 weeks, and 1.90% below same week 2025 sales of 2,457,919. Physical product accounts for 280,202 sales, 11.62% of the total. Bonus InformationSingle Totals3,039,795 Alex Warren - OrdinaryAlbum Totals1,237,613 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations1,023,122 Muse - Absolution832,202 Muse - The ResistanceNotes- 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 17:112 days Just now, 777666jason said:Ok whats with rein me in selling exactly 7 vinyls every week 🤣🤣It's sombr helping out since he's an expert at the number 7
Friday at 17:152 days Demon Hunters decreasing by 60 sales even with the anniversary edition out last week and shame the 1999 yearbook didn’t go number 1 as it’s one of the best yearbooks they’ve done
Friday at 17:182 days So Man I Need garnered 355 sales and 40,996 streams this week (compared with 368 sales and 41,340 streams for Rein Me In). I wonder what the margin of error is for the Thursday estimates? If it's greater than 357, Man I Need could really be the No.1... unfortunately something we will probably never know... and of course perhaps much of No.2 to No.9 are suspect as they are so close.... Edited Friday at 17:272 days by braindeadpj
Friday at 17:192 days 5 minutes ago, gasman449 said:Wow numbers 2-9 could've gone any way on the singles!Indeed - Ella Langley only 35 units behind the number 8 .
Friday at 17:332 days Gutted that the highest Spotify debut on Saturday could only take Lost Boys to #50. It's by far the best of the new entries.Once RMI goes ACR (that's a big IF as we have seen before), the #1 single might earn less than 30k units. Edited Friday at 17:412 days by Sour Candy
Friday at 17:571 day Single sales really low at the top. Ariana might get an easy 1-2-3 when her album comes out end of the month? I don't think there are any notable releases before then? Edited Friday at 18:341 day by Envoirment
Friday at 18:121 day 56 minutes ago, 777666jason said:Ok whats with rein me in selling exactly 7 vinyls every week 🤣🤣It actually sold 3 vinyl last week, but as @___∆___ mentioned in last week's thread, those should be random RSD ones hanging around.
Friday at 18:141 day 1 minute ago, Juan Carlos said:It actually sold 3 vinyl last week, but as @___∆___ mentioned in last week's thread, those should be random RSD ones hanging around.My bad 🤣🤣 was convinced it was 7 🤣🤣 massive increase in physicals is it number 1 on the physical chart 🤣🤣
Friday at 20:591 day Snow Patrol sales:Its presentation coincides with the 20th anniversary of Snow Patrol’s fourth LP Eyes Open (2,575,730 sales, OCC), which spent three weeks at No.1 and became the UK’s biggest album of 2006. It also spawned the hit singles You’re All I Have (393,637 sales), Open Your Eyes (572,891) and Chasing Cars (4,311,229).
Friday at 21:061 day 6 minutes ago, Liam.k. said:Snow Patrol sales:Its presentation coincides with the 20th anniversary of Snow Patrol’s fourth LP Eyes Open (2,575,730 sales, OCC), which spent three weeks at No.1 and became the UK’s biggest album of 2006. It also spawned the hit singles You’re All I Have (393,637 sales), Open Your Eyes (572,891) and Chasing Cars (4,311,229).Shocking statistics. All I Have and Chasing Cars should be switched. This country has no taste
Friday at 21:161 day 2 hours ago, 777666jason said:My bad 🤣🤣 was convinced it was 7 🤣🤣 massive increase in physicals is it number 1 on the physical chart 🤣🤣It's actually #84 on the Physical Sales chart and up from #195.So 3 sales just nudges the Top 200 and 7 sales makes the Top 100. 🤣
Friday at 23:141 day Rein Me In saving us from a sub 30k #1 And the sales between 2-9 are all so close!
Friday at 23:221 day 6 hours ago, mrpopquiz said:Indeed - Ella Langley only 35 units behind the number 8 .So annoying for Ella
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