Sales Report: W/E 10th September 2026

Source: Music Week

Commentary: Alan Jones

Singles

01 26,909 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas [1,711 downloads, 25,198 streaming]

02 25,265 SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation

03 24,869 HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun

04 23,329 STELLA LEFTY - Boston

05 22,776 Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

06 21,491 Dolly Parton - Jolene

07 19,786 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In [SCR: 39,167]

08 18,642 Olivia Rodrigo - the cure

09 17,463 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream

10 16,651 Olivia Dean - Man I Need [SCR: 33,093]

11 16,621 Silva Bumpa - On 2nite

18 11,666 Dua Lipa - Training Season

19 11,636 sombr - My Body Isn't Ready

23 10,679 Ashe - Stop the Wedding!

26 10,429 ADÉLA - Ain't in LA

27 10,347 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me

28 10,114 Noah Kahan - Orbiter

29 9,702 Alex Warren - Ordinary

36 9,093 SIENNA SPIRO - Pure

39 8,959 Noah Kahan - Willing and Able

49 7,951 Alex Warren - CRY WOLF

52 7,788 Olivia Rodrigo - serena joy

56 7,535 Kolter - Hey Everybody

58 7,447 Alex Warren - EMERALD EYES

67 6,238 Jamie Miller - Babydoll

68 6,179 Noah Kahan - End of August

74 5,694 KETTAMA - Comes and Goes

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ACR giveth, ACR taketh away…No.1 four times in weeks it wasn’t the UK’s most consumed track courtesy of ACR handicapping its rivals, Sam Fender & Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In In is itself on ACR this week, and dips from No.1 even though it is the country’s most-consumed track.

While Britain has been in thrall of Rein Me In, America has been choosing Choosin’ Texas, which has racked up 20 weeks atop the Hot 100 stateside thus far for Ella Langley, and takes advantage of Rein Me In’s relegation to ACR to reach No.1 here for the first time this week.

On its 34th consecutive week in the Top 75, its 31st consecutive week in the Top 40 and its 11th straight week in the Top 10, Choosin’ Texas jumps 3-1, its consumption climbing 5.46% to 26,909 units (1,711 digital downloads and 25,198 sales-equivalent streams). Only one song in chart history has spent more consecutive weeks in the Top 40 before reaching No.1 – with 35 weeks, it was… Rein Me In.

Choosin’ Texas is the first No.1 by a female country solo artist since 1975, when Tammy Wynette topped with Stand By Your Man, although Taylor Swift, who was initially a country artist, returned to the fold for her recent No.1, I Knew It, I Knew You. Choosin’ Texas is the first No.1 with an American state in its title since 2004 when another Texas Hold ‘Em was No.1 for Beyoncé – another country No.1 but not one by a country artist.

Consumption of Choosin’ Texas is the lowest for any No.1 single since Viva La Vida topped the list for Coldplay on consumption of 23,212 copies in June 2008, some 950 weeks ago. In the pre-digital era, a strong No.1 would, on average, account for 8% of the market but Choosin Texas achieves barely a hundredth of that accounting for just 0.094% of this week’s track consumption – the lowest ever for a No.1.

The greatest ever market share for a No.1 came in 1997 when, on its second week at the top, Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind by Elton John secured a massive 57.80% slice of the overall singles market. When Orson’s No Tomorrow was No.1 with an historically low 17,694 sales in 2006, it commanded a 1.66% market share. In today’s market, a track would require consumption of nearly 500,000 copies in a week to match even that.

Dolly Parton oldies Jolene and 9 To 5 both led in early sales flashes but their impact faded as the time since Parton’s death increased. Nevertheless, both reach new peaks with 9 To 5 taking the lead to become her posthumous third Top 10 hit (12-5, 22,776 sales) and highest-charting hit ever, while Jolene eclipses its 1976 peak of No.7 (9-6, 21,491 sales). Kenny Rogers duet Islands In The Stream – No.7 in 1983 – jumps 13-9 (17,463 sales).

With Sienna Spiro’s Great Expectation advancing to a new peak (5-2, 25,265 sales), Movin’ To The Sun by Hugel, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté slipping 2-3 (24,869 sales), and Stella Lefty’s Boston holding at No.4 (23,329 sales), the Top 5 is incredibly close, with the No.1 title securing just 18.15% more support than the No.5. That’s the smallest span in percentage terms since 15 March 2024 (129 weeks ago) when Texas Hold ‘Em was No.1 for Beyoncé’ on consumption of 53,005 units, 15.34% more than Lose Control’s tally of 45,905 at No.5 for Teddy Swims. In sales terms, the gap between No.1 and No.5, this week is 4,133 – the smallest of the 21st century.

This closeness, of course, was precipitated by ACR, which suppresses the two most popular tracks, with Rein Me In – No.1 for 23 weeks in total, including the last 10 sliding to No.7 (19,786 sales) as its streaming points are halved and Olivia Dean’s solo smash Man I Need falling 8-10 (16,651 sales) even as their unadjusted tallies of 39,167 and 33,093 respectively see them continue as the top two on the Top 200 Combined Tracks list, where ACR has no bearing.

Rein Me In has topped that list 20 times, while Man I Need has done so 13 times – compared to their 23 weeks and one week respectively at No.1 on the Top 75. Man I Need’s first three weeks at No.1 on the Top 200 Combined Tracks list but none of Rein Me Ins came in 2025. Dean has therefore been No.1 on the Top 200 Combined tracks chart for 30 weeks this year, being kept off the top only by Harry Styles (twice), Taylor Swift (twice), Olivia Rodrigo (once) and Ariana Grande.

Back on the main chart, Rein Me In is on its record 36th consecutive week in the Top 10, and 63nd straight week in the Top 40 but its unadjusted consumption falls below 40,000 for the first time in 29 weeks. That record for most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 was previously held by – of course – I Believe, which amassed 35 straight weeks in the Top 10 in 1953/1954.

The Cure (7-8, 18,642 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo rounds out the Top 10, while On 2Nite (10-11, 16,621 sales) by Silva Bumpa and ACR-hit Hate That I Made You Love Me (6-27, 10,347 sales) by Ariana Grande evacuate the top tier.

Cry Wolf (No.49, 7,951 sales) and Emerald Eyes (No.58, 7,447 sales) are the fifth and sixth hits from Alex Warren’s new No.1 album, Wildchild. Neither can match the Top 40 status of the first four songs from the album nor indeed, even though it is on ACR, Warren’s biggest hit Ordinary, which falls 23-29 (9,702 sales) A track on Warren’s first album, You’ll Be Alright Kid, Ordinary spent 13 weeks at No.1 last year, and is on its 82nd consecutive week in the Top 75 – the fourth longest such sequence of any song in chart history.

Left off her current album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, Serena Joy is released as a standalone single by Olivia Rodrigo, and debuts at No.52 (7,788 sales), becoming her 21st hit.

It is an excellent week for American singer/songwriter Noah Kahan, who scales new peaks with Orbiter (31-28, 10,114 sales) and Willing And Able (47-39, 8,959 sales) while registering his 13th hit with End Of August (No.68, 6,179 sales). All three are from his fourth album, The Great Divide, which has spawned six hits since February, and rallies 14-11 (7,065 sales).

Also new to the Top 75: Babydoll (84-67, 6,238 sales), the debut hit for 28-year-old Welsh singer/songwriter Jamie Miller, a finalist on The Voice UK in 2017, who has been releasing records since 2020; and house track Comes And Goes (95-74, 5,694 sales), the debut hit by 29-year-old Irish DJ and musician Evan Campbell, which has previously spent 11 weeks in the 76-100 portion of the chart.

Four weeks after reaching its previous peak of No.32, Ain’t In LA - the first hit for 22-year-old Slovakian singer Adéla – surges 46-26 (10,429 sales).

There are also new peaks for: My Body Isn’t Ready (28-19, 11,636 sales) by Sombr, Stop The Wedding (38-23, 10,679 sales) by Ashe, Pure (40-36, 9,093 sales) by Sienna Spiro and Hey Everybody (Back In The Dance) (58-56, 7,535 sales) by Kolter.

A No.4 hit for Dua Lipa when first released in 2024, Training Season’s ongoing viral revival and the release of a digital EP, gathering together five previously released versions of the song, saw it re-enter at No.53 last week. It now vaults to No.18 (11,666 sales).

Overall singles consumption is down 2.69% week-on-week to 28,764,079 units, their lowest level for 34 weeks, and 3.10% below same week 2025 sales of 29,683,357 units. Paid-for sales are up 1.86% week-on-week at 271,666, 4.21% below same week 2025 sales of 283,602.

Albums

01 24,309 Alex Warren - WILDCHILD [5,952 CDs, 8,613 vinyl, 361 cassettes, 3,056 downloads, 6,327 streaming]

02 11,535 Courteeners - God Bless the Band

03 11,131 Michael Jackson - The Essential

04 10,906 Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

05 9,735 Dolly Parton - Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection

06 8,462 Bananarama - True Confessions

07 8,328 SIENNA SPIRO - Visitor

08 8,242 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving

09 7,412 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

10 7,317 The Weeknd - The Highlights

11 7,065 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide

16 4,833 The Warning - Everything's Falling

21 4,293 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid [total: 510,056]

24 4,122 Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery - The Roaring Waves

27 3,855 Mastodon - Marrow Deep

28 3,849 Mike D - Thank You

33 3,854 Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton

35 3,435 Paul Heaton - Jenius

45 2,954 Pulp - Live!

55 2,641 CZARFACE & Frankie Pulitzer - Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer

62 2,496 Prince - Timeless

72 2,354 The Guest List - Something Real

105 1,869 Westside Cowboy - It Goes On

137 1,544 Brandon Flowers - THRASHER

xxx 729 DMA'S - DMA'S

Compilations

01 4,322 Now Yearbook 1971 [4,076 CDs, 246 downloads]

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In a week where there are 11 new entries to the Top 75 – the highest tally so far in 2026 - and a new peak for a 40-year-old album, leadership of the chart changes hands for the 10th week in a row, as 25-year-old Californian singer/songwriter Alex Warren debuts atop the list with his second album, Wildchild.

Racking up first week consumption of 24,309 units (5,952 CDs, 8,613 vinyl albums, 361 cassettes, 3,056 digital downloads and 6,327 sales-equivalent streams), Wildchild was already home to four hits, and unleashes another two this week.

It secures Warren’s highest weekly sales yet, surpassing the 20,843 units that its predecessor, You’ll Be Alright Kid achieved as it surged 25-1 after being expanded from an EP to a full-length album in July 2025, having originally debuted at No.47 42 weeks earlier. Although You’ll Be Alright, Kid is home to the multi-platinum smash, Ordinary – which spent 13 weeks at No.1 last year – and five other charted songs, it has amassed a comparatively modest 510,056 units and is the 91st most-consumed artist album of the 2020s. It rebounds 26-21 (4,293 sales) this week, its 77th in a row in the Top 40.

Manchester quintet Courteeners are one of the most consistent and successful indie bands of the last 20 years securing eight consecutive Top 10 albums – their entire output of studio albums plus a 10th anniversary ‘re-wired’ version of their 2008 debut St. Jude, which charted separately – thus far. Their first compilation, God Bless The Band – which cherry-picks from all of their albums hitherto and adds a couple of new songs – becomes their ninth, debuting at No.2 (11,535 sales).

Following the release of a much-expanded 40th Anniversary Edition, Bananarama’s third album, 1986 release True Confessions, shoots back onto the chart at No.6 (8,462 sales), surpassing not only its own original subdued peak of No.46, but becoming the trio’s highest-charting studio album ever, surpassing the No.7 peak of their 1983 debut set, Deep Sea Skiving. Their only album to chart higher is their Greatest Hits Collection, which reached No.3 in 1988.

Dolly Parton’s 2022 compilation Diamonds & Rhinestones: Greatest Hits reaches another new peak (6-5, 9,735 sales) in the first full week since her death.

The rest of the Top 10: The Essential (2-3, 11,131 sales) by Michael Jackson, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (4-4, 10,906 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Visitor (7-7, 8,328 sales) by Sienna Spiro, The Art Of Loving (8-8, 8,242 sales) by Olivia Dean, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (11-9, 7,412 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and The Highlights (10-10, 7,317 sales) by The Weeknd.

After debuting at No.1 last week, Jenius slides to No.35 (3,435 sales) for Paul Heaton.

Also exiting the Top 10: It Goes On (5-105, 1,869 sales) by Westside Cowboy, Thrasher (3-137, 1,544 sales) by Brandon Flowers and DMA’s album of the same name, No.9 last week and now uncharted (729 sales).

It is very rare that an act from Mexico makes the chart, rarer still for a female rock trio to do so, and completely unheard of for a Mexican female rock trio comprised entirely of sisters to do so – until now. Monterrey band The Warning fulfil all three of those requirements, and secure their introductory Top 75 entry with fifth album, Everything’s Falling, debuting at No.16 (4,833 sales).

Their profile raised by their stint as support act for Yungblud on his UK tour earlier this year, they reached No.114 with their last album, Keep Me Fed, in 2024. Comprising 26-year-old Daniela, 24-year-old Paulina and 21-year-old Alejandra Villareal – all of whom sing and play instruments – they are the first Mexican act to make the album chart since guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela and legendary guitarist Santana did so in 2019.

Also new to the Top 75: The Roaring Waves (No.24, 4,122 sales), a collaboration between 76-year-old prog rock veteran Steve Hackett, and 66-year-old Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery, delivering the former’s 22nd charted album since he left Genesis in 1977, and the latter’s first away from Marillion; Marrow Deep (No.27, 3,855 sales), the ninth studio album, and seventh chart entry for American heavy metal band Mastodon; and Thank You (No.28, 3,849 sales), the debut solo album for 60-year-old Mike D (Michael Diamond), a rapper and drummer with The Beastie Boys from the band’s inception in 1981 to its 2012 disbandment.

Outside the Top 30: This Mirror Weighs A Ton (No.33, 3,854 sales), the eighth studio album and seventh chart entry for American rock band Interpol; Live (No.45, 2,954 sales), the eighth chart album by Pulp, recorded at their O2 gig in June 2025, shortly after More – their first new album of studio material in 24 years – reached No.1; Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer (No.55, 2,641 sales), the first chart album for hip-hop trio Czarface (7L, Esoteric & Inspectah Deck) and 48-year-old actor Tom Hardy under his rap alias, Frankie Pulitzer; Timeless (No.62, 2,496 sales), a posthumous compilation of previously unreleased recordings by Prince, delivering his 40th chart entry; and Something Real (No.72, 2,354 sales), the first album by Manchester indie quintet, The Guest List.

Now Yearbook 1971 debuts atop the compilation chart on sales of 4,322 copies (4,076 CDs, 246 digital downloads), becoming the 17th regular Now Yearbook release to reach No.1, the 25th including Now Yearbook Extra editions.

Overall album sales are up 0.34% week-on-week to 2,391,827 units, 3.45% below same week 2025 sales of 2,477,251. Physical product accounts for 359,143 sales, 15.02% of the total.

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Sales are in!

Rein Me In not at number 1 on the singles chart

K Pop Demon Hunters not number 1 on the Compilation Chart

Strange times we are living in !

I wasn’t expecting the 1971 yearbook to top the compilation chart seeing as the vinyls got postponed. 1973 and 1976 are the only 2 70s yearbooks that haven’t topped the compilation chart and I wanna see another 90s yearbook topping the compilation chart. I’d rather have the 90s yearbooks topping the compilation chart instead of the 70s yearbooks

Edited Friday at 17:221 day by Hadji

Lowest reported #1 sales since June 2008, but even on the tracks chart I believe 39k is the lowest for the #1 since Kenya Grace in late 2023?

Grim sales in the singles chart but so pleased to see Ella take #1.

Love that Bananarama have bagged their highest charting studio album too and sold an impressive amount for a re-issue/anniversary release.

Those sales are so abysmal. Almost at the same as the #1 album.

So it took RMI 35 weeks, and now choosin Texas 34 weeks , anything approaching 33 weeks ?

I really didn’t think we would ever see singles sales that low again, especially for #1. Crazy.

Quick, @Kylie Minogue release the lead for KM18 now and you could have another #1

Edited Friday at 17:341 day by BREAKTHETENSION

how dire the state of the top end is.

hopefully Sienna gets a big surge so we're back to 40k+ and having the UK #1 be the genuine biggest seller (and to stop Choosing Texas hogging #1 by default for ages)

7 minutes ago, BREAKTHETENSION said:

I really didn’t think we would ever see singles sales that low again, especially for #1. Crazy.

Quick, @Kylie Minogue release the lead for KM18 now and you could have another #1

Danceteria remix feat. Kylie and Sabrina, STAT!

"On 2Nite" has decreased, and will be on ACR next week.

2 minutes ago, DanielCarey said:

"On 2Nite" has decreased, and will be on ACR next week.

Hope this plus the Dolly tracks fading can clear the way for Loser to go top 10!

Ohhhhh so downloads making all the difference for Ella then! 1.7k!

Sienna probably did 300 if that as she was static around 40ish on iTunes

Just now, gasman449 said:

Hope this plus the Dolly tracks fading can clear the way for Loser to go top 10!

This could also possibly mean a return to the top 10 for "Dai Dai", "Die On This Hill" and/or "Training Season", and possibly "Earrings" and/or "Animal" reaching the top 10 for the first time.

Does that mean Ella's increase is due to downloads therefore still declining on streaming

Just now, Henessy Lake said:

Does that mean Ella's increase is due to downloads therefore still declining on streaming

She definitely declined less than the market in streams though, so will be back on DCL-0

The sales aren't what bothers me. What bothers me is that the streaming/buying public are doing very little to support new songs and make them hits, but instead play the same songs they've been playing for years on end.....

Big result for Bananarama and long due, huge well done to them

Rein Me In actually declined slightly less than the market (2.67% vs 2.69% overall) or a 2.4% decline in streaming vs a 2.73% decline in streaming overall so if this had been last week it would've avoided ACR!!!!!!!