Louisa

Album trailer: The Late Late Show interview:

The NAD edition of Northern Star isn’t "wildly available". It isn’t in stock on Amazon or HMV anymore, although it wasn’t supposed to be as limited as the RSD edition. As for the Reason vinyl, if it "flopped", then AGLM flopped too. As for the self-titled album, excluding its first week, it achieved an additional 2,500 sales in the month that followed its release, taking its total to 9,700 as of November 2020. Taking into account its streaming performance since then, I wouldn’t be surprised if its UK sales have now surpassed all her albums since Beautiful Intentions, which is no mean feat.

I’d say it did about the same. The difference between #89 and #99 in the Physical Albums Chart is very small. The fact that it managed to make the chart, even though it didn’t have any artwork, is an achievement in itself. Had it had the original artwork, it would have been higher, of course. As for Louise’s vinyl, it wasn’t the original album version. It contained extended mixes, had brand-new artwork and a new vinyl colour, was heavily promoted on her socials, and she even held a signing for it at Banquet Records. So it’s really comparing apples and oranges, I’d say.

After dropping to #53 last week, it has rebounded to #29 this week: 29 53 2 Melanie C - Undefeated Champion 297 -5% 17.26m +59% So far, its chart run is: #23 - #53 - #29 - ...