UK Midyear Charts - Olivia dominates - Charts & Sales

July 8, 20215 yr

As we reach the halfway point, Olivia Rodrigo is now dominant in both albums and singles sales, according to data from the Official Charts Company. Debut album Sour has spent three weeks at No.1 and a further three weeks at No.2 - it is only the second LP in the last year to have two separate spells at the summit.

The US singer’s impressive sales performance means that Sour is the biggest album of the year to date (169,629 sales).

Drivers License is still the biggest single so far this year and the only million-seller of 2021 (1,034,882), ahead of Wellerman (Polydor) by Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted with 712,507 sales. In Q2, Body (Atlantic) by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions - the first ever drill No.1 - came out on top (606,577), narrowly ahead of Olivia Rodrigo’s Good 4 U (604,183). Body was No.8 overall for the first half of 2021, while Good 4 U finished at No.10.

According to the OCC, dance-pop tracks make up around a quarter of the Top 40 for the year to date. Dutch DJ Tiesto has the UK’s third biggest song with The Business (Atlantic) on 640,002. Friday (Ministry Of Sound) by Riton, Nightcrawlers, Mufasa and Hypeman is at No.7 (628,988).

The half-year rundown also includes two entries for Joel Corry – 2020 chart-topper Head & Heart (Atlantic/Perfect Havoc) places at No.12 (551,479), followed by his latest hit Bed with Raye and David Guetta at No.13 (538,526). A dance mix of Travis Scott’s Goosebumps (B1/Ministry Of Sound) by Hvme (No.18, 463,943), ATB, Topic & A7S’ Your Love (9pm) via Positiva is at (No.19, 453,691), and Paradise (Island/The Cross) by production trio Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy (No.20, 450,434) all rank within the Top 20 of 2021 so far.

Endurance test

Q1’s victor Dua Lipa finishes at No.2 for the first six months with Future Nostalgia (Warner Records) on 143,485 sales. Fifteen months after its release, the album is still going strong and has 408,527 sales to date. A combination of hit singles (Levitating and We’re Good), plus a deluxe Moonlight Edition of the record, have boosted its sales this year. Future Nostalgia has held a spot in the Top 10 every week since the last week of February.

Harry Styles’ Fine Line (Columbia) continues to enjoy success 18 months on from its release, and it is currently the UK’s third biggest album of the year (109,010). Queen’s Greatest Hits (EMI) ranks fourth (105,880 sales) as the band celebrate their 50th anniversary - and that’s not including sales this week, as the 40th anniversary edition of the collection is in the running for No.1.

In fact, best-of albums dominate the year-to-date Top 40 with 12 in total, including two more in the Top 10: Fleetwood Mac’s 50 Years – Don’t Stop (Rhino) at No.6 (98,899) and Elton John’s Diamonds (UMC) at No.9 (95,249).

Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2021 so far

	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	DRIVERS LICENSE	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
2	WELLERMAN	NATHAN EVANS/220KID/BILLEN TED	1
3	THE BUSINESS	TIESTO	3
4	MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)	LIL NAS X	1
5	SAVE YOUR TEARS	WEEKND	2
6	LEVITATING	DUA LIPA	5
7	FRIDAY	RITON/NIGHTCRAWLERS/MUFASA	4
8	BODY	TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS	1
9	WITHOUT YOU	KID LAROI	2
10	GOOD 4 U	OLIVIA RODRIGO	1
11	BLINDING LIGHTS	WEEKND	1
12	HEAD & HEART	JOEL CORRY FT MNEK	1
13	BED	JOEL CORRY/RAYE/DAVID GUETTA	3
14	DON'T PLAY	ANNE-MARIE/KSI/DIGITAL FARM	2
15	LATEST TRENDS	A1 & J1	2
16	PEACHES	JUSTIN BIEBER/CAESAR/GIVEON	2
17	LITTLE BIT OF LOVE	TOM GRENNAN	7
18	GOOSEBUMPS	TRAVIS SCOTT & HVME	8
19	YOUR LOVE (9PM)	ATB/TOPIC/A7S	8
20	PARADISE	MEDUZA FT DERMOT KENNEDY	5
21	KISS ME MORE	DOJA CAT FT SZA	3
22	GET OUT MY HEAD	SHANE CODD	6
23	CALLING MY PHONE	LIL TJAY & 6LACK	2
24	LET'S GO HOME TOGETHER	ELLA HENDERSON & TOM GRENNAN	10
25	SWEET MELODY	LITTLE MIX	1
26	HEAT WAVES	GLASS ANIMALS	19
27	ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN	MASKED WOLF	12
28	MOOD	24KGOLDN FT IANN DIOR	1
29	STREETS	DOJA CAT	12
30	ANYONE	JUSTIN BIEBER	4
31	MY HEAD & MY HEART	AVA MAX	18
32	DEJA VU	OLIVIA RODRIGO	4
33	SOMEONE YOU LOVED	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
34	34+35	ARIANA GRANDE	3
35	DANCE MONKEY	TONES & I	1
36	AFTERGLOW	ED SHEERAN	2
37	WATERMELON SUGAR	HARRY STYLES	4
38	WHOOPTY	CJ	3
39	YOU BROKE ME FIRST	TATE MCRAE	3
40	RAPSTAR	POLO G	3