charts discussion UK Mid: Espresso #1, Fortnight #2, I Can Do It With a Broken Heart #7

[Renan90]

Official Chart First Look: Full Update

1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
2 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight
3 Hozier - Too Sweet
4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
5 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
6 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me
7 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart *
8 Taylor Swift - Down Bad
9 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
10 Dasha - Austin

11 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
12 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
13 Dua Lipa - Illusion
14 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
15 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
16 Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start
17 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
18 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
19 NewEra - Birds in the Sky
20 Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM

[UnusualBoy]

Down Bad top 10

 

ICEIWABH is acting like a single lol.

[KarmaCat]

They should really promote ICDIWABH in the next 2 weeks, get that smash hit!

[randb]

espresso is a catchy, cute pop song, so im happy it's going #1 over taylor!

[Taylena]

Taybrina stans are eating this week with top 2s in the UK and the US.  

[fridayteenage]

a 4th top 10 from the album, oh wow

[dawnettakins]

Talent at #1 winning 

[Julia Fox]

So happy for Sabrina 

[fridayteenage]

triple simultaneous top 10 debuts since 2019:

Taylor/tortured Poets (peaked 134)

Taylor/1989 TV (peaked 125)

Drake/for all the dogs (peaked 456)

Drake/her loss (peaked 357)

Taylor/midnights (peaked 134)

Drake/honestly Nevermind (peaked 7/8/10)

Drake/certified lover boy (peaked 235)

Drake/scary hours 2 (peaked 4/6/10)

Taylor/folklore (peaked 6/8/10)

 

What a diverse group of releases. 

[Fitzswiftie]

8 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

triple simultaneous top 10 debuts since 2019:

Taylor/tortured Poets (peaked 134)

Taylor/1989 TV (peaked 125)

Drake/for all the dogs (peaked 456)

Drake/her loss (peaked 357)

Taylor/midnights (peaked 134)

Drake/honestly Nevermind (peaked 7/8/10)

Drake/certified lover boy (peaked 235)

Drake/scary hours 2 (peaked 4/6/10)

Taylor/folklore (peaked 6/8/10)

 

What a diverse group of releases. 

Harry's House (peaked 1/2/3)

[Lovett]

Sabrina!  Bey going onto ACR and staying in the top 20? 

[LVP]

Isn't I can do it one of the weakest songs form TTPD? I don't understand why this one..

[Moonlight Nation]

22 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Harry's House (peaked 1/2/3)

"As It Was" was already charting, so there were only two simultaneous top 10 debuts that week. Knowing that artists are limited to three entries on the UK Charts, it's no wonder the only ones to have achieved three simultaneous top 10 debuts are those who didn't have any pre-release singles, with Drake and Taylor Swift being the only A-listers to have followed this type of rollout post-2019. If she plays her cards right and the music resonates, I expect Billie Eilish's upcoming release to join the list.

 

Other acts who achieved three UK top 10s off the same album on release week (regardless of being a debut or already charting) include Ed Sheeran ("Equals"), Adele ("30"), Olivia Rodrigo ("SOUR" and "GUTS"), and British rapper Dave with his 2021 album "We're All Alone in This Together". Out of everyone mentioned, Harry Styles was the only one to occupy the top 3, so you were right to shout him out as having the most impressive feat.

Edited April 28 by Moonlight Nation

[makeawish]

14 minutes ago, LVP said:

Isn't I can do it one of the weakest songs form TTPD? I don't understand why this one..

it's the poppiest of synthpop songs on what is in general quite a downbeat album. in truth i have no idea why they weren't pushing stuff like this in the first place rather than fortnight, which is a really good song but not an esp memorable radio tune at all

[Lovett]

 

Official Chart Update

 

Singles (Top 100)

 

1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (24,892)
2 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (22,989)
3 Hozier - Too Sweet (20,679)
4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (16,656)
5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (14,868)

 

6-10
6 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
7 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart *
8 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

 

11-20
11 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
14 Dua Lipa - Illusion
16 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
17 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
18 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
20 NewEra - Birds in the Sky

 

21-30
22 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
25 Badger & Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
26 Perrie - Forget About Us
28 Rudimental & Skepsis feat. Charlotte Plank & Riko Dan - Green & Gold

 

31-40
34 Good Neighbours - Home
35 Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man - Lovers in a Past Life
38 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby *
39 Nathan Dawe - We Ain't Here for Long *
40 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie ^

 

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Albums (Top 100)

 

1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (19,614) [14,634 streaming, 4,261 physicals, 719 downloads]
2 Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless (18,593) *
3 The Zutons - The Big Decider (5,278) *
4 St. Vincent - All Born Screaming (4,615) *
5 Jess Glynne - JESS (4,242) *

 

6-10
6 Luke Hemmings - boy *
10 Justice - Hyperdrama *

 

11-20
15 Portishead - PNYC ^
18 Laufey - Bewitched *

 

21-30
21 Picture This - Parked Car Conversations *
28 Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Yours *

 

31-40
33 Def Leppard - Pyromania ^
37 Mazza_l20 - Against All Odds *
40 NNeil Young & Crazy Horse - Fu##in' Up *

[xluvxduffxmusicx]

I'm here for it!

[bluemoonstar]

The charts were better when they purely based off sales ! Felt about 86 writing that 🫢

 

[darkfantasy]

That's it for Taylor album sales wise? She is not the force WW she is in the US clearly

[Walk_Away21]

Come on Espresso

[Lovett]

 

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

 

Singles

 

1 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (44,893)
2 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone - Fortnight (38,386)
3 Hozier - Too Sweet (36,007)
4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things (27,997)
5 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (26,222)

 

6-10
6 Teddy Swims - Lose Control
7 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart *
8 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

 

11-20
11 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
14 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
15 Dua Lipa - Illusion
16 The Blessed Madonna feat. Clementine Douglas - Happier
17 Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend
18 Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental - Alibi
19 David Guetta & OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait
20 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

 

21-30
21 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
22 NewEra - Birds in the Sky
25 Badger & Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
28 SZA - Saturn

 

31-40
34 Good Neighbours - Home
35 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby *
39 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie ^
40 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black ^

 

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Albums

 

1 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (31,966)
2 Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless (20,943) *
3 St. Vincent - All Born Screaming (6,185) *
4 Jess Glynne - JESS (6,072) *
5 The Zutons - The Big Decider (6,004) *

 

6-10
9 Laufey - Bewitched *
10 Luke Hemmings - boy *

 

11-20
16 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
18 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

 

21-30
23 PARTYNEXTDOOR - PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) *
24 Justice - Hyperdrama *
25 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend
30 Portishead - PNYC ^

 

31-40
34 Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) ^
36 Fat White Family - Forgiveness Is Yours *

[DemnisBreezy]

On 4/30/2024 at 10:27 PM, darkfantasy said:

That's it for Taylor album sales wise? She is not the force WW she is in the US clearly

she is doing more in her 2. week than most other artists in their first what do you mean?