Taylor’s tenth album beats out competitors from SZA’s SOS (2) and The Weeknd’s biggest hits assortment The Highlights (3) to stay at No 1 for one more week.
With 5 non-consecutive weeks now logged on the high, Midnights extends its lead as Taylor’s longest-running No 1 album, and is the longest-running No 1 album within the UK since Harry Types’ Harry’s Home accomplished six non-consecutive weeks at No 1 final yr.
Topping the Official Singles Chart with Pointless this week, Lewis Capaldi additionally re-enters the Official Albums Chart High 10 with former chart-topper Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (10) as anticipation continues to construct for his sophomore document, Damaged By Want To Be Heavenly Despatched, in Could.
Biggest hits albums nonetheless show in style with the general public firstly of the brand new yr, with Fleetwood Mac’s 50 Years – Don’t Cease re-entering the High 10 (9) and Whitney Houston’s I Will At all times Love You: The Greatest Of rising two (13) because of audiences having fun with the brand new biopic I Wanna Dance With Someone starring Naomi Ackie as Houston.
Gabrielle Aplin’s fourth album Phosphorescent claims this week’s highest new entry within the UK, debuting at Quantity 15. It’s her third High 20 album, and first in eight years; following 2013 debut English Rain (2) and 2015’s Gentle Up The Darkish (14).
Talking solely to OfficialCharts.com, Gabrielle mentioned: “I’m so over the moon to be highest new entry. I like this album a lot and my followers have been so enthusiastic and supportive this week so thanks a lot to them.”
The 1975 kickstarted their UK and Eire tour this week in assist of their No 1 fifth album Being Humorous In A Overseas Language, which jumps twelve locations as we speak (19). Final evening’s gig at The O2 in London noticed Matty and the boys welcome Taylor Swift on-stage to carry out Anti-Hero stay for the primary time ever.
Following the viral renaissance of its single Die For You, The Weeknd’s luxuriant third album Starboy blazes up six (27), having initially peaked at Quantity 5 in 2016.
Lastly, punk icon Iggy Pop debuts at Quantity 33 along with his nineteenth solo album Each Loser, gaining his fifth High 40 LP within the course of.
