The 100th U.K. edition of ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ had a huge week in the British countries, as the album became the fastest-selling of the year. Meanwhile, the soundtrack of ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ was at the summit of the artist albums chart in the U.K., as it climbed three places from No. 4. Whereas, in the singles chart, ‘In My Feelings’ by Drake maintained its No. 1 position, with its second week on the top of the rankings.
The latest
edition to the ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ features a lot of
big names, with Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Spice Girls
and 5 Seconds of Summer. According to the Official Charts Company,
the tracks combined to give the set a total of 176,000 equivalent
album units. The 99th edition in comparison, earned
115,000 and the 98th edition earned 154,000 equivalent
album units. The previous fastest-selling album in the U.K. this
year, was ‘Scorpion’ by Drake, which managed 64,000 album units,
in its opening week.
With the addition
of the newest edition of ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’, all
the compilations have now been No. 1 for a total of 655 weeks. The
total overall sales of the compilation number at 120 million album
units, having been in the running for 35 years to-date. The
compilation chart also saw the 1983 edition of ‘Now That’s What I
Call Music’ finish at No. 2, as its CD was reissued.
‘Mamma Mia!
Here We Go Again’ finished the week at the top of the artist albums
chart, as it sold a combined 35,000 album units during the week. The
soundtrack to ‘The Greatest Showman’ meanwhile, moved up a place
from No. 3 to finish at No. 2. This is the first time that the top
two spots of the rankings have been occupied by movie soundtracks
since 1978. The soundtrack of the original ‘Mamma Mia!’ was also
making moves up the chart, as it rose eight places from No. 13 to end
the week at No. 5. According to the Official Chart Company, this made
it the first instance of three movies in top 5 of the chart since
1969.
‘Scorpion’ by
Drake was on the decline, however, as it fell two places from the top
to No. 3. The top 5 is completed by ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ by
George Ezra, as the album climbed up a place to No. 4. Another gainer
was ABBA, who had their album ‘Gold – Greatest Hits’ climbing
up twelve places from No. 19 to finish the week at No. 7. This is the
first time the set was in the top 10 since 2008. ‘?’ by
XXXTentacion was on the rise as week, climbing up from No. 11 to No.
10.
A total of 9.1
million streams during the week, saw ‘In My Feelings’ by Drake
maintain its spot at the top of the singles chart. Following it is
‘Shotgun’ by George Ezra at No. 2 and ‘Rise’ by Jonas Blue
featuring Jack & Jack at No. 3.
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