When Taylor Swift crammed up Wembley Stadium for 3 consecutive reveals over the weekend, she did in order the undisputed Queen of the nationwide albums chart.
Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division (EMI) enters a seventh non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Official Chart, printed Friday, June 21, coinciding with the primary of her eight scheduled live shows at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Tortured Poets is Taylor’s eleventh studio album, and her longest-running chart-topper within the U.Okay., the Official Charts Firm experiences, eclipsing 2022’s Midnights which sat on the high for 5 non-consecutive cycles.
TayTay leads a podium of feminine solo artists. Coming in at No. 2 is Billie Eilish’s former chief Hit Me Arduous and Comfortable (Interscope), up two locations, whereas Charli XCX’s Brat (Atlantic) dips 2-3.
The highest new debut on the most recent tally belongs to British rock outfit Sea Ladies, as Midnight Butterflies (Alt) flaps its wings at No. 5. That’s a third-consecutive high 5 look for the group, courting again to 2020’s Open Up Your Head (No. 3 peak) and 2022’s Homesick (No. 3).
Chappell Roan landed her first entry on the Billboard Scorching 100 earlier this yr with the brand new single “Good Luck, Babe!” The Missouri-born pop artist is having fun with a breakthrough on the opposite aspect of the Atlantic, too, the place her 2023 debut The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (Island) lifts 15-9, for her first look within the U.Okay. high 10.
Paul McCartney & Wings’ dwell studio album One Hand Clapping (Capitol) bows at No. 10. The LP, recorded at London’s iconic Abbey Street Studios in August 1974, turns into McCartney and Co.’s first high 10 album since Again To The Egg peaked at No. 6 in 1979 — 45 years in the past.
Lastly, North Carolina nation star Luke Combs luggage his fourth high 40 LP with Fathers & Sons (Sony Music CG), his fifth studio album. It’s new at No. 14. Combs’ profession tally contains U.Okay. high 10 spots for 2022’s Growin’ Up (No. 9) and 2023’s Gettin’ Previous (No. 5).