Olivia Rodrigo continues her reign atop the Official Charts for a second week as
SOUR (
Geffen) and “good 4 u”
log second weeks at #1.
SOUR finishes 17k in chart sales ahead of its closest competitor,
Easy Life’s
Life’s a Beach (
Island). Streams were responsible for 75% of Rodrigo’s total; “good 4 u
” was streamed 12.6m times as it racked up 108k in chart sales.
Life’s a Beach registered the most physical sales of the week to grab #2, while
Texas’
Hi (
BMG) debuts at #3 for their ninth Top 10 album.
Elsewhere,
Taylor Swift’s
evermore (
EMI) rose 66 places to #4 following its release on vinyl; it was the week’s best-seller in the format.
Del Amitri’s first album in 19 years,
Fatal Mistakes (
Cooking Vinyl), debuts at #5, and the second album from rapper/actor
Bugzy Malone,
The Resurrection (
B-Somebody), lands at #7.
Rhino’s
David Bowie rarities set,
The Width of a Circle, is new at #15;
Blackberry Smoke’s
You Hear Georgia (
3 Legged) is #17 (it's their sixth Top 40 album); and
Moby scores his 13th Top 40 collection with orchestral album
Reprise (
DG), at #21.
At singles, where Rodrigo’s “déjà vu” is #5 and “drivers license”
is #6,
Doja Cat f/
SZA’s “Kiss Me More” (
Ministry of Sound) returns to its previous peak of #3, and
The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” (
XO/
Republic) climbs four places to #4, its highest position yet.
Atlantic’s
Little Mix claims two entries in this week’s Top 10; their
Galantis and
David Guetta collaboration, “Heartbreak Anthem,”
rises one place to #8 and “Confetti”
leaps six spots to #9.