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U.K. CHARTS: BEAT THE BEATLES
11/17/23

Taylor Swift has denied The Beatles a 16th U.K. Official Albums #1. Over on singles, Jack Harlow has his first.

Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (EMI) has a third week at the top of the albums chart today. The Beatles finish at #2 and #3 with the expanded editions of 1967-1970 (Apple Corps) and 1962-1966, respectively. Each album has returned to its original peak, achieved on release in 1973.

Chase & Status2 RUFF, Vol. 1 (EMI) is new at #4. The debut from Baby Queen, Quarter Life Crisis (Polydor), rounds out the Top 5 at #5.

Noah Kahan’s Stick Season (Mercury/Republic) flies 16 places to a new peak at #6 following the start of his U.K. tour. A 10th anniversary edition of Passenger’s All the Little Lights (Cooking Vinyl) is #7.

New Order’s 1987 comp, Substance (Warner Music U.K.), is a re-entry at #10.

On the U.K.’s Official Singles chart, Harlow has his first #1 with “Lovin’ on Me” (Atlantic). The track tallied 5.1m streams to hit the top.

“Houdini” (Warner Records) by Dua Lipa is another high new entry at #2. Kahan’s “Stick Season” is up three to #5.

Chase & Status are the first group to collect four U.K. Top 40 singles simultaneously since 2010, with “Baddadan” f/Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Triggah and Takura at #10; “Liquor and Cigarettes” with Hedex and ArrDee at #17; “Selecta” with Stefflon Don at #27 and “Disconnect” with Becky Hill at #37.