The Weeknd has his second #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with
After Hours (
Island) hitting the top on 26k combined sales. Over on singles, the reign of
HITCO/
Ministry of Sound's
Saint Jhn continues.
After Hours sold more than double that of its closest competitor,
Lewis Capaldi’s
Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (
Virgin EMI) at #2. Of The Weeknd's 26k sales, 78% came from streaming.
Morrissey’s
I Am Not a Dog on a Chain (
BMG) is the second highest new albums entry today at #3.
The late
Kenny Rogers has reached a new peak at #6 with his
All The Hits & All New Love Songs (
EMI) compilation, which charted at #14 following its release in 1999.
Manchester band
The Slow Readers Club land their highest charting album yet with
The Joy Of The Return (
Modern Sky) at #9. A previously unreleased rarities EP from
David Bowie,
Is It Any Wonder? (
Parlophone), closes the Top 10 at #10.
Following its surprise release on Sunday,
Childish Gambino’s
3.15.20 (
RCA) lands at #20, and their first full-length mixtape from rap duo
Young T & Bugsey,
Plead the 5th (
Black Butter), arrives at #25.
On the U.K’s Official Singles Chart, SAINt JHN’s “Roses” (HITCO/Ministry of Sound) spends a second week at the top. The track scored 60k combined chart sales, including 7.4m streams.
Elsewhere in the Top 5,
Joel Corry’s club anthem
“Lonely” (
Asylum) continues to climb, rising one place to #4, and
Dua Lipa’s “Physical” (
Warner Records) is up two to #5. “Boyfriend” (
Polydor) by
Mabel just missed out on this week’s Top 10, jumping six places to #11.
The Weeknd scores three Top 40 entries from
After Hours: “In Your Eyes” is this week’s highest new entry at #17, marking his 15th Top 20 hit; the album’s title track rebounds 20 places to #24; and his recent chart-topper, “Blinding Lights,” is at #2.