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U.K. CHARTS: LOOK WHO'S BACK AT #1
7/15/22

Harry StylesHarry’s House (Columbia) returns to the top of the Official Albums Chart for a fifth non-consecutive week as Warner’s LF System holds onto #1 at singles for a second week.

Styles’ third album now claims the most weeks at #1 this year, topping the four non-consecutive weeks registered by Ed Sheeran’s = (Equals) (Atlantic). Style’s smash benefited from the release of a video for “Late Night Talking.”

Burna Boy’s Love, Damini (Atlantic) lights up at #2, making it the week’s highest new entry. He also cracks the Top 10 at singles with “Last Last,” which is up five places to #7 to become his fourth U.K. Top 10.

James Bay’s Leap (EMI) jumps in at #4, becoming his third Top 5 album. It is also the week’s biggest seller on vinyl.

Brent Faiyaz makes his Official Albums Chart debut with Wasteland (Lost Kids/Venice/Stem) at #6; Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s “lost” album from 2001, Toast (Reprise), pops up at #23.

At singles, the Scottish DJ duo LF System, Conor Larkman and Sean Finnegan, enjoy a second week at #1 with “Afraid to Feel” (Warner).

Among the singles rising to new highs in the Top 20 are George Ezra’s “Green Green Grass” (Columbia) at #3; David Guetta, Ella Henderson and Becky Hill’s “Crazy What Love Can Do” (Parlophone) at #8; Nathan Dawe f/Ella Henderson’s “21 Reasons” (Warner) at #10; OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” (Interscope) at #14; and Sigala’s Talia Mar collab “Stay The Night” (Ministry of Sound) at #17.

Meanwhile, the Stranger Things effect has push another song into the Top 40. Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” (Blackened/Rhino)opens at #22, 37 years after the track’s original release.