NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS—
IT'S THE U.K. TOP 10
Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour, which won four Grammys and is up for five Brit Awards, tops the U.K. album chart at #1 some 38 weeks since it dropped. Meanwhile, Drake's buzzing mixtape debuts in the Top 3.
1. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (Capitol)
2. Ed Sheeran, X (Asylum)
3. Drake, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late (Cash Money/Republic)*
4. Kodaline, Coming Up for Air (B-Unique/RCA)*
5. George Ezra, Wanted on Voyage (Columbia)
6. Hozier, Hozier (Island)
7. Meghan Trainor, Title (Epic)
8. Taylor Swift, 1989 (EMI)
9. Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night (Columbia)
10. Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit (Blue Note)
On the singles side, Ellie Goulding's hit single—off the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack—sits at #1, while The Weeknd's "Earned It" (also featured on the ST) breaks into the Top 10. DJ Fresh's collab with songstress Ella Eyre, which is currently A-Listed at BBC Radio 1, debuts in the Top 5. FYI, Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" is also seen on Radio 1's A List this week, while The Weeknd's track has playlisted there.
1. Ellie Goulding, "Love Me Like You Do" (Polydor)
2. Hozier, "Take Me to Church" (Island)
3. Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk" (Columbia)
4. DJ Fresh f/Ella Eyre, "Gravity" (Ministry of Sound)*
5. Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney, "FourFiveSeconds" (Roc Nation)
6. Chris Brown & Tyga, "Ayo" (RCA)*
7. Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud" (Asylum)
8. Charli XCX f/Rita Ora, "Doing It" (Asylum)*
9. Avicii, "The Nights" (Positiva/PRMD)
10. The Weeknd, "Earned It" (Republic/XO)
*Debuts
