U.K. CHARTS: DEFINITELY MAYBES
Tom Grennan’s third studio LP, What Ifs & Maybes (Insanity), becomes his second #1 album on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart. Dave & Central Cee post a third week at #1 at singles.
What Ifs & Maybes is also the biggest seller of the week in the U.K.’s independent record shops. Grennan’s latest single, “How Does It Feel,” rockets 27 places to #31.
Right behind him, Queens of the Stone Age register their sixth Top 10 album, In Times New Roman…(Matador), coming in at #2. The Pet Shop Boys’ SMASH: The Singles 1985-2020 (Parlophone) lands at #4—it’s their 18th Top 10 album—and Far From Saints’ eponymous Ignition debut opens at #5.
Texas, which plays Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage today (6/23), hit #6 with The Very Best Of—1989-2023 ([PIAS]). At #9 is Gunna’s A Gift & A Curse (Young Stoner Life/300), his third U.K. Top 10 set. ATEEZ becomes only the second male K-pop band to secure a U.K. Top 10 album as THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW (KQ/RCA) opens at #10. (BTS was first, of course.)
Ben Howard’s Is It? (Island) debuts at #17; it's his fifth Top 40 album. The second studio set from Nigerian singer-songwriter Asake, Work of Art (YBNL/Empire), is #20.
Taylor Swift announced U.K. tour stops in 2024 this week, so several of her albums naturally rose up the chart. She has five records in the Top 40: Midnights (EMI), a non-mover at #8, followed by 2014’s 1989 at #19, 2019's Lover at #21, 2017’s Reputation at #32 and 2020’s folklore at #33. “Cruel Summer,” officially released as a single, returns to the Official Singles Chart at #28.
Topping singles is Dave & Central Cee’s “Sprinter” (Live Yours/Neighbourhood), which racked up more than 9m streams this week, fending off competition from J Hus and Drake’s “Who Told You” (Black Butter/OVO/Republic), at #2, and Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s “Miracle” (Columbia), #3. The duo’s “UK Rap” also moves up the Official Singles Chart today, hitting a new peak of #13.
Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam” (BMG) claims a new summit of #8, and Scottish DJ Hannah Laing and singer RoRo earn their first U.K. Top 10 as viral banger “Good Love” (Polydor) climbs four to #9. Former Little Mix-er Leigh-Anne has the week’s highest new entry with her debut solo single, “Don’t Say Love” (Warner), which opens at #11. Another big debut comes from South Korean DJ-singer-producer Peggy Gou, whose “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL) enters the chart at #14.
Harry Styles’ current U.K. tour is having an effect at singles: “As It Was” (Columbia) returns to #5, “Satellite” makes its Top 20 debut at #18 and “Late Night Talking” is also back on the rise, coming in at #22.
