Ellie Goulding's Higher Than Heaven and Calvin Harris collab Miracle are Number 1: Official Chart Double

Ellie now ties with Adele for the most Number 1 albums by a British female solo artist.
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She’s Higher Than Heaven – Ellie Goulding scores the coveted Official Chart Double for the first time in her career today. 

Ellie tops both the Official Singles and the Official Albums Chart this week, securing a second week at Number 1 with Calvin Harris collab Miracle, while her fifth album, dance opus Higher Than Heaven becomes her fourth chart-topping LP. 

Higher Than Heaven joins Ellie’s other Number 1 records, debut Lights (2010), dark pop delight Halcyon (2012) and the introspective Brightest Blue (2020). Her maximalist pop epic Delirium also reached Number 3 in 2015. See Ellie Goulding’s Official Charts history in full here. 

With this newest chart-topper, Ellie now joins Adele as the British female solo artists with the most Number 1 albums to their name, with four apiece. Higher Than Heaven also ends the week as the biggest seller across independent record shops in the UK, topping the Official Record Store Chart.  

And joining in on the fun is trance banger Miracle, Ellie’s high-octane trilogy-completing track with frequent collaborator Calvin Harris retains Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for a second week, once more the most-streamed track in the country of the last 7 days. 

Watch Ellie Goulding accept her awards for the Official Chart Double below

See every act whose scored the Official Chart Double here

Speaking exclusively to Official Charts while accepting her Number 1 Awards for the Official Chart Double, Ellie Goulding says: 

"Guys, I am so, so happy to be holding these two awards for Number 1 album and Number 1 single. I’m speechless. This has made me so happy. 

"Thank you so much to everyone for supporting my album, buying it and streaming it, and for supporting Miracle. It’s such a lovely surprise. It’s been such a good day. Thank you so much, everybody!"

Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company says:  
 
"Congratulations to Ellie Goulding. It is a superb achievement to score a fourth Number 1 single and album, and reaching greater chart heights with a Number 1 Official Chart Double."

 

Credit: Andrew Timms

Official Chart Round Up

Albums 

American rapper, singer-songwriter and producer NF nets a career-best as his sixth studio album HOPE debuts at Number 2. Prior to this, the Michigan export, born Nathan John Feuerstein, claimed two Top 40 records with 2019 release The Search (7) and 2021 mixtape Clouds (12). 

The Weeknd’s greatest hits collection The Highlights lifts one back into the Top 3 this week (3). Just last week, The Highlights was revealed as the UK’s Official biggest album of 2023 so far – see the full year-to-date Top 40 here. 

Following the release of his candid Netflix documentary How I’m Feeling Now, Lewis Capaldi sees his debut LP Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent leap 13 spots back into the Top 5 in its 204th week on chart (4). The record originally topped the chart upon its release in 2019 before spending ten non-consecutive weeks at Number 1. 

As she continues to wow audiences stateside on The Eras Tour, four Taylor Swift albums experience a surge this week: 2022’s Midnights lifts one (5), 2014 release 1989 is up three (17), and 2019’s Lover (20) and 2020 LP folklore (25) both climb nine. 

A 20th anniversary re-issue of Linkin Park’s second album Meteora sees the record vault back into the Top 10 at Number 7. This re-release of the group’s former Number 1 LP includes previously unreleased material featuring vocals from the late Chester Bennington, who died in 2017. Explore Linkin Park’s Official Charts history in full here. 

And, finally, indie folk trio Daughter celebrate a new career high with Stereo Mind Game (12). The group’s first studio album in seven years, it surpasses Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella’s previous success with 2013’s If You Leave (16) and 2016 release Not to Disappear (17). Stereo Mind Game also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, proving the most popular record on wax this week. 

Singles 

Libianca’s breakthrough hit People reaches its highest position yet at Number 2, setting itself up as a potential challenger for Number 1 in the coming weeks. 

Drake secures this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart with Search & Rescue (5). The viral rap track – which includes the voices of Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, igniting social media discussion – becomes the Canadian superstar’s 38th Top 10 entry in the UK. See Drake’s Official Chart history in full here. 

Following the release of his emotional new Netflix documentary How I’m Feeling Now, three tracks by Lewis Capaldi race up the Top 40; Forget Me rockets into the Top 10 for the first time in nearly five months (8), Pointless scores a Top 20 re-entry (17), and title track How I’m Feeling Now boosts up 13 (24). 

One of the biggest rising hits in the country right now, Bakar’s Hell N Back, leaps up eight spots to crack the Top 20 for the first time (20), while Zara Larsson’s Can’t Tame Her continues to gain ground, up two (25). 

David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Players hitmaker Coi Leray are another new entry at Number 26 with Baby Don’t Hurt Me, which samples Haddaway’s influential 1993 house single What Is Love. It marks Leray’s second Top 40 single, Anne-Marie's 17th, and David Guetta’s 46th. 

Finally, two acts achieve their first ever UK Top 40 singles today; South Korean girl group Fifty Fifty with viral single Cupid (34), and - already a superstar in his native US - country singer-songwriter Morgan Wallen’s Last Night becomes his first major UK hit (35). 

The Official Singles Chart Top 40 in full

LW TW TITLE ARTIST LABEL
1 1 MIRACLE CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING COLUMBIA
4 2 PEOPLE LIBIANCA 5K
3 3 EYES CLOSED ED SHEERAN ATLANTIC
5 4 CALM DOWN REMA JONZING WORLDWIDE/MAVIN
NEW 5 SEARCH & RESCUE DRAKE OVO/REPUBLIC RECORDS
7 6 AS IT WAS HARRY STYLES COLUMBIA
2 7 FLOWERS MILEY CYRUS COLUMBIA
45 8 FORGET ME LEWIS CAPALDI EMI
11 9 GREEN GREEN GRASS GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA
8 10 CREEPIN' METRO BOOMIN/WEEKND/21 SAVAGE REPUBLIC RECORDS
9 11 BOY'S A LIAR PINKPANTHERESS WARNER RECORDS
12 12 RED FLAGS MIMI WEBB EPIC
13 13 IF WE EVER BROKE UP MAE STEPHENS EMI
14 14 WHISTLE JAX JONES/CALUM SCOTT POLYDOR
15 15 REACT SWITCH DISCO & ELLA HENDERSON RELENTLESS
19 16 ANTI-HERO TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
RE 17 POINTLESS LEWIS CAPALDI EMI
18 18 KILL BILL SZA RCA/TOP DAWG
17 19 ESCAPISM RAYE FT 070 SHAKE HUMAN RE SOURCES
28 20 HELL N BACK BAKAR BLACK BUTTER
20 21 DIE FOR YOU WEEKND REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
21 22 HEAVEN NIALL HORAN CAPITOL
22 23 MOTHER MEGHAN TRAINOR EPIC
37 24 HOW I'M FEELING NOW LEWIS CAPALDI EMI
27 25 CAN'T TAME HER ZARA LARSSON BLACK BUTTER/SOMMER HOUSE
NEW 26 BABY DON'T HURT ME D GUETTA/ANNE-MARIE/COI LERAY PARLOPHONE
24 27 RUSH AYRA STARR MAVIN
23 28 SURE THING MIGUEL JIVE
6 29 CEILINGS LIZZY MCALPINE HARBOUR ARTISTS & MUSIC
26 30 ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
25 31 ENERGY DIGGA D BLACK MONEY RECORDS
31 32 HERE TOM GRENNAN INSANITY
30 33 I'M GOOD (BLUE) DAVID GUETTA & BEBE REXHA PARLOPHONE
61 34 CUPID FIFTY FIFTY WM KOREA
59 35 LAST NIGHT MORGAN WALLEN EMI
33 36 MESSY IN HEAVEN VENBEE & GODDARD COLUMBIA
32 37 PLAYERS COI LERAY UPTOWN/REPUBLIC RECORDS
16 38 LIKE CRAZY JIMIN BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT
10 39 US AGAINST THE WORLD STRANDZ RELENTLESS
29 40 PRETTY BOYS CAITY BASER CHOSEN MUSIC/EMI

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The Official Albums Chart Top 40 in full

LW TW TITLE ARTIST LABEL
NEW 1 HIGHER THAN HEAVEN ELLIE GOULDING POLYDOR
NEW 2 HOPE NF NF REAL MUSIC
4 3 THE HIGHLIGHTS WEEKND REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
17 4 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI EMI
6 5 MIDNIGHTS TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
7 6 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN MERCURY/UMR
182 7 METEORA LINKIN PARK WARNER RECORDS
8 8 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO
11 9 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM INTERSCOPE
12 10 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA POLYDOR
2 11 PORTALS MELANIE MARTINEZ ATLANTIC
NEW 12 STEREO MIND GAME DAUGHTER 4AD
15 13 SOS SZA RCA/TOP DAWG
5 14 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER LANA DEL REY POLYDOR
13 15 HARRY'S HOUSE HARRY STYLES COLUMBIA
14 16 = ED SHEERAN ASYLUM
20 17 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
23 18 GREATEST HITS QUEEN EMI
21 19 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS BIG BROTHER
29 20 LOVER TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
22 21 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS
25 22 THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS
24 23 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO/WARNER RECORDS
26 24 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM
34 25 FOLKLORE TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
30 26 SOUR OLIVIA RODRIGO GEFFEN
32 27 ELV1S - 30 NUMBER 1 HITS ELVIS PRESLEY RCA
19 28 ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION MILEY CYRUS COLUMBIA
16 29 GETTIN' OLD LUKE COMBS SONY MUSIC CG
33 30 STARBOY WEEKND REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
36 31 BETWEEN US LITTLE MIX RCA
1 32 THE RECORD BOYGENIUS INTERSCOPE
27 33 TRUSTFALL PINK RCA
38 34 CURTAIN CALL 2 EMINEM INTERSCOPE
40 35 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA
39 36 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS BIG BROTHER
44 37 REPUTATION TAYLOR SWIFT EMI
42 38 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY POLYDOR
43 39 HEROES & VILLAINS METRO BOOMIN ISLAND
10 40 TIMELESS DAVIDO COLUMBIA

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Rob Parkinson

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RIP Mark Sheehan from the Script :( such a loss so young, seen them multiple times live and was planning on seeing them in Blackpool for their warm up. Such a great band

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Angry UK Chart Fan

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Well done to FIFTY FIFTY reaching the Top 40!

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MJ🌚

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Anyone else any idea why they haven’t published the charts at 5.45 for the last few weeks? 🤔

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HazDaSprinter

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It has something to do with the time change that happened a few weeks ago

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TruthHurts

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????????
That doesn't make sense. Daylight savings time happens twice a year every year. Could you please explain what you mean?

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River

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Whilst I highly doubt People will go #1, I think its safe to say it exceeded all our expectations with a #2 peak.

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GS

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cupid top 40 we won

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HazDaSprinter

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I doubt it's gunna be in again, sorry! But I heard it for the first time today, and it's a bop!

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River

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Eww Morgan Wallen is here, so glad they skipped him on the chart show

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James

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Ellie is sort of a legend if you think about it

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HazDaSprinter

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Her career has been big don't you think?

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HazDaSprinter

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Strandz down 29??? Didn't he gain last week?

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River

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No he decreased last week

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Piran

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Congrats to Ellie on her chart double! 😊

Very happy to see 'People' move into the runner-up position and I hope it gets to the top spot next. :)

My highlight of the week is 'Cupid' making the Top 40!