Lewis Capaldi claims the first Number 1 album of the new decade
Congratulations to Lewis Capaldi, who scores the first Number 1 album of the Twenties, as Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent returns to the top spot.
The Scottish singer-songwriter's debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent was the biggest album of 2019, shifting 641,000 combined sales since its release last May. The album also spawned the biggest song of the year too, with Someone You Loved, which gave Lewis seven weeks at Number 1 last spring.
Lewis was last Number 1 back in July, and his return to the top of the Official Albums Chart today is his fourth stint there, clocking up a seventh non-consecutive week.
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— Lewis Capaldi (@LewisCapaldi) January 3, 2020
ALBUM IS BACK TO NUMBER 1 - 33 WEEKS AFTER RELEASE!!!!! ❤️
first no 1 of the decade thank u all so much this is so wild x https://t.co/bL7brfBP4i
Elsewhere on the chart, Stormzy edges back up to Number 2 with his second album Heavy is the Head, and D-Block Europe land their third Top 10 album in 12 months with latest mixtape Street Trauma going in at Number 9.
Some huge climbers and rebounds back up the chart as albums enjoy a post-seasonal boost, and there big re-entries into the Top 40 too. Ed Sheeran's Divide zooms 28 slots to 18; following the Fleetwood Mac evening on BBC Four, 50 years – Don't Stop rockets 30 places to 22; Taylor Swift's Lover is up sixteen to 25; Camila Cabello's Romance climbs 19 places to 28, and following its digital release, JME's Grime MC leaps 95 places to return to the Top 40 at 29.
Other albums back in the Top 40 are: George Michael's Twenty-Five (33); ABBA Gold (34); Mabel's High Expectations (35); D-Block Europe's PTSD (36); Ariana Grande's Thank U Next (37); Dua Lipa's debut (38); and Roddy Ricch's Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (40).
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Courtney Puzzo
so Queen's Greatest Hits will be eligible for 22 x platinum in the UK later this year then
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Josias Gonzalez
Relax this only last a few days he is not the king of pop
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brainiac
FIX
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Jake Cutler
WoW!....shout out to Queen and their Greatest Hits album... Very nearly 6.5 million units now sold!!
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Scott Harris
I don't understand why Lewis Capaldi's album was so huge. The fact that it was titled "Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent" kinda sounds like he knows how uninspired the album is. The theme I get from the entire album is:
"Oh, I'm sad, poor me". And when he tries to belt out the high notes, It just sounds grating and unattractive. He doesn't have the appeal like Ed Sheeran or even Adele for that matter. I'm sorry, but how can anyone like this guy that much to make him this successful? I just don't see it.
thierry henon
I am actually surprised...Didn't expect it...the biggest album seller of 2019 with less 700 000 copies...I was expecting the bigger seller to have around 1M copies sold...but congrats to him!!
Piran
Woah... Lewis got both the biggest single & biggest album of 2019, now it looks like he’s going to start the new decade off strong too! :)
This is just one of those albums that grows on you with every listen (even several months after it being released) although I’m really hoping to see Stormzy at #1 next week.
Piran
I’m surprised Travis Scott’s ‘JACKBOYS’ collaboration album with Sheck Wes & Don Toliver wasn’t mentioned here though, even if I have no real intention of checking it out.