Olivia Rodrigo becomes youngest solo artist ever to score Official UK Chart Double with Sour and Good 4 U

The US singer-songwriter's Sour scores the biggest opening week of 2021 and sets a streaming record.
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Olivia Rodrigo cements her position as the year’s biggest breakthrough artist as she scores the Official Chart Double - her debut album Sour and latest single Good 4 U both land at Number 1.

As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Sour celebrates a number of achievements in its opening week:

    • Sour surpasses Foo Fighters to earn the biggest opening week for an album so far this year, racking up 51,000 chart sales.

    • It’s also the biggest opening week for a debut album in two years, since Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent in May 2019.

    • At 18 years and 3 months old, Olivia becomes the youngest solo artist in UK chart history to achieve the Official Chart Double - view the full list here.

    • Olivia is the first artist in six years to claim the Official Chart Double with their debut album, since Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour (album) and Lay Me Down (single) in 2015.

    • Sour sets a new all-time Official Chart UK streaming record, with the most week 1 streams for a debut album, overtaking title holder Lewis Capaldi. Sour notches up a staggering 45.7 million track streams over the past seven days (30,945 streaming-equivalent sales).

MORE: Every UK Number 1 debut album since 2000

On the Official Singles Chart, Good 4 U lifts from 2 to Number 1 to become her second chart-topper, following Drivers License back in January. It’s the biggest Number 1 single of 2021 so far, notching up 117,000 chart sales across seven days - including 13.5 million streams - to claim the top spot.

Two more songs from Sour feature in the Top 10; recent single Déjà Vu leaps seven places to a new peak at 4, while Traitor is new at Number 8.  See Olivia Rodrigo’s full UK Official Chart history.

Official Albums Chart

Gary Numan is new at Number 2 with his 22nd solo studio album Intruder, his seventh Top 5 collection, while US alt-pop duo Twenty One Pilots debut at Number 3 with Scaled and Icy, their third UK Top 10 record.

Also new in at Number 4 is P!nk with All I Know So Far, a live album and career retrospective released alongside her new documentary of the same name. Rock outfit My Bloody Valentine are new at Number 7 with a reissue of their 1991 classic Loveless – their first ever UK Top 10 and this week’s best-selling album on vinyl. Two more reissues – 1988 debut Isn’t Anything (22) and 2013’s MBV (29) – also land in the Top 40.

In at Number 10 is Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, gaining his highest-ever peak and first UK Top 10 album with his seventh album Seeking New Gods.

Further down, Bristol-based solo artist and producer Penfriend earns her first Top 40 entry with Exotic Monsters at Number 24, and pop-rock band Waterparks debut at Number 37 with Greatest Hits, which is actually just the name of their fourth studio album.

View this week's Official Albums Chart Top 100 in full

Official Singles Chart

Behind Olivia, BTS claim the UK’s highest new entry of the week and their second Top 5 single with Butter at Number 3. Butter is their second English language track, and the most downloaded single of the week by over 10,000 sales.

Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix debut at Number 9 with new collaboration Heartbreak Anthem, Little Mix’s 17th Top 10 single, Galantis’ fourth and David Guetta’s 24th. Mimi Webb flies 14 places to Number 10 with Good Without, her first Top 10 single.

MORE: Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2021 so far

Further down, Majestic & Boney M’s Rasputin rebounds six places to a new peak of 16, and Eurovision winners band Måneskin hit the Official Chart for the first time with Zitti E Buoni, landing at Number 17 - the highest-charting Eurovision winner since Måns Zelmerlöw's Heroes in 2015.

Griff earns her first Top 20 hit with Black Hole, up five places to 18, Coldplay’s Higher Power (19) rebounds six spots, and AJ Tracey’s Little More Love (21) flies eight to a new peak. Landing just behind is Anne-Marie and Niall Horan’s new collab Our Song (22) – Anne-Marie’s 13th and Niall’s sixth Top 40 hit.

Elsewhere, Years & Years’ Starstruck shoots back into the Top 40 at Number 31 thanks to a new remix featuring Kylie Minogue, and Bella Poarch’s Build A Bitch jumps five places to Number 32. Popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream debuts at Number 38 with his second single Mask.

Finally, Pink’s All I Know So Far leaps 16 places to Number 39 following the release of her concert movie and accompanying album of the same name. The song is now Pink’s 36th UK Top 40 hit.

View this week's Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full

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ted

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she's pretty, which is an essential ingrdient of talent apparently

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r_heslop

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Congratulations to Liv. SOUR is such a good album and made me feel like a teen again. That opening track kicks hard

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Luisa )))

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Joshua Sombra

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I think this milestone has changed my perspective of Olivia Rodrigo. Also, I am starting to like her latest single 'Good 4 U' as it is popular on TikTok. I am also thinking about listening to her other singles 'Deja Vu' and 'Driver's License'. I just thought at the start of her career that she sung boring songs but I don't think that anymore.

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r_heslop

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Her first track on SOUR is like a throwback to 90s alt-rock

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mehaan

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oh so no more raging i loved to see u rage :)

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crunch2k

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Not a fan of her music but good for her at such an early part of her career

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Alfred Lock

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The only act who could beat her achievements this year if she finally releases her 4th album(age related again?) Is Adele..Let's just wait and see.

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crunch2k

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Surely Ed Sheehan could easily beat her too

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Marco

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Great first week for Måneskin - two songs in the Top 100 (one which started at 37 and ended up 20 places higher by the end of the week) - and an album in the Top 75... For a Eurovision act that predominantly sing in a foreign language this is quite an achievement!

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Ashley

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I hope Our Song by Anne Marie and Niall rises in the next few weeks. Great summer song! Lots of good pop music out right now.

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thierry henon

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Congrats to PINK who is having another great week on both: the single and album chart: loveeeeeeeee that girl...

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Piran

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It's very rare that you can find a new artist who pulls off these record-breaking numbers both in sales & streaming!

I'm really glad that 'Good 4 U' climbed to #1, but what I'm even happier about is 'Heartbreak Anthem' entering the chart inside the Top 10 (the latter might replace the former at the top of my personal charts). :)

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Gary Feld

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Good 4 U didn't enter at number one...went there from last week's number 2.

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Piran

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Edited. :)

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Rob Parkinson

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I am loving heartbreak anthem, keeps getting better with every listen

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Piran

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I gave it a 9/10 on my first listen, but it went up to a 10/10 immediately after I revisited it. :)

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Joshua Sombra

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I don't think it can unless they heavily promote both the single and the album.

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thierry henon

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I still can't believe that not only MIMI WEBB just claimed her first Top 10 this week after falling a few weeks in a row..but overjoyed to see GRIMM getting her 1st and so deserved first Top 20: i didn't see it coming this week and it wasn't on the mid week update so i am surprised but sooooooooooo happy!!

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thierry henon

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A great week for so many of my favourite artists!! First of all: congrats to Olivia: an amazing week for her..so happy for her..Reminds me of Britney 2 decades ago..time flies...

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Gary Feld

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would be comparable to Britney, but she never managed to reach number one with any of her albums.

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afrog

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Trash artist, trash songs, trash album. doesn't deserve, shouldn't have happened