Barry on up the charts: Barry Gibb
ANALYSIS
Music Week digs into the month’s top chart stories...
EVER GREENFIELDS BARRY GIBB
GREENFIELDS: THE GIBB BROTHERS SONGBOOK – VOL1 (EMI) SALES: 31,577
As well as topping the inaugural monthly chart in Music Week, Barry Gibb also scored his first No.1 as a solo artist. His previous LP, 2016’s In The Now (Columbia), peaked at No.2. Gibb’s new collection features country interpretations of classic Bee Gees hits, and it’s showed staying power in the Top 10 during January. Its performance was probably helped by the line-up of top-notch guests, including Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, Olivia Newton-John and Alison Krauss. The physical- focused record also helped EMI open the year as the market leader on Artist Album Sales for January (12.6% share).
TAYLOR MADE
TAYLOR SWIFT EVERMORE (EMI) SALES: 23,063
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Surprise released back in December 2020, and debuting at No.1 in the process, Taylor Swift’s Evermore returned to the top spot in early January with 7,330 sales. It racked up a total of 23,063 across the month, and has sold 82,292 copies to date. The album is joined in the monthly Top 75 by its predecessor Folklore (No.18), which secured sales of 12,727. Released in July 2020, Folklore has notched up 192,197 sales to date – 53,529 of which were physical. We may yet see Evermore return to the peak when its vinyl edition is released in late May.
EVENT HORIZON
BRING ME THE HORIZON
POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR (RCA) SALES: 17,576
Bring Me The Horizon landed the month’s final No.1 with Post Human: Survival Horror, which had monthly sales of 17,576. The EP first charted at No.5 as a digital release in November. Soaring to No.1 with the release of the physical edition, the band became the first act to re-enter the chart at the summit in three decades (a feat last achieved by Oleta Adams in 1990).
07 Six not out: You Me At Six
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SMOKE ALARM POP SMOKE
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON (REPUBLIC RECORDS/POLYDOR) SALES: 20,362
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The coat that rocked: Taylor Swift
One of 2020’s hardiest perennials, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon began 2021 as the No.3 album of the month, nipping in ahead of Harry Styles’ Fine Line (20,341 sales). Steady weekly sales figures of 5,020, 5,195, 5,211 and 4,936 equated to a monthly tally of 20,362, while its total to date stands at 242,455. It looks as if the late rapper could be a 2021 ever-present, too.
INDIE-MANIA
YOU ME AT SIX SUCKAPUNCH (UNDERDOG) SALES: 15,497
You Me At Six scored their second No.1 album with Suckapunch (14,297 week one sales, 12,165 from physical). Out via their own Underdog label, the LP led the indie charge in a month when Bicep (Isles, 13,501 week one sales), Passenger (Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted, 12,039), Sleaford Mods (Spare Ribs, 8,079) and Shame (Drunk Tank Pink, 5,758) all debuted with Top 10 albums.
11 NUN THE WISER
POOR CLARES OF ARUNDEL
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD (DECCA)
SALES: 7,000
A new weekly peak for Light For The World helped the Poor Clares Of Arundel make the monthly Top 50 with 7,000 sales. The group were already the UK’s best-selling classical debut of 2020 (13,143 sales). In January’s final week, the LP hit No.5 after a spot on ITV’s This Morning, finishing ahead of Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Little Mix.
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PHOTO:
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