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ANALYSIS FOO FOR THOUGHT
Music Week digs into the month’s top chart stories...
FOO FIGHTERS MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT (COLUMBIA/ROSWELL) SALES: 55,309
“There wasn’t a 25-year world domination plan!” insisted Dave Grohl when he recently told Music Week about the Foo Fighters’ inception. It really makes you wonder what the hell would have happened if they did have one, because, with their 10th album, Medicine At Midnight, the rock heroes annihilated the competition. After opening with a whopping first week sale of 42,486 (31,617 physical), the album continued to post strong results, ending the month with a tally of 55,309. Nor was it the only Top 75 success for the Foos in February: their 2009 Greatest Hits collection also shifted 6,911 copies and is now four times platinum on lifetime sales of 1,413,468.
FRONT PAGE MUSE
CELESTE NOT YOUR MUSE(POLYDOR) SALES: 36,626
Celeste became the first UK female to top the charts with her debut album since Jess Glynne did so in 2015 with I Cry When I Laugh. The BRIT Award-winner’s long-delayed LP Not Your Muse sold an impressive 22,475 copies (18,206 physical) in its first week and closed the month with 36,626 sales. It was good news all round for UK debuts in February: Arlo Parks’ Collapsed In Sunbeams lands at No.8 in the month’s best sellers with overall sales of 19,134, while Black Country, New Road’s No.4 debut is at No.54 with 7,387.
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MONEY TALKS FREDO
MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS(SINCE ’93) SALES: 25,291
Celeste is more: Celeste
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With 13,419 sales, Fredo’s Money Can’t Buy Happiness charted at No.2 as the most streamed release the week it came out. Streams accounted for a massive 11,762 of that total, which came as no surprise: when the West London rapper’s Dave collab Funky Friday topped the singles chart in October 2018, it was streamed 6,906,865 times in week one. Fredo’s second full-length nestles at No.3 for the month on 25,291 sales, while no fewer than three of its singles also make the monthly Top 75.
FUTURE PROOF DUA LIPA
FUTURE NOSTALGIA (WARNER RECORDS)
SALES: 20,258
Nearly a year old, Dua Lipa’s second album notched a further 20,258 sales in February. The No.1 record was boosted by the new Moonlight Edition, featuring the single We’re Good (25,183 February sales). Similarly full of floorfillers, Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure? (7,306 sales) also benefited from a deluxe release. Dua Lipa has now racked up a million sales across her two albums as Future Nostalgia (302,011 sales) turned platinum. Next up? The Grammys...
Lipa faith: Dua Lipa
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SLOWTHAI TYRON (METHOD) SALES: 19,557
Tyron, by Northampton rapper Slowthai, surged to 16,940 first week sales to become the 25th different album to top the charts in the previous six months. Three of its tracks made the singles Top 75, too. Real name Tyron Frampton, the MC eclipsed his Mercury Prize-nominated debut Nothing Great About Britain, which peaked at No.9 and has 54,011 sales. After a hefty physical haul of 10,840 in week one – something of a rarity for a modern UK rap record – Tyron has already motored to almost 20,000 sales.
WAI TO GO MOGWAI
AS THE LOVE CONTINUES (ROCK ACTION RECORDS)
SALES: 10,482
Dreams do come true, people. It may have taken over 23 years, but Mogwai finally landed their first No.1. With vocal online support – including shout-outs from the likes of The Cure’s Robert Smith – As The Love Continues debuted at the top with 10,456 sales (7,305 physical). They may have kept Ghetts from the summit, but the MC still posted his best chart week yet with Conflict Of Interest (7,554 sales).
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Dave Grohl celebrates Foo Fighters’ chart victory
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