Speaking exclusively to Official Charts, Lorde says:
“I cannot believe that I’ve got Number 1 in the UK! This is absolutely insane. I felt so much love from the UK on Virgin. I cannot thank you enough and I cannot wait to see you on the tour very, very soon. Sending all my love. Love you guys so much!”
Virgin also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, the week’s biggest seller on wax.
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Bruce Springsteen banks a 25th solo Top 10 record with Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2). Featuring 82 previously unreleased songs, the collection comprises seven unheard Springsteen albums spanning 1983-2018.
She’s workin’ late, ‘cause she’s a Record Breaker! Up two to Number 3, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet now boasts the longest consecutive Top 5 streak for a solo artist LP in Official Albums Chart history. At 45 weeks, its Top 5 stint surpasses that of Elvis Presley’s G.I. Blues and its 44-week run.
This week, Official Charts named Short N’ Sweet the Official biggest album of 2025 so far; racking up 348,000 chart units in the UK this year alone, while also being crowned the most streamed album of 2025 to date.
Off the back of his Glastonbury legends slot last weekend, Rod Stewart’s first solo career-spanning compilation Ultimate Hits earns him a 39th solo Top 10 record (5).
Mad fer it! Ahead of their first shows together in 25 years this weekend, Oasis’s enduring catalogue is already flying up the chart. Time Flies… 1994-2009 jumps three (6), while further down (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? lifts four (14) and Definitely Maybe leaps nine (26).
Olivia Rodrigo reaps the rewards of her headline Glastonbury Pyramid Stage performance: 2023 LP GUTS is up 16 back into the Top 10 with a 60% week-on-week sales and streams uplift (8), as 2021 debut SOUR vaults 14, up 48% week-on-week (11).
Fresh from his surprise Glastonbury Pyramid Stage performance last weekend, Lewis Capaldi sees his two studio albums surge this week. 2019 debut Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent rockets 198% and 95 places to Number 15, while sales and streams of 2023’s Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent also lift 284%, returning the record to the Top 40 (30).
As she brings her stadium tour to the UK, Lana Del Rey’s 2012 debut Born To Die slinks up six spots (32).
Alanis Morissette’s seminal 1996 chart-topper Jagged Little Pill finds itself back in the Top 40 for the first time in a decade following her acclaimed Glastonbury performance last weekend, at Number 39 today. The UK’s most-downloaded album of the week, Jagged Little Pill tops the Official Download Albums Chart, and experiences an incredible 250% uplift week-on-week overall across sales and streams.
And finally, it’s a 30th Top 40 LP for Barbra Streisand with The Secrets of Life: Partners, Volume 2 this week (40). Streisand’s latest duets collection includes collaborations with the likes of Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Mariah Carey.
See the full Official Albums Chart here from 5.45pm.