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U.K. CHARTS: AND 'MORE AGAIN
1/8/21

Taylor Swift’s evermore (EMI) has topped the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart for a second week while RCA’s Little Mix have their fifth #1 single, “Sweet Melody.”

Elsewhere on albums, Harry StylesFine Line (Columbia) is up eight places to #2 this week following the release of “Treat People With Kindness” and its accompanying video.

Little Mix’s Confetti is up one to #3, followed by Pop Smoke also up one to #4 with Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon (Polydor). Dua Lipa completes the Top 5 with Future Nostalgia (Warner Records).

Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (EMI)—the U.K.’s biggest album of 2020—makes a return to the Top 10, up six places to #6, while rising star The Kid Laroi vaults 12 places to #10 with mixtape F**k Love (Columbia).

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