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U.K. CHARTS: OLIVIA DOUBLES UP
6/25/21

Olivia Rodrigo has reclaimed the U.K.’s Official Charts double as Sour (Polydor) returns to #1 on albums while “good 4 u” extends its reign for a fifth week on singles with 73k sales, including 8.8m streams.

Sour now has a third week at the top thanks mostly to streaming, which is where 91% of its sales derived from this week.

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis are new at #2 today with the CD and vinyl rollout of Carnage (Goliath). BRITs Rising Star winner Griff has the most-downloaded album of the week, her debut mixtape One Foot in Front of the Other (Warner Records), at #4.

Further down, Consequences (BMG) is Joan Armatrading’s first U.K. Top 10 album in 30 years with, coming in at #10.

In topping the U.K.’s Official Singles chart this week, “good 4 u” claims the title of longest-reigning rock-influenced #1 in 25 years, since British band Babylon Zoo’s “Spaceman” in 1996. at At #2, KSI’s “Holiday” (BMG) is the highest new entry today.

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