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Music Week Report (excerpt)
The Script score fifth number one album
Monday, November 18, 2019
by Alan Jones, London
 
In another week of heavy action but comparatively light sales, leadership of the chart change hands for the 12th week in a row, with 13 albums debuting inside the Top 75, spearheaded by Sunsets & Full Moons, the fifth No.1 from six releases in a little over eleven years for Irish band The Script. Home to their 11th Top 40 hit, The

Last Time, consumption of Sunsets & Full Moons – at 31,946 units (including 2,192 from sales-equivalent streams) – surpasses the opening tally of The Script’s last album, Freedom Child, which was No.1 on consumption of 29,574 units in September 2017, but the first four albums by the Dublin trio sold upwards of 40,000 copies on debut. Their eponymous 2008 debut topped the chart on sales of 54,520, follow-up Science & Faith did likewise on sales of 70,816 in 2010. Third album, Number Three opened and peaked at number two on sales of 52,878 in 2012 and No Sound Without Silence sold 42,546 copies as it opened atop the list in 2014. The all-time sales of their albums are in the same order as their release, with The Script selling 1,318,492 copies to date, followed by Science & Faith (812,634), Number 3 (629,206), No Sound Without Silence (371,594) and Freedom Child (114,214). The Script are the fourth Irish band in chart history to have five No.1

albums, joining U2 (10), Westlife (seven) and Boyzone (five). Westlife could dethrone The Script and increase their tally to eight with new album Spectrum, which was released on Friday (15th). In Ireland itself, The Script have a perfect score of six No.1 albums from as many releases, trailing U2 (12) and Westlife (10) but leading Boyzone (4). While Aled Jones & Russell Watson’s second set of duets, Back In Harmony, recedes 7-13 (5,018 sales), Michael Ball & Alfie Boe’s third collaboration, Back Together opens at No.2 on consumption of 24,951 units. They previously teamed for 2016’s Together and 2017’s Together Again, both of which topped the chart, and which have combined consumption of more than a million copies. Together sold 44,860 copies in debuting at No.2, and reached No.1 five weeks later, while Together Again sold slightly fewer on debut - 43,795 – at No.1. Back Together provides 57-year-old Ball, from Worcestershire, with his 24th chart album and his 10th Top 10 entry since 1992, arriving just 33 weeks after his most recent solo album – Coming Home To You – opened at No.1 on sales of 18,039 copies. It is the 10th Top 75 entry and the eighth Top 10 album for 46-year-old Boe from Lancashire, who made his chart debut in 2007. With three new songs, and new versions of 13 of their hits and most popular album tracks, Reworked is Snow Patrol’s seventh consecutive top three album, debuting at No.3 on consumption of 23,650 units. It is more than 34 years since Simply Red released their first studio album, Picture Book, and they maintain their record of never missing the Top 10, with 12th set, Blue Eyed Soul – a collection of new songs penned by their 59-year-old frontman Mick Hucknall – debuting at No.6 (9,772 sales). Including compilations, it is their 14th Top 10 album and 17th chart album in all. Hucknall has also released two solo albums, one of which made the Top 10. Five weeks after debuting at No.16 on digital sales and streaming, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Ghosteen has been released physically, and re-enters at a new peak of No.4 (15,135 sales), becoming their sixth Top 10 entry. No.1 on debut 36 weeks ago, What A Time To Be Alive is back in the Top 10 for the first time in 26 weeks for Tom Walker, surging 67-9 (8,980 sales) following the release of a deluxe edition. With to-date consumption of 216,933 copies, it is the ninth biggest artist album of 2019, and the second biggest by a new act, trailing only Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which falls to the lowest position of its 26-week chart tenure this week, declining 4-8 (9,640 sales), ahead of the release of its new extended edition on 22 November. No.1 last week, From Out Of Nowhere now falls to No.7 (9,721 sales) for Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra. Completing the Top 10, Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project falls 3-5 (10,728 sales), and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding dips 8-10 (6,897 sales). Overall album sales are up 8.15% week-on-week at 1,939,450, 1.03% below same week 2018 sales of 1,959,596. Sales-equivalent streams accounted for 1,188,817 sales, 61.30% of the total. Sales of paid-for albums are up 20.23% week-on-week at 750,633, 19.21% below same week 2018 sales of 929,104. Topping the singles chart for the 15th straight week in her native Australia – where ACR is clearly not a thing – Dance Monkey is No.1 here for the seventh time in a row for Melbourne singer/songwriter Tones And I. It thus surpasses Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next – which topped for six weeks last year – as the longest running No.1 by a solo female artist since Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love topped for seven weeks in 2007, and is now the longest running No.1 ever by an Australian-born act, besting the six weeks that Two Little Boys spent at No.1 for Rolf Harris in 1969/1970. Consumption of Dance Monkey has exceeded 80,000 for five weeks in a row, with a tally of 82,944 in the latest frame, including 72,527 from sales-equivalent streams, raising its 18-week tally to 683,386, as it advances 35-27 on the year-to-date rankings. After debuting at No.2 last week, Dua Lipa’s Don’t Start Now remains in runners-up position, albeit with consumption up 3.29% week-on-week at 50,959 units. Ride It by Regard (3-3, 39,847 sales) and South Of The Border (4-4, 330585 sales) by Ed Sheeran feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B, are also static but on declining consumption. The five highest debuts on this week’s chart are, for the first time ever, by UK rap acts. With a dozen previous Top 75 entries to his credit, J Hus scores his third Top 10 entry and highest-charting hit to date with Must Be opening at No.5 (32,931 sales). Fredo has his 14th hit with Netflix & Chill (No.13, 24,891 sales). Meanwhile Dave – who has previously teamed for two hits apiece with the aforementioned Hus and Fredo - has his 19th chart entry with Paper Cuts (No.15, 24,056 sales); KSI is back after a three year hiatus with his fourth hit and biggest hit Down Like That (No.18, 22,740 sales), which features UK rapper S-X on his chart debut and transatlantic assistance from Rick Ross on his sixth hit and Lil Baby on his ninth [the latter also has his 10th with solo effort Woah debuting at No.69, 7,471 sales)]; and Nottingham pair Young T & Bugsy have their third hit with Don’t Rush (No.28, 16,974 sales), featuring fifth-time chartmaker Headie One. Completing the Top 10, Memories (8-6, 31,748 sales) hits a new peak for Maroon 5, while there are declines for Circles (5-7, 30,756 sales) by Post Malone, Lose You To Love Me (6-8, 29,965 sales) by Selena Gomez, Good As Hell (7-9, 29,550 sales) by Lizzo and Bruises (9-10, 28,841 sales) by Lewis Capaldi. Overall singles sales are up 0.55% week-on-week at 18,558,094, 13.95% above same week 2018 sales of 16,286,203. Paid-for sales are down 5.38% week-on-week at 566,118 – 31.69% below same week 2018 sales of 828,723. They are below same week, previous year sales for the 328th week in a row.