Top albums of the week:
1) Eminem - 'Kamikaze' (Debut)
2) Post Malone - 'beerbongs & bentleys' (-1)
3) Jorja Smith - 'Lost & Found' (=)
4) Drake - 'Scorpion' (-2)
5) Bebe Rexha - 'Expectations' (-1)
Fending off extremely strong competition for a 6th consecutive week at #1, Ariana Grande's 'God is a woman' eyes up the all-time record for the most weeks at #1 in total, currently held by Camila Cabello's 'Havana' with 8 non-consecutive weeks. The song also extends its record for the longest consecutive run at #1, which it broke last week. The biggest story of the week by far, though, is the slew of huge debuts from Eminem's new album 'Kamikaze', which dethrones Post Malone's 17-week #1 'beerbongs & bentleys' on the albums chart. The highest of these debuts, 'Lucky You', was #1 throughout the majority of the week, but just lost out at the last moment as 'God is woman' began to pick up steam again at the end of the week, so it has to settle for a #2 debut. 'Kamikaze' can also boast a total of 6 entries in the Top 10, making Eminem just the 4th artist to achieve this, following Camila Cabello, The Weeknd and Post Malone. Since all of those of these entries are debuts, Eminem & 'Kamikaze' tie The Weeknd & 'My Dear Melancholy,' and are 1 short of Camila Cabello & 'Camila' for the most simultaneous Top 10 debuts.
Not content to stop there, though, Eminem's 6 new Top 10 entries brings his total of Top 10s to 15, way ahead of the vast majority of artists on my chart, putting him at a tie with Ed Sheeran. The only artist to have more is Camila Cabello, who has 19. 'Kamikaze' also becomes just the 4th album to chart in its entirety, following 'Camila', 'My Dear Melancholy,' and 'beerbongs & bentleys'. Finally, with the 2 extra debuts in the Top 20, 'Kamikaze' breaks the record for the most simultaneous Top 20 debuts with 8, previously held by 'Camila' with 7 (though they were all in the Top 10). Moving away from Eminem, the highest other debut of the week comes from AJ Tracey with 'LO(V/S)ER' at #22, which is the first entry on my chart for AJ Tracey.
At #27, BlocBoy JB & Drake's 'Look Alive' makes a re-entry and reaches a new peak thanks to the same beat being used on the 'Kamikaze' track 'Not Alike', which is the 2nd highest debut of the week at #5. The only other non-Eminem debut comes from Mabel, who at this point is becoming a chart regular, with 'One Shot' at #34. At #31 Marshmello & Bastille completely defy expectations by being the only track to climb on a week absolutely dominated by high debuts, up 2 places to #31. Of course, this is the highest climber of the week, since it's the only climber of the week! This just shows that the track is performing very strongly for me at the moment, and it will almost definitely make more substantial climbs in the coming weeks!
Thanks for reading everyone! :D
My last.fm chart for the week: https://www.last.fm/user/Gameskiller01/library/tracks?from=2018-08-31&to=2018-09-06
Early predictions for next week's Top 10 (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):
Dropouts (notable dropouts in bold):
- Number 1Peak1 (for 6 weeks)Weeks8
- Number 2 DebutPeak2Weeks1
- Number 3 Down by 1Peak2Weeks3
- Number 4 Down by 1Peak3Weeks3
- Number 5 DebutPeak5Weeks1
- Number 6 Down by 2Peak3Weeks3
- Number 7 DebutPeak7Weeks1
- Number 8 DebutPeak8Weeks1
- Number 9 DebutPeak9Weeks1
- Number 10 DebutPeak10Weeks1
- Number 11 Down by 6Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks10
- Number 12 Down by 5Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks19
- Number 13 DebutPeak13Weeks1
- Number 14 Down by 5Peak9Weeks3
- Number 15 Down by 4Peak11Weeks8
- Number 16 Down by 8Peak8Weeks5
- Number 17 Down by 7Peak10Weeks2
- Number 18 Down by 12Peak2Weeks5
- Number 19 DebutPeak19Weeks1
- Number 20 Down by 7Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks19
- Number 21 Down by 9Peak5Weeks13
- Number 22 DebutPeak22Weeks1
- Number 23 Down by 2Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks17
- Number 24 Down by 9Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks16
- Number 25 Down by 11Peak9Weeks13
- Number 26 Down by 4Peak2Weeks48
- Number 27 Re-EntryPeak27Weeks3
- Number 28 Down by 12Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks19
- Number 29 Down by 11Peak1 (for 2 weeks)Weeks69
- Number 30 DebutPeak30Weeks1
- Number 31 Up by 2Peak31Weeks3
- Number 32 Down by 13Peak5Weeks19
- Number 33 Down by 16
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Peak10Weeks7 - Number 34 DebutPeak34Weeks1
- Number 35 Down by 15Peak7Weeks11
- Number 36 Down by 8Peak1 (for 4 weeks)Weeks34
- Number 37 Down by 8Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks31
- Number 38 DebutPeak38Weeks1
- Number 39 Down by 8Peak31Weeks3
- Number 40 DebutPeak40Weeks1
- Number 23 DropoutPeak19Weeks9
- Number 24 DropoutPeak24Weeks1
- Number 25 DropoutPeak10Weeks5
- Number 26 DropoutPeak10Weeks9
- Number 27 DropoutPeak10Weeks18
- Number 30 DropoutPeak13Weeks7
- Number 32 DropoutPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks20
- Number 34 DropoutPeak34Weeks1
- Number 35 DropoutPeak7Weeks23
- Number 36 DropoutPeak31Weeks15
- Number 37 DropoutPeak9Weeks18
- Number 38 DropoutPeak38Weeks2
- Number 39 DropoutPeak27Weeks11
- Number 40 DropoutPeak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks10
Hey Gameskiller! :)
My opinion on your chart this week is probably the same as your opinion on mine last week; a lot of good songs here for sure, but not a fan of the album that caused the biggest impact, sorry.
'Fall' was the only song from 'Kamikaze' I liked & 'Venom' was just okay, but I won't be coming back to anything else from this album. In my opinion, it's Eminem's worst album to date unfortunately!
That said, I love 'God Is A Woman' remaining at #1, as well as 'Happier' being the only song gaining this week.
I look forward to your next chart!