Ariana Grande starts in top spot with new album Sweetener

Ariana Grande starts in top spot with new album Sweetener

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Ariana Grande is off to a bright start with Sweetener.

Grande’s fourth album has shifted 25,801 copies so far this week, and is ahead of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (10,980 sales) and The Greatest Showman OST (8,186 sales). George Ezra’s Staying At Tamara’s (5,275 sales) and Bugzy Malone’s B Inspired (5,141 sales) complete the Top 5.

Aretha Franklin’s Soul Queen is up 67-8 thanks to 3,998 sales, and the singer’s A Brand New Me (2,119 sales) is new in at No.11. Respect – The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin enters at No.17 with 1,478 sales.

Slaves and Gabrielle enter at No.6 and No.7 with Acts Of Fear And Love and Under My Skin respectively.

In the singles chart, George Ezra’s Shotgun (20,264 sales) tops the list, with Drake’s In My Feelings (18,887 sales) at No.2. Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid are at No.3 with Eastside (14,831 sales), Loud Luxury’s Body (14,554 sales) is at No.4 and Calvin Harris & Sam Smith round out the Top 5 with new collaboration Promises (14,385 sales).

Grande’s God Is A Woman (14,046 sales) shoots up 12-6, and Breathin (11,483 sales) is new at No.8.

You can see the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

22

2

2

IN MY FEELINGS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

7

4

3

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE

6

6

4

BODY

LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

12

NEW

5

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

1

12

6

GOD IS A WOMAN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

6

3

7

NO BRAINER

DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE

BLACK BUTTER/DEF JAM

4

NEW

8

BREATHIN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

10

9

TASTE

TYGA FT OFFSET

LAST KINGS MUSIC

14

9

10

GIRLS LIKE YOU

MAROON 5 FT CARDI B

INTERSCOPE

12

11

11

LUCID DREAMS

JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE

13

13

12

RING RING

JAX JONES/MABEL/RICH THE KID

POLYDOR

9

14

13

ONLY YOU

CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

9

7

14

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

19

NEW

15

ALL I AM

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

1

5

16

RISE

JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK

POSITIVA

13

15

17

SICKO MODE

TRAVIS SCOTT

CASH MONEY/EPIC/REPUBLIC

3

17

18

SOLO

CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO

ATLANTIC

14

NEW

19

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

NEW

20

TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME

1975

DIRTY HIT/POLYDOR

1

19

21

NEVERMIND

DENNIS LLOYD

PARLOPHONE

19

NEW

22

I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

ARETHA FRANKLIN

WEA

4

20

23

PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE)

ASAP ROCKY FT SKEPTA

ASAP WORLDWIDE/POLO/RCA

13

NEW

***

EVERYTIME

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

45

***

NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

17

37

24

DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE

DAVID GUETTA FT ANNE-MARIE

PARLOPHONE

4

22

25

ONE KISS

CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

20

8

26

JACKIE CHAN

TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE

POSITIVA

14

NEW

***

R E M

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

21

27

FEFE

6IX9INE/MINAJ/MURDA BEATZ

TENTHOUSAND PROJECTS

5

NEW

***

RAINDROPS (AN ANGEL CRIED)

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

28

28

079ME

B YOUNG

COLUMBIA

9

18

29

DON'T MATTER TO ME

DRAKE FT MICHAEL JACKSON

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

8

25

30

OCEAN

MARTIN GARRIX FT KHALID

COLUMBIA

10

NEW

***

BLAZED

ARIANA GRANDE FT PHARRELL

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

GOODNIGHT N GO

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

26

31

NONSTOP

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

8

29

32

IF YOU'RE OVER ME

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

15

NEW

33

RESPECT

ARETHA FRANKLIN

ATLANTIC

2

NEW

34

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO/BASTILLE

CAPITOL

1

NEW

***

PETE DAVIDSON

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

23

35

BED

NICKI MINAJ FT ARIANA GRANDE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

33

36

BEST LIFE

HARDY CAPRIO FT ONE ACEN

VIRGIN

8

31

37

I LIKE IT

CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN

ATLANTIC

20

NEW

***

SUCCESSFUL

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

32

38

2002

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

18

35

39

PANIC ROOM

AU/RA & CAMELPHAT

RCA

13

30

40

FINE GIRL

ZIEZIE

RCA

15

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

1

2

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

6

2

3

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

36

4

4

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

22

NEW

5

B. INSPIRED

BUGZY MALONE

BSOMEBODY

1

NEW

6

ACTS OF FEAR AND LOVE

SLAVES

EMI

1

NEW

7

UNDER MY SKIN

GABRIELLE

BMG

1

67

8

SOUL QUEEN

ARETHA FRANKLIN

RHINO

2

3

9

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

8

7

10

MAMMA MIA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

12

NEW

11

A BRAND NEW ME

ARETHA FRANKLIN/RPO

RHINO

7

11

12

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1170

10

13

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

77

5

14

QUEEN

NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

6

15

ASTROWORLD

TRAVIS SCOTT

EPIC

3

12

16

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

17

NEW

17

RESPECT - THE VERY BEST OF

ARETHA FRANKLIN

BMG TV/WSM

26

NEW

18

THANK YOU FOR TODAY

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

ATLANTIC

1

15

19

SPEAK YOUR MIND

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

17

NEW

20

HOT AUGUST NIGHT III

NEIL DIAMOND

UMC/VIRGIN

1

24

21

WANTED ON VOYAGE

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

170

21

22

HIGH AS HOPE

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

EMI

8

9

23

WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE

ELVIS PRESLEY

SONY MUSIC CG

2

18

24

QUESTION MARK

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

23

NEW

25

THE SYMPHONIC SOUND OF FURY

BILLY FURY

DECCA

1

26

26

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

385

25

27

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1079

65

28

THE BEACH BOYS WITH THE ROYAL

BEACH BOYS/RPO

UMC

11

NEW

29

SECURE

STEFFLON DON

54 LONDON

1

23

30

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

555

13

31

TIMELESS

IL DIVO

DECCA

2

22

32

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

218

NEW

33

30 GREATEST HITS

ARETHA FRANKLIN

ATLANTIC

1

28

34

PALO SANTO

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

7

27

35

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

524

30

36

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

856

NEW

37

SMOTE REVERSER

OH SEES

CASTLE FACE

1

NEW

38

BE THE COWBOY

MITSKI

DEAD OCEANS

1

39

39

LEGACY

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

93

NEW

40

LOVE WON'T WAIT

TEN MILLENNIA

RP&M

1



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