

In the year-to-date figures, Olivia Rodrigo was unstoppable with the only platinum-certified album release of 2021. Billie Eilish was at No.4 with Happier Than Ever (Polydor/Interscope) after moving 84,780 copies in the quarter.ĭoja Cat’s digital-only Planet Her (Ministry Of Sound) finished in fifth place (80,600), almost 5,000 sales ahead of UK rapper KSI’s All Over The Place (BMG) on 75,689 sales. Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (Island/OVO/Republic) was Q3’s third biggest album (85,306), including two separate spells at the summit following a close battle with Lil Nas X. In the quarter, Dave’s album sales totalled 152,425, narrowly ahead of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Polydor/Geffen), which moved a further 150,532 in Q3.ĭave actually finished the quarter by besting some big US artists, both in first week sales and for the quarter. In the quarter when live music opened up after a year of Covid restrictions, there were also some blockbuster album releases.ĭave’s second studio album We’re All Alone In This Together (Dave Neighbourhood) was the biggest seller in Q3 (up to chart week 39) after an impressive week one tally of 74,191 - the biggest of the year to date and a streaming record for a UK rapper. Here, Music Week picks out some of the highlights from the latest Q3 figures… īut looking back over the last three months of Official Charts Company sales data, several familiar faces are still dominating consumption so far this year including Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa and Queen. Q4 is already primed for new music from perhaps the biggest artists in the world today - Adele and Ed Sheeran.
