Shady is back…at No.1 in the UK
Eminem slides on top of it Official UK Chart album with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (via Interscope), published Friday, July 19.
The Rap God's latest LP racks up 45,000 combined units in the chart week, according to the Official Charts Company, bringing him level with David Bowie and U2 on the all-time leaderboard, with 11 each.
Em previously reigned in the UK with The Marshall Mathers LP (since 2000), The Eminem Show (2002), I call again (2004), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Relapse (2009), Recovery (2010), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music To Be Murdered By (2020). The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) it is also the best-seller in the United States and Australia.
British Rising Star winner Griff scores personal best with debut full-length studio album Vertigo (Warner Records), new at No. 3. Vertigo goes one better than the British artist's 2021 EP One foot in front of the otherwhich reached No. 4.
Brit Award-winning Scottish indie rock act Travis has scored his 10th UK top 10 with LA Times (via BMG), new at No.4, while London-born singer-songwriter Cat Burns collects a top-flight entry with her debut album Early 20s (RCA), new at No. 7.
Finally, new releases from Cigarettes After Sex (X at No. 12 via Partisan) and Atlanta-born singer Clairo (Charm at No. 13 via Clairo) top 40 debut.
Over the Official UK Singles ChartSabrina Carpenter's “Espresso” (Island) marks seventh straight week at No. 1.
Indeed, the American singer and actor closes out another 1-2 in the UK as “Please Please Please” sits at No.2.
Carpenter now sits in first place as the artist who has spent the most consecutive weeks holding both the top two spots on the chart at the same time, a record she shares with Ed Sheeran at five weeks.
Ice Spice and Central Cee's transatlantic hip-hop collaboration “Did It First” (10k Projects /Capitol/Columbia) is the top new non-Eminem single at last count. “Did It First” debuts at No.15 for Ice Spice's third UK Top 40 hit and Central Cee's 26th.
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