Ellie Goulding's Higher Than Heaven and Calvin Harris collab Miracle are Number 1: Official Chart Double

She’s Higher Than Heaven – Ellie Goulding scores the coveted Official Chart Double for the first time in her career today. 

Ellie tops both the Official Singles and the Official Albums Chart this week, securing a second week at Number 1 with Calvin Harris collab Miracle, while her fifth album, dance opus Higher Than Heaven becomes her fourth chart-topping LP. 

Higher Than Heaven joins Ellie’s other Number 1 records, debut Lights (2010), dark pop delight Halcyon (2012) and the introspective Brightest Blue (2020). Her maximalist pop epic Delirium also reached Number 3 in 2015. See Ellie Goulding’s Official Charts history in full here. 

With this newest chart-topper, Ellie now joins Adele as the British female solo artists with the most Number 1 albums to their name, with four apiece. Higher Than Heaven also ends the week as the biggest seller across independent record shops in the UK, topping the Official Record Store Chart.  

And joining in on the fun is trance banger Miracle, Ellie’s high-octane trilogy-completing track with frequent collaborator Calvin Harris retains Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for a second week, once more the most-streamed track in the country of the last 7 days. 

Watch Ellie Goulding accept her awards for the Official Chart Double below

See every act whose scored the Official Chart Double here

Speaking exclusively to Official Charts while accepting her Number 1 Awards for the Official Chart Double, Ellie Goulding says: 

"Guys, I am so, so happy to be holding these two awards for Number 1 album and Number 1 single. I’m speechless. This has made me so happy. 

"Thank you so much to everyone for supporting my album, buying it and streaming it, and for supporting Miracle. It’s such a lovely surprise. It’s been such a good day. Thank you so much, everybody!"

Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company says:  
 
"Congratulations to Ellie Goulding. It is a superb achievement to score a fourth Number 1 single and album, and reaching greater chart heights with a Number 1 Official Chart Double."

 

Credit: Andrew Timms

Official Chart Round Up

Albums 

American rapper, singer-songwriter and producer NF nets a career-best as his sixth studio album HOPE debuts at Number 2. Prior to this, the Michigan export, born Nathan John Feuerstein, claimed two Top 40 records with 2019 release The Search (7) and 2021 mixtape Clouds (12). 

The Weeknd’s greatest hits collection The Highlights lifts one back into the Top 3 this week (3). Just last week, The Highlights was revealed as the UK’s Official biggest album of 2023 so far – see the full year-to-date Top 40 here. 

Following the release of his candid Netflix documentary How I’m Feeling Now, Lewis Capaldi sees his debut LP Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent leap 13 spots back into the Top 5 in its 204th week on chart (4). The record originally topped the chart upon its release in 2019 before spending ten non-consecutive weeks at Number 1. 

As she continues to wow audiences stateside on The Eras Tour, four Taylor Swift albums experience a surge this week: 2022’s Midnights lifts one (5), 2014 release 1989 is up three (17), and 2019’s Lover (20) and 2020 LP folklore (25) both climb nine. 

A 20th anniversary re-issue of Linkin Park’s second album Meteora sees the record vault back into the Top 10 at Number 7. This re-release of the group’s former Number 1 LP includes previously unreleased material featuring vocals from the late Chester Bennington, who died in 2017. Explore Linkin Park’s Official Charts history in full here. 

And, finally, indie folk trio Daughter celebrate a new career high with Stereo Mind Game (12). The group’s first studio album in seven years, it surpasses Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella’s previous success with 2013’s If You Leave (16) and 2016 release Not to Disappear (17). Stereo Mind Game also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, proving the most popular record on wax this week. 

Singles 

Libianca’s breakthrough hit People reaches its highest position yet at Number 2, setting itself up as a potential challenger for Number 1 in the coming weeks. 

Drake secures this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart with Search & Rescue (5). The viral rap track – which includes the voices of Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, igniting social media discussion – becomes the Canadian superstar’s 38th Top 10 entry in the UK. See Drake’s Official Chart history in full here. 

Following the release of his emotional new Netflix documentary How I’m Feeling Now, three tracks by Lewis Capaldi race up the Top 40; Forget Me rockets into the Top 10 for the first time in nearly five months (8), Pointless scores a Top 20 re-entry (17), and title track How I’m Feeling Now boosts up 13 (24). 

One of the biggest rising hits in the country right now, Bakar’s Hell N Back, leaps up eight spots to crack the Top 20 for the first time (20), while Zara Larsson’s Can’t Tame Her continues to gain ground, up two (25). 

David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Players hitmaker Coi Leray are another new entry at Number 26 with Baby Don’t Hurt Me, which samples Haddaway’s influential 1993 house single What Is Love. It marks Leray’s second Top 40 single, Anne-Marie's 17th, and David Guetta’s 46th. 

Finally, two acts achieve their first ever UK Top 40 singles today; South Korean girl group Fifty Fifty with viral single Cupid (34), and - already a superstar in his native US - country singer-songwriter Morgan Wallen’s Last Night becomes his first major UK hit (35). 

The Official Singles Chart Top 40 in full

LW	TW	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL
1	1	MIRACLE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING	COLUMBIA
4	2	PEOPLE	LIBIANCA	5K
3	3	EYES CLOSED	ED SHEERAN	ATLANTIC
5	4	CALM DOWN	REMA	JONZING WORLDWIDE/MAVIN
NEW	5	SEARCH & RESCUE	DRAKE	OVO/REPUBLIC RECORDS
7	6	AS IT WAS	HARRY STYLES	COLUMBIA
2	7	FLOWERS	MILEY CYRUS	COLUMBIA
45	8	FORGET ME	LEWIS CAPALDI	EMI
11	9	GREEN GREEN GRASS	GEORGE EZRA	COLUMBIA
8	10	CREEPIN'	METRO BOOMIN/WEEKND/21 SAVAGE	REPUBLIC RECORDS
9	11	BOY'S A LIAR	PINKPANTHERESS	WARNER RECORDS
12	12	RED FLAGS	MIMI WEBB	EPIC
13	13	IF WE EVER BROKE UP	MAE STEPHENS	EMI
14	14	WHISTLE	JAX JONES/CALUM SCOTT	POLYDOR
15	15	REACT	SWITCH DISCO & ELLA HENDERSON	RELENTLESS
19	16	ANTI-HERO	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
RE	17	POINTLESS	LEWIS CAPALDI	EMI
18	18	KILL BILL	SZA	RCA/TOP DAWG
17	19	ESCAPISM	RAYE FT 070 SHAKE	HUMAN RE SOURCES
28	20	HELL N BACK	BAKAR	BLACK BUTTER
20	21	DIE FOR YOU	WEEKND	REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
21	22	HEAVEN	NIALL HORAN	CAPITOL
22	23	MOTHER	MEGHAN TRAINOR	EPIC
37	24	HOW I'M FEELING NOW	LEWIS CAPALDI	EMI
27	25	CAN'T TAME HER	ZARA LARSSON	BLACK BUTTER/SOMMER HOUSE
NEW	26	BABY DON'T HURT ME	D GUETTA/ANNE-MARIE/COI LERAY	PARLOPHONE
24	27	RUSH	AYRA STARR	MAVIN
23	28	SURE THING	MIGUEL	JIVE
6	29	CEILINGS	LIZZY MCALPINE	HARBOUR ARTISTS & MUSIC
26	30	ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
25	31	ENERGY	DIGGA D	BLACK MONEY RECORDS
31	32	HERE	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY
30	33	I'M GOOD (BLUE)	DAVID GUETTA & BEBE REXHA	PARLOPHONE
61	34	CUPID	FIFTY FIFTY	WM KOREA
59	35	LAST NIGHT	MORGAN WALLEN	EMI
33	36	MESSY IN HEAVEN	VENBEE & GODDARD	COLUMBIA
32	37	PLAYERS	COI LERAY	UPTOWN/REPUBLIC RECORDS
16	38	LIKE CRAZY	JIMIN	BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT
10	39	US AGAINST THE WORLD	STRANDZ	RELENTLESS
29	40	PRETTY BOYS	CAITY BASER	CHOSEN MUSIC/EMI

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The Official Albums Chart Top 40 in full

LW	TW	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL
NEW	1	HIGHER THAN HEAVEN	ELLIE GOULDING	POLYDOR
NEW	2	HOPE	NF	NF REAL MUSIC
4	3	THE HIGHLIGHTS	WEEKND	REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
17	4	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	EMI
6	5	MIDNIGHTS	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
7	6	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN	MERCURY/UMR
182	7	METEORA	LINKIN PARK	WARNER RECORDS
8	8	50 YEARS - DON'T STOP	FLEETWOOD MAC	RHINO
11	9	CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS	EMINEM	INTERSCOPE
12	10	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA	POLYDOR
2	11	PORTALS	MELANIE MARTINEZ	ATLANTIC
NEW	12	STEREO MIND GAME	DAUGHTER	4AD
15	13	SOS	SZA	RCA/TOP DAWG
5	14	DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A TUNNEL UNDER	LANA DEL REY	POLYDOR
13	15	HARRY'S HOUSE	HARRY STYLES	COLUMBIA
14	16	=	ED SHEERAN	ASYLUM
20	17	1989	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
23	18	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN	EMI
21	19	TIME FLIES - 1994-2009	OASIS	BIG BROTHER
29	20	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
22	21	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS	DOMINO RECORDINGS
25	22	THE ESSENTIAL	MICHAEL JACKSON	EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS
24	23	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC	RHINO/WARNER RECORDS
26	24	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN	ASYLUM
34	25	FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
30	26	SOUR	OLIVIA RODRIGO	GEFFEN
32	27	ELV1S - 30 NUMBER 1 HITS	ELVIS PRESLEY	RCA
19	28	ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION	MILEY CYRUS	COLUMBIA
16	29	GETTIN' OLD	LUKE COMBS	SONY MUSIC CG
33	30	STARBOY	WEEKND	REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO
36	31	BETWEEN US	LITTLE MIX	RCA
1	32	THE RECORD	BOYGENIUS	INTERSCOPE
27	33	TRUSTFALL	PINK	RCA
38	34	CURTAIN CALL 2	EMINEM	INTERSCOPE
40	35	I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - THE BEST OF	WHITNEY HOUSTON	ARISTA
39	36	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS	BIG BROTHER
44	37	REPUTATION	TAYLOR SWIFT	EMI
42	38	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	POLYDOR
43	39	HEROES & VILLAINS	METRO BOOMIN	ISLAND
10	40	TIMELESS	DAVIDO	COLUMBIA

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