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Rod Stewart claims tenth Number 1 album with You're In My Heart and sets a new chart record
Plus, new entries from The Who, Colin Thackery, Camila Cabello, and Liam Payne.
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The results are in – and the other big win of the week belongs to Rod Stewart, who celebrates his 10th UK chart-topping album with You're In My Heart.
Unlike the General Election, the contest for Number 1 album was a close three-way race, with leaders switching throughout the week. But at this final count, there are only 750 copies between the Top 3 – Rod's orchestral reimagining of his biggest hits climbs one place to the top, while nearest rivals Robbie Williams' The Christmas Present and The Who's WHO, settle for Numbers 2 and 3 respectively.
Rod also finds himself not only with a tenth Number 1 album, but a new UK chart record! While it's almost impossible to believe, the ageless Rod the Mod is now the oldest male solo artist to top the Official Albums Chart. At 74 years and 11 months old, Rod beats previous record-holder Paul Simon by three months. See a rundown of older artists who ruled the Official Chart
Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, Rod said: "A new government and and a new Number 1 for Sir Rod. Thank you once again to my legions of fans who I will never take for granted. Bless you all and a Merry Christmas. Well done Robbie, well done Boris, no hard feelings Pete Townshend."
Highest new entry, then, belongs to The Who, whose twelfth studio album WHO is their first collection of new material since 2006’s Endless Wire and goes in at 3.
Continuing the silver streak of success is war veteran and Britain's Got Talent winner Colin Thackery, who becomes the oldest artist to debut in the Official Albums Chart Top 20: Love Changes Everything is new at 13.
Camila Cabello's second album Romance goes in at 14, Liam Payne's debut album LP1 is new at 17, while Kylie Minogue lands her 25th Top 40 album as Golden: Live in Concert starts at 23.
Following the release of a special edition, Jack Savoretti's Number 1 album Singing to Strangers rockets 58 places back up the chart to Number 27, and a performance on the Jonathan Ross Show last Saturday helps Stereophonics' Kind rebound 13 slots to Number 35.
American rapper Roddy Ricch makes his UK Top 40 debut with his first studio album Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, in at 39, and George Ezra sneaks back into the Top 40 with Staying at Tamara's rising two places to 40.
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Foxes
While it is incredibly disappointing to see 'Romance' only debuting all the way down at #14, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's another absolutely incredible album from Camila, and one that shows really good artistic evolution since her debut in January 2018! 'Romance' is already in strong contention for my favourite album of 2019, and it's only been out for just over a week!
These were my favourite tracks from the album, ordered from least to most favourite:
14) 'Bad Kind of Butterflies' - 83/100
13) 'Living Proof' - 83/100
12) 'Easy' - 85/100
11) 'Dream of You' - 87/100
10) 'First Man' - 88/100
9) 'Feel It Twice' - 90/100
8) 'Shameless' - 92/100
7) 'Used to This' - 93/100
6) 'My Oh My' - 95/100
5) 'Cry for Me' - 96/100
4) 'Señorita' - 97/100
3) 'Liar' - 97/100
2) 'Should've Said It' - 98/100
1) 'This Love' - 99/100
Average: 1,283/1,400 (91.6%)
And, for reference, these are my ratings of the 'Camila' tracks:
* Denotes standalone tracks released before the album that were not included on the album
10) 'Inside Out' - 72/100
9) 'Into It' - 82/100
8) 'Consequences' - 85/100
7) 'In The Dark' - 86/100
6) 'Never Be the Same' - 86/100
*) 'I Have Questions' - 91/100
5) 'All These Years' - 95/100
4) 'Something's Gotta Give' - 98/100
3) 'Real Friends' - 99/100
*) 'OMG' - 99/100
*) 'Crown' - 99/100
2) 'Havana' - 100/100
*) 'Crying in the Club' - 100/100
1) 'She Loves Control' - 100/100
Average: 903/1,000 (90.3%) *1,292/1,400 (92.3%)
Piran
So 'Romance' got a higher overall score than 'Camila' did for you? Wow, that's cool!
I personally think her debut was better than this one, but both are definitely deserving of the low 90's scores that you gave them. :)
Foxes
Yeah, I'd say that overall I actually prefer 'Romance' to 'Camila', even though both are fantastic albums! That said, I think that the best tracks on 'Camila' are better than the best tracks on 'Romance', but the latter is definitely more consistent, with its worst tracks being better than 'Camila's worst.
Piran
So there's nothing from 'Romance' that you would put among Camila's best or worse?
I guess that would explain why the songs you added in with a * in your review that weren't on the album boosted the overall percentage by 2%, hence putting it above 'Romance' with those non-album tracks included.
Foxes
Yeah, 'This Love', my favourite track from 'Romance', would be my 9th favourite of her tracks overall (8th if we're not including tracks where she's a featured artist), behind 'She Loves Control', 'Crying in the Club', 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', 'Havana', 'Know No Better', 'Crown', 'OMG' and 'Real Friends'. The fact that it can be so far down in my list of favourite Camila tracks with a 99/100 rating is ridiculously impressive, though! 'Bad Kind of Butterflies', my least favourite track from 'Romance', would still be ahead of 'Sangria Wine', 'Mi Persona Favorita', 'Inside Out' and 'Into It' as well.
Piran
I think 'Romance' was actually more polarising for me than 'Camila'!
All of the tracks on the latter were really good, but I didn't revisit too many of them outside of 'In The Dark' or 'Havana' really.
As for the former, I've really liked all six pre-released singles, while 'My Oh My' will be the next one, but the worst tracks here charted a lot lower this time round. I honestly can't even remember what 'Should've Said It' nor 'Used To This' even sound like, which is the why the former barely charted for me, while the latter only made the bubbling under!
SH
Scott Harris
What I don't get is that Camila has a #1 hit single off the album, following a few other singles to promote said album, provided a concert ticket bundle for her upcoming tour in the US, was one of the top pre-orders on iTunes and overall has her own fan base. All the right ingredients for commercial success, right? And now all of a sudden her album is struggling to make the top 10 on the charts. What went wrong?
N⛵
NFR ⛵️
The tour bundles were US only since they’re not counted for the UK charts
SH
Scott Harris
I thought about that, but It doesn't seem to make much of a difference, since early forecasts predict that she'll only sell around 70,000 to 75,000 units in the US and likely won't be going #1 there either.
thierry henon
I was expecting like the single charts, to see some of Roxette albums back into the Top 10 following Marie's death...Shame really...Very underrated band...
thierry henon
I can't believe neither Camilla nor Liam made it to the top 10!! I reckon if Liam would have released his album a year ago or just after 1D split, it would have been a number 1 contender like his pals from the band...
Brian Quinn
If one includes deceased artists then Elvis Presley would have been 81 when his album 'The Wonder of You' topped the UK Album Charts on 3rd November, 2016.
arsemonkey147
Yes but he wasn't.
Well done on late entry for most stupid and pointless comment of the year
Brian Quinn
Read the article carefully. It does not state that deceased artists should be excluded.
Piran
Woah... this is the closest Top 3 I've seen in ages! I honestly expected Robbie to retain the top spot, but congratulations to Rod Stewart for making it double figures & setting a new chart record.
I still can't believe 'Romance' is way lower down at #14. Remove the four & that's the position it deserved to get! :/
SH
Scott Harris
Same about Camila's disappointing debut, but at least her album did better than ZAYN's sophomore album. Plus her singles are more successful. Both 'Señorita' and 'Liar' have charted in 50+ countries, and I have a feeling that 'My Oh My' will follow suit in 2020.
Piran
True. 'Senorita' was one of the biggest global smashes in 2019, while 'Liar' has been surprisingly stable in a lot of countries as you mentioned (in fact, I saw in the Top 10 of the global charts a few weeks ago).
You'd think having at least the former on it would really intrigue people to check 'Romance' out, but unfortunately, I feel that it's Camila's incredibly fast single rollout in this era that knocked her back!
Yeah, 'My Oh My' is probably going to be the next big hit for her, given that it's trying to go for a very similar vibe to 'Havana' in my opinion! :)
RockReigns
I demand a recount. #RobbieNumberOne
Advik Thakur
What's wrong with Liam and Camila?
JC
Jake Cutler
Well done Boris??
That's him off the Christmas card list then.
Piran
Woah... this is the closest Top 3 I've seen in ages! I honestly expected Robbie to retain the top spot, but congratulations to Rod Stewart for making it double figures.
I still can't believe 'Romance' is way lower down at #14. Remove the four & that's the position it deserved to get! :/