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The Official biggest albums of 2024 so far
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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is officially the UK’s biggest album of 2024 so far.
Tortured Poets has spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number 1 since its release in May, and has racked up 667,500 chart units to date. It’s both the most-streamed and best-selling album of 2024, with a physical sales total amounting to 265,000.
Noah Kahan’s Stick Season enjoys a place at Number 3 in the year-to-date list, while Billie Eilish lifts one place to Number 4 with her chart topping Hit Me Hard and Soft, which earned Billie the biggest opening week of her career back in May.
Despite being released in 2023, Chappell Roan’s debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess enters the list for the first time at Number 12 after an extraordinary breakthrough summer for Chappell. Currently the biggest debut album of 2024 so far, having seen a monumental rise in streams and sales as the British public discover her music, the Missouri singer continues to dominate the weekly Official Singles Chart too with no less than three of her hits riding high on the current week’s chart. Expect further climbs for Chappell before 2024 is out.
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A sweep of big summertime smashes crash straight into the list including reigning singles queen Sabrina Carpenter with her sixth studio album Short ‘n’ Sweet (14), while one of the biggest comebacks in history has helped Oasis’ debut album Definitely Maybe into the Top 20 (18) as the record celebrates its 30th anniversary. Possibly the most talked about album of the summer, BRAT by Charli xcx rounds out the Top 20 (20).
More chart-topping albums released in 2024 to land in the year-to-date list are Ariana Grande’s seventh album Eternal Sunshine at Number 22, Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism at Number 31, and very close behind, Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) at Number 32.
Finally, as Linkin Park reform with two new band members and brand-new music – their first since the passing of Chester Bennington - their greatest hits collection Papercuts: Singles Collection 2000-2023 enters the list at Number 38 as fans revisit their catalogue.
The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2024 so far
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 1 | THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 2 | THE HIGHLIGHTS | WEEKND |
| 3 | STICK SEASON | NOAH KAHAN |
| 4 | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT | BILLIE EILISH |
| 5 | GUTS | OLIVIA RODRIGO |
| 6 | 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP | FLEETWOOD MAC |
| 7 | TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 | OASIS |
| 8 | CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS | EMINEM |
| 9 | GOLD - GREATEST HITS | ABBA |
| 10 | DIAMONDS | ELTON JOHN |
| 11 | 1989 (TAYLOR'S VERSION) | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 12 | THE RISE AND FALL OF A MIDWEST PRINCESS | CHAPPELL ROAN |
| 13 | LOVER | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 14 | SHORT N' SWEET | SABRINA CARPENTER |
| 15 | SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO |
| 16 | FOLKLORE | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 17 | MIDNIGHTS | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 18 | DEFINITELY MAYBE | OASIS |
| 19 | THE ESSENTIAL | MICHAEL JACKSON |
| 20 | BRAT | CHARLI XCX |
| 21 | REPUTATION | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 22 | ETERNAL SUNSHINE | ARIANA GRANDE |
| 23 | GREATEST HITS | QUEEN |
| 24 | AM | ARCTIC MONKEYS |
| 25 | THE DIAMOND COLLECTION | POST MALONE |
| 26 | RUMOURS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
| 27 | WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY | OASIS |
| 28 | LEGEND | BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS |
| 29 | SOS | SZA |
| 30 | COWBOY CARTER | BEYONCE |
| 31 | RADICAL OPTIMISM | DUA LIPA |
| 32 | THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRACE) | EMINEM |
| 33 | SINGLES | MAROON 5 |
| 34 | CURTAIN CALL 2 | EMINEM |
| 35 | DIVIDE | ED SHEERAN |
| 36 | BORN TO DIE | LANA DEL REY |
| 37 | I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT THERAPY - PT 1 | TEDDY SWIMS |
| 38 | PAPERCUTS - SINGLES COLLECTION 2000-2023 | LINKIN PARK |
| 39 | BEST OF | 50 CENT |
| 40 | TEENAGE DREAM | KATY PERRY |
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laurelcanyon
Awesome choices 😀
itsnoodleszn_
as for the rest of the chart, it’s awesome to see hit me hard and soft in the top 5 (i think it’ll retain that) along with the hazbin hotel soundtrack in the top 40!! that was a very pleasant surprise. something really needs to be done about these compilations though, they’re not studio albums. the weeknd was the biggest album of last year with a greatest hits and not fresh material. surely it gets boring right?
itsnoodleszn_
the only reason tortured poets has that lead is because taylor plugged so many different variants to prevent other albums from reaching that number 1 spot. i’m still salty about brat not getting it because that’s an absolutely incredible album + aoty for me (along with hit me hard and soft)
swifties can send me death threats all they want, i don’t care, just know you are giving your fandom a bad name. i love taylor swift and a lot of her music but im not part of this hivemind or taylor’s shameless ways of making sure she’s always winning.
as a taylor enjoyer, i wish she would just focus on the music and not meaningless numbers. would make supporting her so much easier for me.
Robert79
To qualify for Best of 2024 charts, the albums considered should only be ones that were released between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.
C
conor
would be a very short list then! i think 7 of the top 40 currently are 2024 releases!
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djcarbines
Am I right in thinking not a single one "this year's" top 40 actually came out this year?
C
conor
i believe 7 of them are 2024 releases, and the rest are from previous years!