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U.K. CHARTS: CALIFORNIAN GOLD
4/23/21

London Grammar’s Californian Soil (Ministry of Sound) digs in at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart on 31k sales. Over on singles, Lil Nas X scores a fourth week at the top.

Californian Soil is the fastest-selling album of 2021 so far by a British act and outperformed the rest of the Top 5 combined. It’s London Grammar’s second #1.

AJ Tracey’s Flu Game (Revenge Records) is the most-streamed album of the week at #2 today, followed by The Offspring’s Let The Bad Times Roll (Concord) at #3.

Imelda May’s 11 Past The Hour (Decca) enters at #6, followed by Greta Van Fleet’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate (Republic) at #8.

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