Taylor Swift extended it Doubled UK Chart in a second week and in the process won the battle with The Beatles‘reissued Revolver for #1 in the Albums Survey.
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Midnights begins a second week at the top of the Official Albums Chart, as new deluxe editions of Revolver bringing the 1966 bestseller masterpiece back to No. 2. The album entered the chart at No. 1 and spent seven consecutive weeks there. New releases enter the Official Vinyl Albums Chart at No. 1. Click here to read our interview with Giles Martin about his production of the new stereo mix of Revolver.
Swift is also starting a second week at the top of the singles charts with “Anti-Hero,” which streamed more than seven million times in the chart week through last night (3). The last artist to simultaneously top the UK singles and albums charts was Harry Styles, in the spring of this year, with Harry’s house and “As it was”. The very first was Elvis Presleywith the G.I. Blues soundtrack and its hit “Wooden Heart”.
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe continue successful vocal partnership with Decca release Together in Vegas enters at No. 3. Further down the graph, Paul Weller lands his 27th Top 40 album as a 3LP collection of rarities, remixes and live tracks, will of the peoplearrives at number 15.
Halloween Monday (October 31) has a surprising impact on the charts, with Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” re-entering the singles chart at No. 32, more than 38 years after peaking at No. 2 in the UK. Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt Kickers’ “Monster Mash” reappears at #38. The macabre novelty was a US No. 1 when first released in 1962, made a minor Hot 100 return in 1970, then climbed to No. 10 again in America in 1973, when it became a UK hit for the first time , peaking at No. 3.
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