Next Monday the number 1 in Spain will be announced for ‘LUX’ by Rosalía in albums and probably for ‘La Perla’ in singles. The only question is whether they will be a direct gold record.
For now, Spotify has published its list of the most listened to albums in the world this week, and number 1 goes to ‘LUX’. Rosalía manages to unseat Taylor Swift’s latest album, which falls to number 2. The news is also excellent in the official international charts of each country.
If we stick to the official charts, not just the public Spotify charts, ‘LUX’ is a direct entry at number 2 in France and also in Germany. Let us remember, in fact, that some lines from the first single, ‘Berghain’, are in German. Rosalía’s fourth album can also boast of being number 4 in Italy, number 7 in Sweden and number 9 in Norway. In distant Australia it is 15th. Similar entries are also being recorded in places like Lithuania or New Zealand.
Even in a country as complicated as the United Kingdom, ‘LUX’ reaches the top 4, when ‘Motomami’ had been in 41st place.
The single ‘Berghain’ is also top 40 in the United Kingdom. The song rises exactly to number 36, from position 51, touching Rosalía’s maximum in the UK, which was ‘Lo vas a vivir’ with Billie Eilish (it reached number 35). This is the first top 40 for Björk on the islands since 20 years ago, when she released the CD single of ‘Triumph of a Heart’ and it reached number 31. For Yves Tumor it is the first top 40.
Even more difficult, Hits Daily Double predicts that Rosalía’s new album will be number 4 in the United States, only behind Taylor Swift, Morgan Allen and the K-Pop Demon Hunters.
It goes without saying that these figures have a lot of merit for an album that covers 13 languages but is mostly in Spanish, and whose aesthetic patterns are not in today’s fashion. The first single draws on classical music and its chorus is choral; The second single is a waltz on acoustic guitar. Regardless of what this milestone represents for a Spanish artist, will this release encourage international stars to stop copying each other?
