Paul McCartney has just reached number 1 on the British charts for the 24th time with a different project. His album ‘The Boy of Dungeon Lane’ has sold more than 33,600 units this week. Of those 24 number 1 albums in the UK, 15 were with the Beatles, 6 solo including this one, and the rest with Wings or Linda McCartney.
In addition, Macca’s album has been number 2 in Germany, number 4 in France and has fallen to number 5 in Australia and the United States. In Spain he has to settle for position 7 behind the entire urban band of Quevedo, Bad Bunny, Omar Courtz, Bad Gyal and Los Diozes, who rise from position 8 to position 4. But he gave the former Beatles Italia a worse entry (top 10).
In truth, the strongest entry of the week in Spain is that of Manuel Carrasco, who reaches number 3 with ‘Pueblo Savage I’. That is, he fails to conquer the top 1 as on other occasions, due to the strength of Quevedo and Bad Bunny, who continue to dominate, in that order.
Jay Wheeler reaches number 13 with ‘The Favorite Voice’, while Ariana Grande is in the top 14 with the 10th anniversary edition of ‘Dangerous Woman’. Another notable entry is La La Love You with ‘Why Are You Looking at Me Like That?’, which reaches number 36.
The rest of the new releases in Spain are completed with the urban pop of L’haine’, top 38 with ‘El Hate Always Wins’; Aespa with ‘Lemonade – The 2nd Album’, which is number 57; the 10th Anniversary of ‘The Last Man on Earth’ by Coque Malla at number 93; and Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park 2024’ in ’97.
Good international entry for Boards of Canada
Let’s stop for a moment at Boards of Canada, who appear at number 72 in Spain with the complicated ‘Inferno’. Entry that is mainly due to its good acceptance in the vinyl subchart, where it is even number 20.
It should be noted that the top 3 achieved in the United Kingdom by Boards of Canada is the best mark of his career, but not the top 29 achieved in the United States (his previous album was top 13 on the Billboard 200). ‘Inferno’ can boast of having been especially understood in Australia (3) and Germany (4), a miracle for its style.
