Gracie Abrams takes the UK number one
The UK Albums Top 75 dated July 26 shows Gracie Abrams's "Daughter From Hell" entering at number one on its first week, the chart's highest debut. Olivia Rodrigo's "You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love" held at number three in its sixth week on the listing, and Olivia Dean's "The Art Of Loving" stayed at number four.
Rolling Stones slip after a week at the summit
The Rolling Stones' "Foreign Tongues" dropped from first to fifth place in its second week on the chart. Madonna's "Confessions II" fell five places to fourteenth in its third week, and Harry Styles' "Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally." slipped four spots to twenty-first.
Catalogue heavyweights keep chart presence
Long-running releases continued to anchor the lower half of the listing, with ABBA's "Gold - Greatest Hits" at nineteen, Oasis's "Time Flies 1994-2009" at twelve, and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" at twenty-eight. Ed Sheeran's "+-=%x (Tour Collection)" sat at eleven, and The Weeknd's "The Highlights" at ten.
New entries and returning albums
Yard Act's "You're Gonna Need A Little Music" entered at fifteen, and Nia Archives's "Emotional Junglist" debuted at thirty. Bruno Mars's "The Romantic" re-entered the chart at twenty-five after a brief absence.
South Korea's three-decade chart ascent
A separate analysis published July 25 examined how South Korea moved from producing almost no internationally recognised music in 1995 to topping global album charts and entering the ranks of the world's largest music markets within three decades. The piece attributed the trajectory to a post-1997 government decision to invest in culture as an economic sector.
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