Billie Eilish has risen to her third official number one album with 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT'.
According to Official Charts data, Billie's third studio album finished the week with a total of 67,100 chart units, a new personal best for the biggest debut week sales of her career in the UK to date, far surpassing her 2019 debut album, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, which debuted with 48,400 units. It is also the second biggest debut week sales of an album this year in the UK.
More than a quarter of Billie's total sales this week come from record sales, with Hit Me Hard And Soft also reaching No.1 on the Official Record Albums Chart.
'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' follows Billie's 2019 debut 'WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?' and 2021's 'Happier Than Ever', both of which debuted at the top of the Official Albums Chart.
Additionally, three songs from the album have made it into the top 10 of this week's Official Singles Chart – LUNCH (#2), CHIHIRO (#7) and BIRDS OF A FEATHER (#9).
Meanwhile, Zayn's triumphant country-inspired album, Room Under the Stairs, is his third Top 40 solo album, following 2016's chart-topper Mind of Mine and 2021's Nobody Is Listening (#17). Zayn has scored four more number one albums during his time with One Direction. Room Under the Stairs is also the best-selling album among independent record stores over the past seven days, hitting number one on this week's Official Record Store Chart.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Portishead frontwoman Beth Gibbons' debut solo studio album, 'Lives Outgrown', debuts at No. 7, while legendary guitarist Slash's 'Orgy of the Damned' follows closely behind at No. 8.
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band debut at No. 10 with their latest album, Loophole, marking their second top 10 collection.
Further down the list, London rapper Kravish comes in at number 30 with her sophomore mixtape, Chapter 16, her second Top 40 collection, and finally Girls Aloud's greatest hits collection Ten re-enters the list at number 39 following the kickoff of their Girls Aloud Show tour last weekend.