album debuts at the top of the UK charts

Canadian singer The Weeknd has been enjoying success with his latest album, “Dawn FM”. The project reached the top of the UK album charts and, with last Friday's update (14), “Dawn FM” is his third album to reach #1 in the country. According to the Official Charts, the project sold 20 thousand copies of streams in the last week.

According to the organization, without the physical version of the album, 94% of the week's total is made up of streams. With the achievement, “Dawn FM” surpasses “=” (equals) by Ed Sheeran, who was at the top until recently, is now in second place. Adele, with her album “30” takes third place in the charts. The Canadian has a very significant history of topping the UK charts: “Dawn FM“, in 2022, “After Hours“, in 2020, and “Beauty Behind the Madness“, in 2015.

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After the huge repercussion of his latest album, Abel shows that he is a true streamer. The Canadian singer has placed “Dawn FM” at the top of the Spotify charts, with a rating of “Top Global Debut Albums“. He also occupied nine of the 10 positions of the “Top Songs Debut Global”, with tracks from his most recent project.

The Canadian's success was already expected: on Saturday (09), The Weeknd debuted the album on streams with 59.5 million plays on Spotify in 24 hours. The track “Sacrifice” was the one that placed in the best position, debuting at the top of the global charts. The song alone, which became a single, received 5.625 million plays in 24 hours.

“Dawn FM” had a huge opening weekend. According to data collected by Hits Daily Double, the star dominated Spotify, racking up more than 60 million streams in the first 24 hours, matching the first-day numbers of his previous album, “After Hours.”

Featured photo: The Weeknd. Courtesy/The Weeknd.