Taylor Swift has secured her fifth consecutive number one album with her surprise release Folklore. The singer’s eighth studio album secured 37,000 chart sales, with 67% of its week one total coming from streams and 33% from downloads, according to the Official Charts Company. Folklore is solely available in digital formats until it gets a physical release later in the year. The 30-year-old’s success makes her the fifth female artist to score five or more UK number one albums, after Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. Former Boyzone star Ronan Keating was at number two with his 11th studio album Twenty Twenty, earning him a ninth top 10 record as a solo artist.

Source: Irish Independent July 31, 2020 17:03 UTC