Lana Del Rey secures sixth Number 1 album with Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
31.03.2023 - 16:07
/ officialcharts.com
Lana Del Rey nets a sixth UK Number 1 album with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd today, scooping the fastest-selling LP of 2023 so far.
Lana’s ninth studio album joins her previous UK chart-toppers Born to Die (2012), Ultraviolence (2014), Lust for Life (2017), Norman F*cking Rockwell! (2019) and Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021). Explore Lana’s extensive Official Charts history to date here.
Did you know that there’s a tunnel... surpasses the opening week of Pink’s recent chart-topper TRUSTFALL for the best first-week sales of an album this year, as well as Lana’s strongest first week since Ultraviolence in 2014.
The self-analytical LP also sees Lana tie with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Blur on the list of acts with the most UK Number 1 records to their name; boasting six apiece. See the full list here.
Lana now also ranks as the female solo artist with the fifth-most Number 1 albums in the UK. Only Madonna (12), Taylor Swift (9), Kylie Minogue (8) and Barbra Streisand (7) have more. See the full list here.
Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company says: “The achievement of Lana Del Rey in scoring six Number 1 albums in just 11 years is quite something, especially given she has done so with the biggest first week numbers of any album this year. She is a genuine superstar of our era.”
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, proving the most popular record of the week on wax, and is the week’s most-purchased LP in independent record shops, too.
Elsewhere in the all-new Top 5, Essex-formed synth-pop pioneers Depeche Mode earn their highest-charting album in a decade with Memento Mori (2). The most