Olivia Rodrigo parks “Drivers License” (Interscope) at the U.K. chart summit for an eighth week while Architects win a nailbiting chart race as For Those That Wish To Exist (Epitaph) bows at No. 1 on the national albums survey.
Architects, the Brighton metalcore outfit, bag their first leader and first Top 10 entry with their ninth studio album.
For Those ends the week just 550 combined sales ahead of Maximo Park’s Nature Always Wins (Prolifica), which had led all albums at the halfway stage. Until now, Architects’ chart best was a No. 15 for 2016’s All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us .
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Architects lead an all-new Top 5 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart as West London rapper Digga D earns a new career chart peak with Made In The Pyrex (CGM), new at No. 3. It’s the most streamed release of the week, the OCC reports.
Also, rock legend Alice Cooper sees his latest LP Detroit Stories (Ear Music) start at No. 4, his highest-charting effort since 1991’s Hey Stoopid , which also peaked at No. 4, while Lucy Spraggan’s sixth album Choices (Cooking Vinyl) starts at No. 5. It’s the British indie singer-songwriter’s highest-charting record to date.
The White Stripes ’ just miss out on a fourth Top Ten as the Detroit rock pair’s career retrospective Greatest Hits starts at No. 12.
Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart , Rodrigo’s keeps motoring with her global hit. It’s the most streamed song of the week, with 5.1 million plays, and it’s now ruled the weekly chart for two months.
Finally, Joel Corry , David Guetta and Raye bag this week’s highest new entry with their new club collaboration “BED” (Asylum/Perfect Havoc). It’s new at No. 20.
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Olivia Rodrigo Talks Being In The Studio With Conan Gray – Capital
After Olivia Rodrigo shared an Instagram Story of herself in the studio with Conan Gray, the ‘drivers license’ singer spoke about what went down.
The whole world is eagerly awaiting for new music from Olivia Rodrigo , after her debut single, ‘drivers license’, spent three weeks at the top of The Official Big Top 40 .
Recently, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor shared an Instagram Story showing herself in the studio with Conan Gray, so we had to get to the bottom of it.
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conan g.???? olivia rodrigo and conan gray were in the studio together i repeat olivia rodrigo and conan gray were in the studio together pic.twitter.com/RHtTc6IhNw
Speaking to Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp , Olivia said “Conan’s a friend of mine, and the guy who produces most of my music produces most of his.
“We’re just pals and I think he’s so brilliant,” she said, as she neither confirmed nor denied rumours of an upcoming collaboration.
Conan Gray seemingly sent Olivia a message, claiming she’d left pistachios in the studio, to which Olivia jokingly told Capital that “Pistachios are my studio food of choice.
“If you ever catch me in the studio, I’m probably eating pistachios, and so I just left some on the piano the other day, and [Conan] was like ‘Did you, like, leave these here?!'”
Talking of collaborations, Olivia said she was (obviously) open to working with Taylor Swift, after the pair have been praising and supporting each other and their music.
