Charts analysis: Noah Kahan tops 55,000 week one sales for The Great Divide

Bridging the great divide between our two nations, Noah Kahan becomes the first American to top the UK album chart thus far in 2026, with more than a third of the year already gone.

Kahan’s fourth studio album, The Great Divide cruises to a No.1 debut after achieving the second-highest first-week sale of the year, with consumption of 55,826 units (16,967 CDs, 16,351 vinyl albums, 612 digital downloads and 21,896 sales-equivalent streams). Only Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally by ...

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