Charts analysis: Sam Fender's third chart-topping album outsells rest of the Top 10 combined

Easily securing the highest weekly sale of 2025, Sam Fender’s third studio album, People Watching, storms to a No.1 debut on consumption of 107,124 units (40,800 CDs, 42,769 vinyl albums across 10 variants, 7,436 cassettes, 128 mini discs, 2,614 digital downloads and 13,377 sales-equivalent streams) – more than the rest of the Top 10 combined.

Posting the highest weekly sale since Coldplay’s Moon Music opened with 236,796 units 20 weeks ago, it is a personal best for Fender, beating ...

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