{"id":349446,"date":"2026-01-03T05:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349446\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:57:09","slug":"olivia-deans-the-art-of-loving-is-the-first-number-1-album-of-the-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349446\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving is the first Number 1 album of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Art of Loving\u00a0also tops the\u00a0Official Vinyl Albums Chart<\/a>, shifting\u00a0the most copies on wax over the past seven days.<\/p>\n

\"Olivia
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Sabrina\u00a0Carpenter<\/a>\u00a0takes the Number 2 spot with\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0she releases its Bonus Track Version. The\u00a0star\u00a0also sees\u00a0Short\u00a0n\u2019 Sweet<\/a>\u00a0re-enter the Top 10, moving up five (6).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Record-breaking\u00a0and\u00a0Official biggest album of 2025<\/a>\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>\u00a0remains\u00a0at Number 3, however\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0finds three of her former releases\u00a0–\u00a0THE TORTURED POET\u2019S DEPARTMENT<\/a>\u00a0(28),\u00a0Midnights<\/a>\u00a0(34)\u00a0and\u00a0Lover<\/a>\u00a0(36)\u00a0–\u00a0all make the Top 40.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac<\/a>\u2019s timeless\u00a050 Years\u00a0–\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0Stop<\/a>\u00a0equals its highest charting position yet, rising two (4).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s former Number 1\u00a0HIT ME HARD AND SOFT<\/a>\u00a0rebounds into the Top 20 for the first time since August 2025 (20).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u00a0enjoys\u00a0significant movement for both\u00a0GUTS<\/a>\u00a0(22) and\u00a0SOUR<\/a>\u00a0(25), with the former up 12 and the latter moving eight places.\u00a0Meanwhile,\u00a0George Michael<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Twenty Five<\/a>\u00a0is on the up, ascending nine (27).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Substantial progress up the standings is also\u00a0seen\u00a0for\u00a0Queen<\/a>, as\u00a0Greatest Hits<\/a>\u00a0climbs\u00a010\u00a0(30) while\u00a0Charli\u00a0xcx<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0BRAT<\/a>\u00a0elevates eight (31).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other classic releases that make this week\u2019s Top 40 include\u00a0Drake<\/a>\u2019s 2011 project\u00a0Take Care<\/a>\u00a0(35),\u00a0eternal sunshine<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Ariana Grande<\/a>\u00a0(38),\u00a0Maroon 5<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Singles<\/a>\u00a0compilation\u00a0(39) and,\u00a0finally,\u00a0Billy Joel<\/a>\u2019s renowned\u00a0Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel<\/a>\u00a0(40).\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Art of Loving\u00a0also tops the\u00a0Official Vinyl Albums Chart, shifting\u00a0the most copies on wax over the past seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,50,24275,15515,10568,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-349446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-olivia-dean","12":"tag-sabrina-carpenter","13":"tag-taylor-swift","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}