The new Disney Soundtrack, 'Encanto', rules the United World Album Chart at #1 for a 2nd week, selling another 170,000 equivalent album units, and is #1 on the year-to-date chart, having sold 745,000 units in 2022 so far, and 836,000 in total since its release on November 19, 2021! The album contains eight original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and produced by Mike Elizondo, and has been released in 44 languages as well as English and Spanish. 'Encanto' is a huge commercial success, the 6th animated film Soundtrack in history to reach #1 in the US, topping the Billboard 200 chart for 4 whole weeks so far, and has charted all of its original songs on the US Billboard Hot 100! It has also reached #1 in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, where it has been certified silver for 60,000 sales units, and it's a top 10 hit in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
'Encanto' is the 1st Disney animated film to generate multiple top-10 songs on the UK Official Chart and the US Hot 100! "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the album's best-selling track, having topped the UK Singles and US Billboard Hot 100 charts, while "Surface Pressure" has peaked at #4 in the UK and #8 in the US. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the 2nd #1 song for Disney in the US after "A Whole New World" from Aladdin in 1992.
The highest debut of the week comes from 19 year-old Japanese singer Ado. Her 1st album 'Kyogen' debuts at #2 on the United World Chart, with 148,000 equivalent sales after topping the Oricon weekly chart in Japan.
The Weeknd's new album 'Dawn FM' dips 2-3 on the United World Chart, selling another 136,000 equivalent sales units (up 38%), and 602,000 so far!
Adele's '30' holds at #4 on the United World Chart, selling another 84,000 units and 4,224,000 so far!
Gunna's 'DS4Ever' slips 3-5, selling another 82,000 equivalent album units and a total of 493,000 so far, while Olivia Rodrigo's former chart-topping album 'SOUR' rebounds 7-6, selling another 70,000 and a total of 4,463,000 so far!
Doja Cat's 'Planet Her' rebounds 8-7, selling another 70,000 equivalent sales units and 2,449,000 so far, while Ed Sheeran's 'Equals' slips 6-8 in its 14th week on the United World Chart, selling another 69,000 equivalent sales and 2,091,000 so far!
Drake's record-breaking album 'Certified Lover Boy' reenters the United World Top 10 at #9, selling another 59,000 equivalent album units and 3,050,000 so far, while the Japanese group Rampage from Exile Tribe lands at #10, with their new single 'Ray Of Light', selling 57,000 in its 1st week on the chart!
