It has come to light that The Cure‘s ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ has been outselling the rest of the current UK top 10 combined in its opening weekend of release.
The Cure new album outselling other albums
Robert Smith and co. recently released their 14th studio album and during a week which saw them play two shows at the iconic BBC Radio Theatre before performing the new record in full at London’s The Troxy on the day of its release.
As per Music Week, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ has currently tallied 40,918 sales, outselling the rest of the top 10 albums combined in the midweek charts. “36,970 units account for the record’s physical release, whilst downloads account for 2,838 and streams make up 1,110 sales,” the outlet reported.
The band’s new album which also marked The Cure’s first release of original material in 16 years is also on its way being their first record to land the Number One spot on the charts since their 1992 LP ‘Wish’.
Official Charts Company reported that Sabrina Carpenter is trailing behind at Number Two in the charts this week with ‘Short N’ Sweet‘, while Tyler, The Creator follows in at Number Three with last week’s chart-topper ‘Chromakopia‘, Charli XCX comes in at Number Four with ‘Brat‘ and Chappell Roan completes the top five with ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Widwestern Princess’.
As for new releases, Ed Sheeran’s ‘+–=÷× (Tour Collection)’ is currently at Number Six while Gracie Abrams’ past Number One ‘The Secret Of Us’ rounds off the Top 10. Meanwhile, Lil Uzi Vert’s fourth album ‘Eternal Atake 2’ is at 23 while Weezer’s self-titled debut (known as ‘The Blue Album’) could re-enter the chart for its 30th anniversary at 26 after originally peaked at Number 23 back in 1994.
The group’s show at The Troxy looks likely to be The Cure’s final show for the foreseeable future before they tour in autumn next year. This comes after Smith revealed that the band has another new album that’s “virtually finished” – with a third new record also on the way and that he’s aiming to complete one of the LPs before hitting the road again in 2025.
“We’ll start up again next year,” said Smith. “Seriously, I have to finish the second album. We were going to play festivals next year, but then I decided that we weren’t going to play anything next summer. The next time we go out on stage will be autumn next year.
