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Billie Eilish Blasts to No. 1 on U.K. Chart With ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’


Billie Eilish makes it a perfect three-from-three on the Official U.K. Chart.

and 2021’s Happier Than Ever also debuted at the summit), and bags the second-biggest opening week for any album in the U.K. this year, behind only Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department, which shifted a mighty 270,000 U.K. chart units in just seven days. The runaway leader on the midweek chart, when it was outselling the rest of the top 5 combined, Hit Me Hard And Soft knocks Swift from the summit, as Tortured Poets(via EMI) dips 1-2, while Zayn lands a No. 7 with her first solo studio album, Lives Outgrown(Domino Recordings), while legendary Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash earns a No.

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