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Dave’s first studio album debuts at Number 1 in super close Official Albums chart battle


Dave debuts at No 1 with first studio album Psychodrama (Picture: Picture: Getty, Official Charts) 

Rapper Dave’s first studio album has debuted at Number 1 in an incredibly close Official Albums chart battle.

The 20-year-old’s Psychodrama scored a Number 1 debut after going head to head for the top spot against Foals.

The London artist, who released his 2017 Top 20 EP Game Over, began the week at Number 5 as fellow rappers – including Krept and Konan – urged fans to support and buy his latest work.

Following heavy support from social media users, many of which even opted to purchase physical CDs, Psychodrama racked up 26,390 combined sales, including 23.6 million track streams, making up 79% of its total figure.

Dave’s single Black, a song about black empowerment, caused some controversy amongst listeners who were uncomfortable with the song, with some calling it racist.

BBC DJ Annie Mac defended the song which has the lyrics: ‘Black is beautiful, Black is excellent, Black is pain, Black is joy, Black is evident.’

Mac posted on Twitter herself, stating her frustration and adding: ‘Let me get this straight, if you are genuinely offended by a man talking about the colour of his skin and how it has shaped his identity…’

Aside from the controversy fans have praised Psychodrama for acting like a therapy session as the lyricist touched on the heavy themes of societal injustice, race, prison, relationships, and industry contradictions.

Not bad for a first album. Not bad at all.

The 20-year-old has had an impressive start to his career (Picture: Official Charts)

This, however, means that Foals had to settle for the second best spot after the release of their highly-anticipated album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part.

The group finished with only 279 combined sales behind Dave, with their fourth album inside the Top 5. Talk about a close call!

But there is a win for Foals, as Everything Not Saved is the best-selling vinyl of the week and it also takes the top spot on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.

Meanwhile, Dido landed at Number 3 with her fifth studio album and first in six years Still On My Mind, and Norwegian singer Sigrid opens at Number 4 with her debut set Sucker Punch.

Elsewhere in the singles chart, Lewis Capaldi claimed a third week at Number 1 with Someone You Loved.

But Dave took home three of the highest entries this week with Disaster featuring J Hus at Number 8, Streatham at Number 9, while the 11th spot now belongs to track Location featuring Burna Boy.

Last time Dave achieved a Number 1 single was back in October 2018 when Funky Friday featuring Fredo debuted at the top.

Here’s to Dave’s future.



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