She did it! British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks now holds the title for the longest run ever on top of the NACC 200. Her debut LP, Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive/PIAS), spends its ninth straight week at #1 to take the all-time crown away from Mitski. Parks also reigns on NACC NEXT for a ninth frame and tops the R&B/Soul Chart for a seventh non-consecutive week. With her smallest #1 point total so far, could we have a new #1 next week? Only time will tell! Valerie June (5-2) and Chad VanGaalen (9-4) wait in the wings.
Another album that is a dark horse candidate for #1 next week is last week’s highest-debuting album, sketchy. (4AD/Beggars Group) from tUne-yArDs. The Oakland, CA duo’s fifth LP makes the biggest climb into the NACC Top 10 this week, leaping 28-7. Also reaching the Top 10 are Middle Kids, up 19-10.
The NACC 200’s highest debut this week is the second-highest debut of the year (behind Arlo Parks’ #7 debut 10 weeks ago). San Jose, CA duo Xiu Xiu, which was started in 2002 by Jamie Stewart (who is the only constant member since this project’s inception), also includes Angela Seo, who has been part of Xiu Xiu since 2009. Their twelfth LP, OH NO (Polyvinyl), explodes onto the chart this week at #13.
Last week’s most-added single from Beabadoobee accomplishes something only five singles have managed in NACC history: scoring the biggest climb on the NACC 200. “Last Day On Earth” (Dirty Hit) does them all one better though, by making the biggest climb any of those songs had on the chart with a 154 spot climb, up 197-43.
With a name that simultaneously delights both birds and Franklin Roosevelt is this week’s most-added album from Flock Of Dimes. The project is the solo pseudonym for Wye Oak lead singer Jenn Wasner whose second LP under this moniker is called Head Of Roses (Sub Pop). The album collects 80 Top 10 Adds (tied for second-most this year) and is a Top 5-highest debut this week on the NACC 200 at #38.
Michelle Zauner, who records as Japanese Breakfast, rises to #1 on the NACC Singles Chart this week with “Be Sweet,” the first single from her upcoming third LP, Jubilee, due June 4. Two artists tie for ‘most-added single’ honors this week: Nashville brother trio Saint Nomad (with their third single already in 2021: “Stay”) and San Diego trio Wavves (with their first new music since 2018: “Sinking Feeling”).
The NACC 200’s Top 20, the Top 5 overall NACC Adds, this week’s genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There are new chart-toppers at Chill, Hip Hop, Electronic, and Heavy this week.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) FLOCK OF DIMES Head Of Roses [Sub Pop] // 80
2) RATBOYS Happy Birthday, Ratboy [Topshelf] // 65
3) DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 Is 4 Lovers [Spinefarm] // 55
4) MOONTYPE Bodies Of Water [Born Yesterday] // 49
5) NICK WATERHOUSE Promenade Blue [Innovative Leisure] // 46
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) XIU XIU OH NO [Polyvinyl] // 12
2) ST VINCENT Daddy’s Home (Advance Tracks) [Loma Vista/Concord] // 15
3) ANTLERS, THE Green To Gold [Anti-] // 27
4) FLOCK OF DIMES Head Of Roses [Sub Pop] // 38
5) DRY CLEANING New Long Leg [4AD/Beggars Group] // 47
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) BEABADOOBEE “Last Day On Earth” (Single) [Dirty Hit] // 154
2) ALICE PHOEBE LOU Glow [Self-Released] // 151
3) CITIZEN Life In Your Glass World [Run For Cover] // 126
4) COOL GHOULS At George’s Zoo [Empty Cellar] // 124
5) SUNNY WAR Simple Syrup [Hen House/ORG] // 111
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: VALERIE JUNE The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers [Fantasy/Concord]
NACC NEXT: ARLO PARKS Collapsed In Sunbeams [Transgressive/PIAS]
BLUES: CURTIS SALGADO Damage Control [Alligator]
CANADIAN: CHAD VANGAALEN World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener [Sub Pop]
CHILL: COM TRUISE In Decay, Too [Ghostly International]
ELECTRONIC: VARIOUS ARTISTS Bluewerks Vol. 1: Up Down Left Riht [Blue Note/Astralwerks]
FOLK: VALERIE JUNE The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers [Fantasy/Concord]
HEAVY: SAXON Inspirations [Silver Lining]
HIP HOP: DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS Unlocked 1.5 [Loma Vista/Concord]
JAZZ: DR. LONNIE SMITH Breathe [Blue Note]
LATIN: BOMBA ESTEREO Deja (Advance Tracks) [Sony Latin]
R&B/SOUL: ARLO PARKS Collapsed In Sunbeams [Transgressive/PIAS]
WORLD: ALTIN GUN Yol [ATO]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: MOZIZ E-Motion: Time Machine + Cycles [Disques Durs]
FOLK: DAVE RICHARDSON Palms To Pines [Self-Released]
HEAVY: TEXAS TALIBAN Runs On Hate [Pavement]
HIP HOP: ALEXANDER THE ROOKIE “Just The Beginning” (Single) [Amber Moet]
JAZZ: GARY BARTZ, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD
Gary Bartz JID006 [Jazz Is Dead]
WORLD: KANE MATHIS Geminus [Nyaato]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: JAPANESE WALLPAPER “Be Sweet” [Dead Oceans]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE (tie): SAINT NOMAD “Stay” [Curb]
WAAVES “Sinking Feeling” [Fat Possum]