British singer-songwriter Arlo Park‘s stunning and unprecedented run at #1 on the NACC 200 reaches a 12th week. Her debut LP, Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive/PIAS), has now spent four weeks longer topping the chart than any other artist ever has. Her album also rebounds to #1 on NACC Non-Comm and spends another week atop the NACC NEXT Chart. Flock Of Dimes (3-2) and Spirit Of The Beehive (12-3) will mount another challenge for the top next week looking to become just the third #1 of 2021.
Nearly half of the NACC Top 10 contains music that wasn’t in it last week. Death From Above 1979 (16-10), Xiu Xiu (13-7), and Ratboy (11-6) all make strong moves into the top tier. But the biggest move belongs to the aforementioned Spirit Of The Beehive. The Philadelphia trio, formed in 2014, races 12-3 with their fourth LP, Entertainment, Death (Saddle Creek), the most-added album at NACC two weeks ago.
Virginia native Lucy Dacus lands this week’s biggest climb on the NACC 200 with her forthcoming album, Home Video (Matador/Beggars). It’s just the sixth advance-track LP to be the chart’s biggest mover. Dacus’ third LP arrives in June. Two songs from the album, “Thumbs” and “Hot & Heavy,” have already been most-added singles at NACC this year.
We didn’t imagine we’d be showcasing Sir Paul McCartney again so soon, but he’s back with his second release in less than five months. His latest, III Imagined (Capitol), is an album of remixes, reinterpretations, and covers from his III release. It features contributions from NACC favorites like Beck, St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin, and Anderson .Paak among others. The album is this week’s highest debut at #34.
Collecting more Top 10 Adds than anyone else this week is British trio Kero Kero Bonito. Formed in London in 2011 when childhood friends Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled recruited singer Sarah Midori Perry from a Japanese expatriates online bulletin board, the band most recently topped the NACC 200 in late 2018 with their second LP, Time ‘N’ Place. Their latest release is a packaging of their two latest EPs, Civilisation I & II (Polyvinyl).
Beabadobee locks down #1 on the NACC Singles Chart for a third week with “Last Day On Earth,” the first single from her upcoming EP, Our Extended Play, due later this Spring. Aussie quintet The Murdocs have this week’s most-added single with “Francesca.” It comes from their upcoming Bittersweet Demons LP, due June 25.
The NACC Top 5 overall adds, this week’s genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. In addition to returns to #1 on the Hip Hop, Chill, and Blues Charts, there are new chart-toppers at R&B/Soul, Folk, and World this week.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) KERO KERO BONITO Civilisation I And II [Polyvinyl] // 58
2) GUIDED BY VOICES Earth Man Blues [GVBInc] // 49
3*) ARMED, THE ULTRAPOP [Sargent House] // 48
3*) HANNA JADAGU What Is Going On? (EP) [Sub Pop] // 48
5) JEFF ROSENSTOCK Ska Dream [Polyvinyl] // 47
* denotes a tie
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) PAUL MCCARTNEY III Imagined [Capitol] // 34
2) BLACK KEYS, THE “Crawling Kingsnake” (Single) [Nonesuch] // 39
3) JUPITER AND OKWESS Na Kozonga [Everloving] // 51
4) JUAN WAUTERS Real Life Situations [Captured Tracks] // 53
5) SASHA AND THE VALENTINES So You Think You Found Love? [Oof] // 57
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) LUCY DACUS Home Video (Advance Trscks) [Matador/Beggars] // 140
2) FIELD MUSIC Flat White Moon [Memphis Industries] // 126
3) CFCF Memoryland [Self-Released] // 119
4) FIMBER BRAVO Lunar Tredd [Moshi Moshi] // 90
5) STAVES, THE Good Woman [Nonesuch] // 83
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: ARLO PARKS Collapsed In Sunbeams [Transgressive/PIAS]
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: RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCECSO TURRISI They’re Calling Me Home [Nonesuch]
HEAVY: CANNIBAL CORPSE Violence Unimagined [Metal Blade]
HIP HOP: DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS Unlocked 1.5 [Loma Vista/Concord]
JAZZ: DR. LONNIE SMITH Breathe [Blue Note]
LATIN: DOM LA NENA Tempo [Six Degrees]
R&B/SOUL: MENAHAN STREET BAND The Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band [Daptone]
WORLD: JUPITER AND OKWESS Na Kozonga [Everloving]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: VARIOUS ARTISTS Bluewerks Vol. 2: In Full Bloom [Blue Note/Astralwerks]
FOLK: RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCECSO TURRISI They’re Calling Me Home [Nonesuch]
HEAVY (tie): EVILE Hell Unleashed [Napalm]
POVERTY’S NO CRIME A Secret To Hide [Metalville]
TETRARCH Unstable [Napalm]
HIP HOP: WHEELUP Good Love [Tru Thoughts]
JAZZ: DAN MORETTI Tres Libre [Roots Grooves]
WORLD: INNOV GNAWA Lila [Daptone]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: BEABADOOBEE “Last Day On Earth” [Dirty Hit]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: MURLOCS, THE “Francesca” [ATO]