Charli Xcx secures a Number 1 album hat-trick with Wuthering Heights, shifting vinyl sales and lifting catalog momentum

What matters for the market is momentum: charli xcx’s Wuthering Heights has finished its first week at Number 1, completing a hat-trick of chart-topping albums and sparking measurable gains across physical formats and older releases. That combination—new soundtrack success plus renewed interest in back-catalog titles—creates a short-term sales ripple that matters to labels, shops and touring strategies.

Charli Xcx’s chart momentum: vinyl surge, catalog lift and single success

Here’s the part that matters: the new soundtrack doesn’t just claim a headline slot—it led the week’s vinyl sales and nudged at least one prior release back up the chart. Wuthering Heights topping the vinyl albums chart signals stronger demand for physical formats, while an older Number 1 album rose again after the new release landed.

• Wuthering Heights reached Number 1 and moved the most vinyl copies in the seven-day window.
• A previous Number 1 album from the artist gained ground this week and climbed seven places.
• The artist also notched a second Number 1 single with a team-up that was identified this week.

What’s easy to miss is how those three forces—new soundtrack, physical sales, and single momentum—feed each other. Strong vinyl performance tends to amplify chart stays for albums already in retail, while a charting single can broaden streaming and casual discovery outside core fans.

Event details and the immediate chart picture

Wuthering Heights is the soundtrack to a movie adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic tragedy and is linked to a mockumentary called The Moment, which was released in UK cinemas today. The album joins two earlier Number 1 albums in the artist’s tally and sits among a total of eight Top 40 albums.

Selected chart placements (as presented this week):

• Number 1 albums in the artist’s run: CRASH, BRAT, and Wuthering Heights (current Number 1).
• Other Top 40 albums and their chart positions include: SUCKER, Number 1 Angel, Charli, how i'm feeling now, and a 2025 remix record listed at.
• A prior chart-topper benefited from a boost and rose seven places to.

Beyond this artist’s entries, the week showed notable catalog and live-release movements: a long-running Top 5 album held its place for many weeks, a 2018 hits compilation rebounded to Number 3, a live tour recording debuted inside the Top 20 after its physical release and topped independent shop sales, an older debut climbed the chart in advance of a new album, and a USB release jumped back into the Top 40 following a London residency.

• Key takeaways:
• Wider audience attention is being pulled by a film-linked soundtrack, which often delivers higher physical-buy rates.
• Physical-format releases—vinyl and retail-focused live recordings—are contributing to chart volatility this week.
• Catalog titles can rebound strongly when a current project gains traction, offering secondary sales opportunities.
• Single performance and cinematic promotion are working together to expand reach beyond dedicated listeners.

The real question now is how sustained this pattern will be: will vinyl demand and the mockumentary’s release keep pushing the soundtrack and nearby catalog up in the coming weeks, or will the effects prove short-lived once initial cinema and physical-buying windows close? Signals that will clarify the next phase include continued vinyl sales, follow-up promotional activity around the film, and how long the boosted older album holds its new position.

Micro timeline embedded in the picture of momentum: CRASH and BRAT are the earlier Number 1s that frame this hat-trick; the new soundtrack arrives alongside a film tie-in released to cinemas today; a prior Number 1 saw a measurable rise in the same week.

It’s easy to overlook, but the combination of soundtrack placement and a vinyl-led surge is a repeatable map for catalog revival—labels and retailers will be watching whether this week is a spike or the start of a steadier climb.