Olivia Rodrigo's Only Two Albums Are Both Bestsellers Again

Forbes

01-05-2025

Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and Guts return to four U.K. charts each, with both albums climbing amid ... More post–Record Store Day reshuffling. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 12: Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo byfor MTV)
A number of superstar musicians return to the charts in both the United Kingdom and United States this week, thanks in large part to the end of Record Store Day. The annual event sees many well-known and exciting indie acts drop special releases, prompting fans around the world to rush into local music shops to snap up limited-edition offerings. Due to their exclusivity and scarcity, many Record Store Day titles sell out immediately. As a result, they often appear on rankings for just one frame before vanishing, making room once again for regular performers.
That's the case this time around, and Olivia Rodrigo emerges as one of the biggest gainers on the U.K. rankings due to this shift. Both of the young singer's full-lengths usually appear on charts in most Western markets, as they continue to perform incredibly well even years after their release.
This week, Sour and Guts are both present on four different U.K. rankings. In every instance, the titles are among the bestsellers and even climb onto the most important lists.
Guts is the better seller of the two, which makes sense, as it's newer. It reenters the Official Physical Albums chart at No. 38, becoming a top 40 bestseller once again on formats like CD and vinyl. It narrowly misses that same region on the Official Albums Sales tally, where it returns at No. 41.
Sour isn't far behind its successor on either tally. It's back on the Official Physical Albums chart at No. 48 and rebounds to No. 54 on the Official Albums Sales list.
Amazingly, Sour and Guts sit side-by-side on the other two tallies on which they appear in the U.K. Both are living inside the top 40 on the Official Albums Streaming chart and the Official Albums roster, which is the nation's general consumption list. In each case, Rodrigo's collections land one right after the other, with Guts narrowly pulling ahead by just one space.
In the past, both Sour and Guts have hit No. 1 on the charts they appear on. They've become bestselling titles, incredibly strong streamers, and among the most popular albums in the country for years at a time.
Sour is the longer-charting of the two, having recently passed 200 frames on multiple rosters. It hasn't yet hit that milestone on the two sales-based tallies, but it's likely to do so in the coming months.
Guts hasn't yet had a chance to crack triple-digit frames on any ranking, but that's not due to a lack of interest. Considering how well it's still performing more than 80 weeks after release, it seems destined to reach that achievement once enough time has passed.