Top 20 Albums Worldwide

For most of the last two months, the top of this chart has belonged to records you could name without looking: a reclusive Scottish duo's long-awaited return, and then, last week, a singer-songwriter's first album in 6 years. This week both have slipped out of the top 6, and the summit belongs to something almost nobody outside its own small world saw coming - a record from the furthest, most fantastical corner of the underground. Below it, the chart splits cleanly down the middle. The lower half leans hard into Britain, Ireland and France; the upper half is almost entirely American. 15 of these 20 are brand-new arrivals. A Greek Orthodox priest, a Toronto garage trio, a Leeds band that plays techno like a punk group, and a rescue husky named Billie are all in here somewhere. Let us count them down.