Top 20 Albums Worldwide
Week 16'26 · Apr 17 – Apr 23, 2026
16 new entries out of 20. The chart swept itself clean this week and restocked with something stranger: a Greek Orthodox priest running Byzantine chant through a fretless electric guitar, a protest song from Bristol that pairs Tom Waits with Massive Attack, a vaporwave cassette box set designed to be listened to alone at sunset, and — at number one — a pre-order from a Scottish duo who have not released an album in 13 years. 4 holdovers from last week. 16 new faces. No dominant genre, no dominant geography, and no way to predict what comes next. 20 entries. Let us begin.
This Week's Story
A Greek priest at 13. Two Bristol architects of trip-hop sharing the top 5 for the first time. A pre-order from the Pentland Hills that rewrote the chart in a week. Sixteen new entries, no dominant sound, and the kind of breadth that makes you wonder what the people buying these records have in common besides good taste. The Top 20 resets next week. This one will be hard to follow.