NACC 200 NOTABLES:
1] The new year sees its first brand new #1 on the NACC 200 as Dry Cleaning explodes up 25-1. The English quartet takes over the top spot from Snocaps, who, after five weeks on top, slides to #3. For Dry Cleaning, it’s their third Top 10-peaking album on the chart and their first chart-topper. Rising 25-1, they enjoy the fourth biggest climb ever to #1 on the NACC 200 and the biggest since 2020. They also rose 14-1 on NACC NEXT.
2] Two new albums rise into the top tier this week. Making the biggest move is singer, songwriter, and producer Nate Amos, who records his solo music under the moniker This Is Lorelei. His second solo album, Holo Boy, soars from 55-6 this week. Interestingly, Amos is also in Water From Your Eyes, who is at #19 on the NACC 200 this week. Though it’s not a statistic we kept track of (yet), we don’t recall a time when an artist was in the Top 20 simultaneously with albums that cover both their solo and band work. Could it have happened? Sure! But we don’t recall that it has. Also reaching the Top 10 this week is Dove Ellis, rising 15-10.
3] This week’s biggest climb on the NACC 200 comes from Josh Tillman, who records as Father John Misty. Though we’ve featured Tillman a whopping 17 times in our NACC Chart Recap previously, it’s never been because he scored the biggest climber of the week. But he does this week! His new single, “The Old Law,” jumps 155-18 this week. The song was previously known to fans as “God’s Trash” when Tillman debuted it live on tour in late 2024.
4] Making the highest debut of the week (and the highest debut of the young year) is the Chicago duo, DRAMA. Formed in 2013 by Via Rosa and Na’el Shehade, the duo jumps aboard the NACC 200 at #20 with their third studio album, Platonic Romance. The debut is a breakthrough of sorts for the band (at least here at College & Community Radio), allowing us to feature them for the very first time here.
5] Collecting 53 Top 10 Adds this week and scoring the most-added release of the week is Staten Island, NY vocal group The Sha La Da’s. Centered around Bill Schalda and his sons Paul, Will, and Carmine, the band has released their second LP, Your Picture. which follows their 2018 debut, Love In The Wind. The album bests the 139 other official NACC Adds this week.
GENRE CHART HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
1] In addition to enjoying the biggest climb on the NACC 200 this week, “The Old Law,” the new single from Father John Misty, jumps 13-1 on the NACC Singles Chart.
2] Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore accomplish something that very rarely happens on any NACC Chart. After topping the NACC Chill Chart last week with their double-sided single “Perpetual Adoration” b/w “Melted Moon,” they now replace themselves at the top of that chart with the parent album for those singles as Tragic Magic debuts at #1.
3] With three brand new NACC Chart-toppers this week, ten of NACC’s 15 charts have now seen a brand new #1 in these first three weeks of the new year. The aforementioned Father John Misty brings the NACC Singles Chart over the new column, along with Mavis Staples rising to #1 on NACC Folk and Begonia climbing to the top of the NACC Canadian Chart.
