Reclaiming the top spot

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 01:00

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 Taylor Swift’s Evermore returns to Number 1 to claim a second week at the Official Albums Chart summit. Swift’s ninth studio record debuted at Number 1 following its surprise release last month and is her sixth album to reach the top spot in the UK. A digital version of the deluxe edition of the record is released today featuring two new songs, Right Where You Left Me and It’s Time To Go.The singer-songwriter’s previous album Folklore also climbs this week, up three to Number 12.

泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)的专辑《永恒》(Evermore)连续第二周蝉联官方专辑排行榜冠军。霉霉的第九张录音室专辑在上个月突袭发布后首登上榜首，这也是她第六张登上英国排行榜榜首的专辑。这张唱片的豪华电子版今天发布了，里面有两首新歌：《Right Where You Left Me》 和《It 's Time To Go》。这位创作型歌手的上一张专辑《Folklore》本周也有所上升，上升3位，排名第12位。

Summit  n.顶点；最高级会议；最高阶层；adj. 最高级的；政府首脑的

debut  n./ˈdeɪbjuː/  /ˈdebjuː/ 初次登场 • the band's debut album 这个乐队首次推出的专辑

deluxe  /dɪˈlʌks; dɪˈlʊks/ adj. 高级的；豪华的，奢华的；adv. 豪华地

Meanwhile, Harry Styles’ Fine Line enjoys a boost, up eight spots to a new peak at Number 2 following the releasing of the video for his latest single Treat People With Kindness.Little Mix’s Confetti lifts one place to Number 3, while Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon climbs a place to 4 and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia completes the Top 5.

与此同时，哈里·斯泰尔斯(Harry Styles)的“Fine Line”人气飙升，在其最新单曲《Treat People With Kindness》mv发布后，排名上升8位，再创新高，位居第二。Little Mix的《纸屑》荣登第三，Pop Smoke的《Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon》荣登第四，Dua Lipa的《 Future Nostalgia》荣登第五。

Confetti  n. /kənˈfeti/ （在婚礼或美国其他特殊活动中抛撒的）五彩纸屑

Nostalgia  n./nɒˈstældʒə/ 怀旧；念旧 • a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia 怀旧感；一阵强烈的怀旧之情

Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent – the UK’s biggest album of 2020 – makes a return to the Top 10, up six places to Number 6 to log an 86th week in the top flight. Elsewhere in the Top 10, rising star The Kid Laroi vaults 12 places to Number 10 with mixtape F**k Love, boosted by his Top 40 hit Without You and new single So Done.

刘易斯·卡帕尔迪(Lewis Capaldi)的《Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 》——这是英国2020年销量最大的专辑——重返榜单前十，上升了6位，排在第6位，连续第86周荣登榜首。在前十名的其他曲目中，后起明星the Kid Laroi凭借混音专辑《F**k Love》跃居第10位，其单曲《Without You》和新单曲《So Done》跻身前40强。

Divinely /dɪˈvaɪnli/ adv. 凭神的力量；象神一样地；庄严地；极好地

Uninspired /ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪəd/ adj. 无灵感的；缺乏创见的；平凡的

Hellish  adj. /ˈhelɪʃ/ 极不愉快的；地狱的；凶恶的；令人毛骨悚然的

vault /vɔːlt/ 1.（尤指银行的）金库，保险库；2.（教堂的）地下墓室；（坟地的）墓穴；3.拱顶；穹隆；4.撑物跳高；撑杆跳；5.~ (over) sth （用手支撑或撑杆）跳跃，腾跃 •She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path. 她用手一撑跃过栅栏门沿着小路跑去。•to vault a fence 跃过篱笆墙

Mixtape：n. 集锦盒带，混音带；音乐合辑

Further down, Michael Kiwanuka’s Mercury Prize-winning Kiwanuka re-enters at Number 37, and several albums return to the Top 40, including The Weeknd’s After Hours (26), Bee Gees’ Timeless (28), Dua Lipa’s self-titled (34), and Beatles’ 1 (40).--Music News

再往下看，迈克尔·基瓦努卡获得水星奖的《基瓦努卡》再次进入排行榜第37位，还有几张专辑重返排行榜前40名，包括the Weeknd的《After Hours》(26)、Bee Gees的《永恒》(28张)、杜阿·利帕以自己命名的专辑(34)和披头士的《1》(40)。——音乐新闻

Mercury /ˈmɜːkjəri/ Prize：水星奖于1992年开始举办，每年挑选出年度最佳英国和爱尔兰地区出版的专辑。入围唱片为十二张(1997之前为十张)，最后其中一张得奖。