A week after recording the biggest week’s sales of any artist album in 2019, Lewis Capaldi’s debut release Devilishly Uninspired To A Hellish Extent is still way too strong for the chasing pack, racking up its second straight week at the summit on sales of 39,741 copies (including 20,221 from sales-equivalent streams). It received a boost from belated release on cassette, with 1,857 sales earning it a No.1 debut on the format chart.

Consumption of Capaldi’s album was more than ...