New albums from Michael Buble and Lady Gaga, and the second selection of newly-orchestrated recordings from Elvis Presley all make significant first impressions globally this week but the star performer is 82-year-old Canadian Leonard Cohen, whose 14th studio album, You Want It Darker, outperforms them all.

Cohen's album opens at No.1 in Flanders, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden, at No.4 in France and the UK, No.5 in Germany and Wallonia, No.8 in Italy, No.20 in Hungary and No.87 ...