Harry Styles' Album Tops UK Chart for Second Week

Harry Styles' latest album, "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally," has held the top position on the UK's Official Albums Chart for a second consecutive week, according to the Official Charts Company. The record, released last week, marks Styles' third number one as a solo artist and achieved the largest opening week for a male solo artist in the UK in nine years, with 183,000 units sold.

The album's success extends internationally, debuting at number one in 19 countries, including the United States. On the Billboard 200, it entered at the top with 430,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 12, according to Luminate. This included 291,000 pure sales, of which 186,000 were on vinyl, setting a record for male artists since tracking began in 1991. Styles becomes the first solo artist to debut at number one with his first four albums since Alicia Keys accomplished the feat from 2001 to 2007. The performance mirrors the four consecutive number one debuts by One Direction, the band that launched Styles' career.

Before going solo, Styles rose to fame as a member of One Direction, formed on "The X Factor" in 2010 alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and the...