Harry Styles' newest album "Harry's House" is poised to break this year's record of biggest opening week sales for an album. With Hits Daily Double projecting an outstanding 450,000 to 500,000 equivalent album units in the United States.
In the United Kingdom, the former One Direction member has debuted atop the Official Charts Company's Top 100 Albums chart - even scoring a double as "As It Was" is steady at No. 1 on the Top 100 Singles chart.
But even though his album's success met critics' rave reviews, some artists think the opposite.
Sleaford Mods Think Harry Styles Album is 'Insufferable'
While Harry Styles' music has been loved by many fans all over England, Sleaford Mods beg to differ.
In an explosive tweet yesterday, the English post-punk music duo called out the singer on his recent successes in the industry.
Harry Styles. Forced on you like KFC. Every unremarkable album release pounded into your sensory temples. It’s insufferable.
— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) May 28, 2022
With Sleaford Mods' strong opinions on the "Watermelon Sugar" hitmaker, Harries wasted no time defending their idol on Twitter.
That's enough, No need to talk pic.twitter.com/xfRuIBtaaN
— Cruella🦋 (@Hsavedlove) May 28, 2022
This is even smaller than a Louis Tomlinson gig, and you fugs are coming at Harry Styles who's sold out Wembley Stadium twice and Madison Square Garden ten times? In his 20s? You were working in Woolworths in your 20s.
— Sublime 🦚 (@styles_sublime) May 29, 2022
This is not the first time that the duo has hit on Styles. As Harries have uncovered, Sleaford Mods has had unwelcoming thoughts on the popstar ever since 2017.
Im still fuming at every fucker thinking Harry Styles covering Sledgehammer was brilliant. I ain’t no fan of the original either, but ffs. It’s like applauding the dog for making breakfast. Fuck The COV, I mean ffs. End yaself you bunch of shit taste bastards.
— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) March 13, 2020
Absolutely nil Music Programmes. Bands ave to scramble for slots on Jools. Harry Styles gets his own Fuckin show.
— Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) November 3, 2017
Sleaford Mods released their latest album, "Spare Ribs," last January 2021. The duo's eleventh studio album peaked at No. 4 in the Official Chart Company's album chart - their highest ranking album to date.
Meanwhile, Styles debuted his self-titled debut album (and "Harry's Hous "e) at the No. 1 spot on the Top 100 Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.
In the United States, the two previous albums debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, while the latest one is projected to launch at the top as well.
Harry Styles' "Harry's House" Record-Breaking Debut Possible?
With Billboard Charts updating next week, early projections on "Harry's House" says that the album might be the because album to debut this year so far.
Last week, Kendrick Lamar's "Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers" opened with 295,000 equivalent album units - beating Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti," that only sealed 274,000 album units.
In terms of streaming, Spotify has reported that "Harry's House" have ranked the fifth biggest opening-day streams for an album in global Spotify chart history - racking over 97 million streams in total.
Stream "Harry's House" here.
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