All male and all Italian, except two. In March Harry Styles managed to enter first place in the official Italian album chart, Fimi's Top of the Music, with Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. Before him, the highest position in the ranking had been occupied by Olly, Tony Boy, Guè, Geolier, Kid Yugi. After him Tony Effe & Side Baby, Nayt, Salmo, Shiva, Sayf, Tedua succeeded.
Women? Zero. Other foreign artists? Nobody, not even BTS who have a very strong fan base whose Arirang entered in second place, stopped by I am an individual of Nayt.
The streak of Italian men (often rappers) at number one has now been broken by Olivia Rodrigo. His You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love went straight to the top of the charts. Behind are in order Immortal municipalities by Achille Lauro, Everything is possible by Geolier, Gospel of Shiva and Mediterranean (After the sea) of Bresh. Rodrigo's album is also first in the Fimi chart dedicated to physical media, CDs, vinyls and cassettes. Among singles Stupid Song he's at 56 and The Cure to 90.
Italian hegemony in the rankings is certainly nothing new. In the top 50 albums there are only four other foreign artists: Bad Bunny with You need to take more photos at number 8 e A real man without you at 29, Michael Jackson with the soundtrack of Michael on the 16th, the 40th anniversary edition of Thriller at 24 and the anthology Number Ones at 32, Linkin Park with the collection Papercuts at 33, BTS with Arirang at 42.
You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love it is number one in both the US and the UK. It is also the album that in 2026 had the most streams on Spotify on the day of its release.
