27-05-2017, 12:38
UK albums chart for week ending 26th May:
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Ed Sheeran has done it again - his record-breaking album ÷ has returned to Number 1 on this weekâs Official Albums Chart.Edâs third studio album logs a tenth non-consecutive week at the summit, toppling last weekâs chart-topper Harry Styles, who slips to 2 with his self-titled debut. ÷ has not dropped out of the Top 2 since its release three months ago.
Meanwhile RagânâBone Manâs Human maintains its grip on the Number 3 slot. The fastest-selling male debut album of the decade has not left the Top 5 since its release 14 weeks ago.
Two new entries round off this weekâs Top 5: Linkin Park score their eighth UK Top 10 album with One More Light at Number 4, while Engelbert Humperdinckâs marks his golden anniversary in music with a Top 5 record, 50. 50 is Engelbertâs highest charting album since 2004âs Number 4-peaking His Greatest Love Songs.
New entries and high climbers:
Synth-pop legends Erasure enter at Number 6 with their new album World Be Gone, the ninth Top 10 LP of their career, while Blink-182âs new deluxe version of their Number 1 album California reaches Number 15.
The Kooks impact the Top 20 at 18 with The Best Of So Far, as do Papa Roach with Crooked Teeth (20 - their fourth Top 20 collection. Fellow rockers Rammstein land at Number 27 with their live album Paris, one placing ahead of Jethro Tullâs reissued Songs From The Wood (28).
Finally, Ariana Grandeâs Dangerous Woman rises 32 positions to Number 30 in the wake of the Manchester attack that occurred following her show on Monday evening (May 22). Click here for more on Ariana's chart uplift this week.
[h=4]Check out this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full[/h]
Ed Sheeran has done it again - his record-breaking album ÷ has returned to Number 1 on this weekâs Official Albums Chart.Edâs third studio album logs a tenth non-consecutive week at the summit, toppling last weekâs chart-topper Harry Styles, who slips to 2 with his self-titled debut. ÷ has not dropped out of the Top 2 since its release three months ago.
Meanwhile RagânâBone Manâs Human maintains its grip on the Number 3 slot. The fastest-selling male debut album of the decade has not left the Top 5 since its release 14 weeks ago.
Two new entries round off this weekâs Top 5: Linkin Park score their eighth UK Top 10 album with One More Light at Number 4, while Engelbert Humperdinckâs marks his golden anniversary in music with a Top 5 record, 50. 50 is Engelbertâs highest charting album since 2004âs Number 4-peaking His Greatest Love Songs.
New entries and high climbers:
Synth-pop legends Erasure enter at Number 6 with their new album World Be Gone, the ninth Top 10 LP of their career, while Blink-182âs new deluxe version of their Number 1 album California reaches Number 15.
The Kooks impact the Top 20 at 18 with The Best Of So Far, as do Papa Roach with Crooked Teeth (20 - their fourth Top 20 collection. Fellow rockers Rammstein land at Number 27 with their live album Paris, one placing ahead of Jethro Tullâs reissued Songs From The Wood (28).
Finally, Ariana Grandeâs Dangerous Woman rises 32 positions to Number 30 in the wake of the Manchester attack that occurred following her show on Monday evening (May 22). Click here for more on Ariana's chart uplift this week.
[h=4]Check out this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full[/h]
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.