Issued through Dirty Hit, the record marks the artist’s second consecutive UK Number One, following the success of 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves. This milestone sustains an unbroken streak of Top 10 albums for the musician, whose earlier releases Fake It Flowers (2020) and Beatopia (2022) both debuted with high chart positions.
Meanwhile on the Official Albums Chart, Queen drummer Roger Taylor achieves his second solo Top 10 entry with Violence Insane In A Beautiful World, debuting at Number 6. The collection sits alongside his 2021 work Outsider, which peaked at Number 3, as his best-charting solo effort to date.
Miley Cyrus returns to the rankings with Bass Persuades, which starts at Number 13, while American alt-rock pioneer Beck secures his eighth UK Top 20 album as Ride Lonesome lands at Number 15.
David Bowie notches his 72nd Top 40 album entry with The Shel Talmy Recordings, an archival compilation that chronicles his 1965 studio sessions with producer Shel Talmy, debuting at Number 17.
Post-punk veterans Echo & The Bunnymen make a return to the charts with Apples For Isaac, arriving at Number 19 to mark the band’s first new studio album in 12 years.
Liverpool indie-rock four-piece The Cheap Thrills celebrate a career milestone as their debut album, Keep Cheap, enters the main chart within the Top 40. The band—comprising Lewis, Anton, Terry, and Callum—also claimed the Number 1 spot on the Official Albums Downloads Chart this week.
The Official Albums Chart Top 5 is completed by Michael Jackson’s The Essential holding firm at Number 2, Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In at Number 3, Sienna Spiro’s Visitor at Number 4, and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving re-entering the top flight at Number 5.
