{"id":486511,"date":"2026-05-15T19:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486511\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:37:16","slug":"westlife-secure-highest-new-albums-chart-entry-with-25-the-ultimate-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486511\/","title":{"rendered":"Westlife secure highest new Albums Chart entry with 25 \u2013 The Ultimate Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Jackson<\/a>\u00a0earns\u00a0a second\u00a0consecutive\u00a0week\u00a0at Number 1 with 2005 compilation\u00a0The Essential\u00a0Michael Jackson<\/a>.\u00a0Thriller<\/a>\u00a0also moves into the Top 5 (5), as\u00a0Bad<\/a>\u00a0elevates two (6).\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0also\u00a0a fresh inclusion\u00a0for\u00a01979\u2019s\u00a0Off\u00a0The\u00a0Wall<\/a>,\u00a0which returns to the Top 40 for the first time since his death in 2009\u00a0(39).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sheffield-born\u00a0outfit\u00a0Reverend\u00a0And\u00a0The\u00a0Makers<\/a>\u00a0bag a third Top 10 album with\u00a0Is This How Happiness Feels?<\/a>\u00a0(7).\u00a0The five-piece’s\u00a0eighth LP, it joins 2007 debut\u00a0The State of Things<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02023\u2019s\u00a0Heatwave\u00a0In\u00a0The\u00a0Cold North<\/a>\u00a0in their Top 10 tally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moreover,\u00a0Is This How Happiness Feels?\u00a0tops the Official Independent Albums Chart<\/a> and both the\u00a0Official Albums Vinyl Chart<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Official Record Store Chart<\/a>,\u00a0shifting the most on wax and\u00a0in independent record stores over the past seven days.\u00a0Huge congratulations\u00a0to the\u00a0lads!<\/p>\n

Speaking\u00a0exclusively to\u00a0Official Charts,\u00a0frontman\u00a0Jon McClure\u00a0says:\u00a0\u201cNumber 1 Official Independent album and a third\u00a0Top\u00a0Ten. Enjoying being a chart veteran!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: Westlife talk 25 – The Ultimate Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry Styles<\/a>\u2019\u00a0former\u00a0Number 1 project\u00a0Kiss All\u00a0The\u00a0Time. Disco,\u00a0Occasionally.<\/a>\u00a0pierces the Top 10 once again\u00a0in anticipation of\u00a0his Together, Together Tour,\u00a0which kicks off this weekend in Amsterdam\u00a0(9).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s\u00a0an\u00a0eighth Top 20 for\u00a0Katy Perry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0her compilation\u00a0The One That Got\u00a0The\u00a0Plays,\u00a0containing\u00a0some of\u00a0the\u00a0superstar’s\u00a0greatest hits\u00a0(13).\u00a02010\u2019s\u00a0Teenage Dream<\/a>\u00a0also scales three spots in the process (36).\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0maiden\u00a0main chart entry for Ipswich five-piece\u00a0Basement<\/a>, as their first\u00a0release\u00a0in eight years,\u00a0WIRED<\/a>,\u00a0lands at Number 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris Brown<\/a>\u00a0earns his 12th\u00a0Top 40 with 12th\u00a0studio\u00a0set,\u00a0BROWN<\/a>\u00a0(17).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the official\u00a0cinematic release\u00a0of\u00a0Hit Me Hard\u00a0And\u00a0Soft: The Tour,\u00a0Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0former chart-topper\u00a0Hit Me Hard\u00a0And\u00a0Soft<\/a>\u00a0is back in the main standings (32).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally, huge kudos goes to\u00a0Manchester\u2019s\u00a0The Covasettes<\/a>, who make\u00a0their\u00a0first appearance inside the Top 40 as\u00a0Honeymoon Forever<\/a>\u00a0glides to Number\u00a034.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson\u00a0earns\u00a0a second\u00a0consecutive\u00a0week\u00a0at Number 1 with 2005 compilation\u00a0The Essential\u00a0Michael Jackson.\u00a0Thriller\u00a0also moves into the Top 5 (5), as\u00a0Bad\u00a0elevates two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,25129,337,5,210343,26553],"class_list":{"0":"post-486511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-michael-jackson","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-reverend-the-makers","16":"tag-westlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116580282878186144","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}