{"id":649541,"date":"2026-08-21T19:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649541\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:40:15","slug":"phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-is-the-no-1-album-in-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649541\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Lost Weekend’ Is the No. 1 Album in the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPhoebe Bridgers<\/a> has scored her first solo U.K. No. 1 album with Lost Weekend<\/a> on the chart published Friday (Aug. 21).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer-songwriter\u2019s third studio album tops the Official Albums Chart<\/a> in its opening week, surpassing her 2020 LP, Punisher, which landed at No. 6. She previously hit the top spot in 2023 with boygenius, a supergroup formed with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, and their debut album, The Record. The latter peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200<\/a> upon release.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe LP also marks the first U.K. No. 1 for Bridgers\u2019 label, Dead Oceans, per the Official Charts Company. Over the years, the indie label has released music by Mitski, Japanese Breakfast and Khruangbin, among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Wednesday (Aug. 19), Bridgers was forced to cancel the remaining shows<\/a> on her intimate underplay tour of the U.K. owing to illness, revealing that she got \u201cappendicitis for my birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKATSEYE<\/a> land its best ever finish on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart with its third EP, Wild, which closes the week at No. 2. It passes the girl group\u2019s previous career-best for Beautiful Chaos, which placed at No. 55 last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIrish group The Script earn its ninth U.K. top 10 with The User\u2019s Guide to Being Human finishing at No. 3. It\u2019s followed by British group Jungle, who closed at No. 4 with fifth studio album Sunshine. Michael Jackson\u2019s The Essential greatest hits collection ends the week at No. 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere there are top 40 debuts for former UFC fighter-turned-musician Kris Barras at No. 21 (Monsters We Made) and Marilyn Manson at No. 27 (One Assassination Under God \u2013 Chapter 2).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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