They also top this week’s Official Vinyl Album Vinyl Chart, with The Wow! Signal shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days. Well in, lads!
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Olivia Dean‘s enduring The Art of Loving holds steady at Number 5 this week. Olivia is the first British female to spend 40 consecutive weeks in the Albums Chart Top 5 since Emeli Sande in 2012, and is only the third British female to ever do this, alongside Emeli and Adele, in 2011.
Congratulations go to The Pretty Reckless, as Dear God matches Taylor Momsen and co’s previous Official Chart best and becomes their fourth Top 10 LP (6). The album also tops the Official Record Store Chart, named the best-seller in UK independent record shops this week.
Katy Perry’s The Ones That Got The Plays sneaks into the Top 10 for the very first time, marking her sixth in all, as she plays the classics at festivals across the UK (10).
Bad Bunny fever is back! Following his acclaimed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium shows last weekend, which included a special appearance from Gorillaz and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, the Puerto Rican superstar finds DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS in the main standings once again (27).
And finally, for the first time since 1997, Metallica see their seventh LP Reload make a welcome return to the chart with the release of an expanded limited-edition boxset (39).
All this month, we’re celebrating 70 years of the Official Albums Chart with a season of special features and interviews on the beloved format We’re asking artists, music fans and media alike to claim their all-time favourite long player – get involved using the hashtag #MyFavouiteAlbum, plus the Official biggest albums of all time will be unveiled and more.
See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.