{"id":808652,"date":"2026-03-06T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808652\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:45:14","slug":"gorillaz-plant-number-1-flag-atop-the-mountain-could-have-gone-further-was-hoping-for-a-0-but-1-will-do-says-murdoc-niccals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/808652\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz plant Number 1 flag atop The Mountain: “Could have gone further\u2026 was hoping for a 0, but 1 will do\u201d says Murdoc Niccals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mountain is also the biggest independent release of 2026 so far, with 30,000 chart units achieved so far having been the first to come from their new label, KONG. The project also takes home this week\u2019s\u00a0Official Vinyl Chart<\/a>\u00a0Number 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To celebrate the band\u2019s third Number 1 in the 70th\u00a0anniversary year of the UK Official Albums Chart, illustrator Jamie Hewlett created a special bespoke illustration of Gorillaz character Murdoc\u00a0Niccals\u00a0clutching the iconic gold Official Charts Number 1 album award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Murdoc\u00a0Niccals\u00a0responding to the news, says:\u00a0\u201cMortal friends, Murdoc F.\u00a0Niccals\u00a0here, speaking to you from on high, the top of the world, the summit of achievement!\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0only\u00a0gone and done\u00a0it again, haven\u2019t I? Number 1! Could have gone further\u2026 was hoping for a 0, but 1 will do. To all my devoted er\u2026 devotees, you have shown impeccable taste as ever. It takes a lot to make a Mountain, so all I can say is\u2026 I\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0have done it without me. Cheers!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Gorillaz_Number<\/p>\n

Pic: Gorillaz band members (from L-R):\u00a0Noodle (guitar), 2D (vocals), Russel Hobbs (drums) and Murdoc\u00a0Niccals\u00a0(bass)\u00a0with the Official Chart Number 1 album award (Credit: Gorillaz)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Incorporating the sounds of Indian classical instrumentation, the blockbuster release\u00a0contains\u00a0feature performances in five different languages.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

With 4x Brit Award winner\u00a0Olivia\u00a0Dean<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0The Art of Loving<\/a>\u00a0taking second spot, the\u00a0funktastic\u00a0Bruno Mars<\/a>\u00a0just\u00a0misses out on\u00a0a third Number 1 himself, as his comeback solo release\u00a0The Romantic<\/a>\u00a0lands at Number 3.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

American singer-songwriter\u00a0Mitski<\/a>\u00a0equals her personal best charting performance with\u00a0Nothing\u2019s About To Happen To Me<\/a>\u00a0(4). Positioning alongside 2023\u2019s\u00a0The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We<\/a>,\u00a0Nothing\u2019s About\u00a0To\u00a0Happen\u00a0To\u00a0Me\u00a0also tops this week\u2019s\u00a0Official Record Store Chart<\/a>, shifting the most copies in independent record stores over the past seven days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

South Korean K-pop sensations\u00a0BLACKPINK<\/a>, consisting of Jisoo, Jennie, BRIT Award winner\u00a0Ros\u00e9\u00a0and Lisa bag a third Top 20 with\u00a0DEADLINE<\/a>\u00a0(11).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Lisa,<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s\u00a0a 31st\u00a0Top 40 accolade for the legendary\u00a0Paul McCartney & Wings<\/a>\u00a0for the soundtrack from his latest Amazon Prime film\u00a0Man\u00a0On\u00a0The\u00a0Run<\/a>, documenting the rise of his group Wings after\u00a0The Beatles<\/a>\u00a0had disbanded (35).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 1975<\/a>\u2019s former Number 1\u00a0i\u00a0like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it<\/a>\u00a0re-emerges inside the Top 40 following a tenth anniversary re-release of the hit album\u00a0(40).\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the Official Albums Chart Top 100 in full here from 5.45pm.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mountain is also the biggest independent release of 2026 so far, with 30,000 chart units achieved so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3936],"tags":[36343,77,132842,230582,269,10201,16,15],"class_list":["post-808652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bruno-mars","tag-entertainment","tag-gorillaz","tag-mitski","tag-music","tag-number-1-award","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116184188796198514","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}