The American rock titans – comprising Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee and Pat Smear – attain the summit with their eleventh studio album, and first because the loss of life of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. Over the past seven days they racked up 44,500 chart items.
Previous to this, Foo Fighters topped the Official Albums Chart with One By One (2002), Echoes, Silence, Persistence & Grace (2007), Losing Gentle (2011), Concrete And Gold (2017) and Medication At Midnight (2021).
At Quantity 2, Council Skies gives Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds a fifth Prime 5 album. Underneath his solo moniker, Noel beforehand noticed chart-topping success with eponymous debut Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015), Who Constructed The Moon (2017) and compilation album Again The Approach We Got here: Vol 1 (2021).
Throughout a profession spanning 29 years, Noel held an Official Chart document for his unbroken streak of all ten earlier studio albums – launched each as a part of Oasis and Excessive Flying Birds – reaching No 1, probably the most for any artist, though this run involves an finish at this time.
Council Skies does debut atop the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, in addition to the Official File Retailer Chart, the best-selling album of the previous seven days in UK impartial document outlets.
Elsewhere, Sophie Ellis-Bextor celebrates her fifth UK Prime 10 LP with HANA (8). Beforehand, the singer-songwriter noticed Prime 10 success with 2001 debut Learn My Lips (2), 2007 launch Journey The Gentle Improbable (7), 2014’s Wanderlust (4) and 2020 compilation Songs From The Kitchen Disco (8). HANA additionally debuts contained in the Prime 5 of each the Official File Retailer Chart (2) and Official Vinyl Albums Chart (5) this week.
Louise celebrates 30 years in music together with her Biggest Hits compilation, a brand new entry at Quantity 11 this week. Biggest Hits additionally debuts at Quantity 4 on this week’s Official File Retailer Chart.
In the meantime, Bob Dylan’s landmark fortieth album Shadow Kingdom, a re-recorded assortment of songs from his early profession, debuts at Quantity 14 to change into the legendary singer-songwriter’s 67th Prime 40 LP.
Wrexham indie-pop outfit The Royston Membership, comprising Tom Faithfull, Ben Matthias, Sam Jones and Dave Tute, make their Official Chart debut with Shaking Hips And Crashing Automobiles (16), whereas Jake Shears’ second studio album Final Man Dancing gives him a solo career-best (18). Final Man Standing additionally debuts contained in the Official Vinyl Albums Chart Prime 10 (6).
US heavy steel five-piece Avenged Sevenfold’s eighth studio document Life Is However A Dream… gives the group a sixth UK Prime 40 assortment (21), as Nashville-based rockers Rival Sons rating their fifth with Darkfighter (30).
Lastly, Okay-pop group Stray Children – comprising Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N – make their Prime 40 debut at this time with third studio album 5-Star (40).
