The group also dominated physical formats this week, taking the top spot on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart by selling more copies on wax than any other release. Behind them on the main chart, Olivia Rodrigo sits at Number 2 with You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In, while Michael Jackson’s The Essential holds firm at Number 3.
Scottish four-piece The Snuts land at Number 4 with Joy In Short Moments, earning their fourth consecutive Top 5 album. The band also claimed Number 1 on the Official Record Store Chart, shifting the highest number of copies through independent record shops over the past seven days. Fontaines D.C. round out the top five as Dopamine Chamber drops three places to Number 5.
Further down the charts, Canadian rockers Nickelback celebrate their eighth Top 10 album as Everything Under The Sun debuts at Number 6, while Birmingham band Editors achieve the exact same milestone with Surface, Echo & Sound at Number 7. Fresh off the Halloween weekend, Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller vaults 14 places to return to the Top 10 at Number 10.
American DJ and producer MK earns his Official Albums Chart debut at Number 20 with his first solo full-length release, In The Night Again. UK rapper Nines captures his second Top 40 album of the year with Young Nina entering at Number 30, following his previous release Lost Tapes which hit Number 14 earlier this autumn.
Rounding out the notable entries, The Who’s 1975 record The Who By Numbers returns to the Top 40 at Number 31 following a major super deluxe reissue.
