The group released their Wish You Were Here 50 reissue on digital and physical editions, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary record. It includes six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos.
Amazingly, this also marks 50 years since Wish You Were Here first topped the Official Albums Chart back in 1975, marking a real full circle moment for the band.
As a result, it achieves the accolade of the longest span between their first Number 1 album to their last Number 1, clocking in at over 50 years (or 2,620 weeks). Floyd overtakes another legendary band in The Beatles and Abbey Road, who previously held the title with 49 years and 252 days between Number 1s, first hitting the summit in 1969 before regaining the top spot in 2019.
This is also Floyd’s second Number 1 album of the year after Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the live album from their 1971 show, turned film in 1972. The film and album were then digitally re-mastered from its original 35mm footage, with newly mixed audio from Steven Wilson and re-released in 2025. This therefore marks the first time the group have ever claimed two Number 1 albums in the same year.
Moreover, this isn’t the lads’ first taste of festive success. Despite this being their maiden Christmas album, they secured the coveted Christmas Number 1 single back in 1979 with the iconic, Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2.
Wish You Were Here also tops this week’s Official Album Vinyl Chart, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days as well hitting the summit on the Official Record Store Chart, crowned the most popular album in UK independent record shops this week.
One of the greatest English rock bands of all time continue to shine on!
Considered one of the albums of the year, The Art of Loving from Olivia Dean earns an incredible 12th consecutive week in the Top 5 (2). The holiday king Michael Bublé and Christmas finish the festive period at Number (4).
Oasis mania continues, as (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? re-enters the Top 10 (10), (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? – Singles Box, a 7″ singles box set which commemorates 30 years of the original album, also lands in the Top 40 (23), as Definitely Maybe jumps five places to Number 26.
EsDeeKid’s 2025 ends with a bang as Rebel moves up three (13), with big things on the horizon for the underground Liverpool rapper in 2026. Arctic Monkeys and former Number 1 AM sees a resurgence back into the Top 20 for the first time in seven months (17).
Bring Me The Horizon’s That’s The Spirit re-enters the fold following a ten-year anniversary vinyl release (20). Big kudos go to American band Geese, whose project Getting Killed jumps an incredible 44 places (32).
And with their reunion tour now complete, Radiohead find OK Computer climb three positions to settle at Number 37.
