The Stones claimed the coveted position during the Official Albums Chart’s 70th anniversary month, marking a truly rock ’n’ roll way to celebrate seven decades of chart history. Right behind them, My Chemical Romance stormed to number two with a remastered deluxe edition of their final studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, securing a new UK chart peak for the 2010 record.
Meanwhile, Bring Me The Horizon entered at number six with Count Your Blessings | Repented, a complete 20th-anniversary re-recording of the Sheffield band’s 2006 debut, earning them their sixth UK Top 10 album. Further down the chart, Atlanta rapper-producer Future landed at number 27 with his 10th studio album, The Real Me, while Jack White’s seventh studio project, Frozen Charlotte, debuted at number 29. Ska icons The Specials also claimed their ninth UK Top 40 album overall with Live from the Cathedral, a poignant tribute to their late frontman Terry Hall, entering at number 39.
There was also major chart history made in the Top 5 by the fast-rising boy band December 10. Formed via Simon Cowell’s Netflix series The Next Act, the group secured the highest-charting debut for a British boy band in six years as their album On Your Side entered at number five. Celebrating the news ahead of two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the band expressed total shock and gratitude to their fans, calling the achievement the biggest moment of their lives.
