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Sea Power sets sail for the U.K. chart title with Everything Was Forever, though the British rock band has a fight on its hands. Formerly known as British Sea Power, the group has notched eight studio albums, including five Top 40 appearances, but never ruled the Official U.K. Albums Chart. That could change if Everything Was Forever (via Golden Chariot) continues to steam ahead. It’s No. 1 on the Official Chart Update, and is the market leader with physical sales in the early part of the chart cycle.  Everything Was Forever is Sea Power’s first release through Townsend Music’s D2C Plus model, which expanded in late 2021 to offer a range of artist services from finance, product curation, campaign management, design, manufacturing, marketing and more. To date, the group’s chart best is...

For the very first time, Frank Turner is king of the U.K. albums chart. The British punk rock poet debuts at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with FTHC (an initialism for Frank Turner Hardcore), his ninth studio effort. Until now, eight of Turner’s album have impacted the U.K.’s Top 75 and five have cracked the Top 10, including his most recent release, 2019’s No Man’s Land, which peaked at No. 3.  Turner got even closer to the summit in 2013 with Tape Deck Heart, which peaked at No. 2. According to the Official Charts Company, FTHC (via Polydor) blasts to No. 1 with physical sales accounting for 90% of its first-week total. “It’s official folks,” reads a victorious post on his Instagram account. “I’m tired, proud, and mostly grateful.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See...

Frank Turner is blasting his way to a first-ever U.K. No. 1 with FTHC (Polydor), the English punk-rock poet’s ninth studio album. FTHC (an initialism for Frank Turner Hardcore) accumulates more than double the weekend sales of its closest competition, according to the Official Charts Company, to take outright leadership on the midweek chart. If it keeps its position when the chart is published this Friday, it’ll give Turner his first leader after two near-misses; his 2013 album Tape Deck Heart (2013), and 2015’s Positive Songs For Negative People (2015) both reached No. 2. One-time Mercury Prize winners Alt-J are at No. 2 on the Official Chart Update with The Dream (Infectious Music), the indie rock outfit’s fourth studio album. If it holds course, it’ll give the group a third Top 10 on th...

The only thing standing in the way of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift winning the U.K. chart crown would appear to be magic. Sheeran and Swift’s new collaboration “The Joker and the Queen” is on track for a No. 2 debut on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, following Ed’s performance of it last week at the 2022 Brit Awards. If it keeps its momentum, the single could beat the pair’s last collab, “Everything Has Changed,” which peaked at No. 7 back in 2012. The spell that could stop it is “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the hit song from Disney’s Encanto soundtrack. “Bruno” has led the U.K. chart for the past four weeks and, based on sales and streaming data from the first 48 hours in the chart week, it’s racing to a fifth week at the summit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest ...

Bastille blasts to No. 1 on the U.K. survey with Give Me The Future (Virgin), for the pop group’s third leader. Future debuts at the top of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with physical sales accounting for 85% of its first-week tally, plus the biggest digital download tally of the cycle, the OCC reports. Led by lead vocalist Dan Smith, Bastille ruled with 2013’s Bad Blood (2013), and 2016’s Wild World, while their previous album, 2019’s Doom Days, peaked at No. 4. Future is one of three new entries in the Top 5 as Cambridgeshire rock outfit Black Country, New Road’s second studio album Ants From Up There (Ninja Tune) starts at No. 3, and is the week’s best-seller on wax. Closing out the Top 5 is The Divine Comedy’s Charmed Life: The Best Of (Divine Comedy), the fifth Top 10 set from Neil H...

Ed Sheeran has done it again. The British singer and songwriter holds top spot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with = (equals via Asylum), for its third non-consecutive crown. Sheeran’s latest album was the No. 2 best-seller in the U.K. in 2021, behind only Adele’s 30 (Columbia), according to data published by the Official Charts Company.  A raft of greatest hits collection are on the rise this week, including Little Mix’s Between Us (up 5-4 via RCA), Elton John’s Diamonds (up 9-7 via Mercury/UMC), The Weeknd’s The Highlights (up 18-9 via Republic Records/XO), Fleetwood Mac’s 50 Years – Don’t Stop (up 15-10 via Rhino), ABBA Gold (12-11 via Polydor), Eminem’s Curtain Call – The Hits (27-17 via Interscope), George Michael’s Twenty Five (32-19 via Aegean), The Beatles’ 1 (30-23 via App...

As Christmas tunes tumble out of the U.K. chart, Gayle takes pole position for the first time with “abcdefu.” The Dallas-born, Nashville-based teen leads the chart blast with her viral hit, which lifts 14-1 in its seventh week on the survey. If it holds its position, the break-up song will give Gayle her first U.K. leader. The breakthrough singer-songwriter topped Billboard‘s Emerging Artists chart (dated Dec. 4) with her global hit, which she wrote with Sara Davis and Dave Pittenger and which Ocean Park Standoff drummer Pete Nappi produced. “Abcdefu” was initially powered by TikTok, having been featured in over half a million videos on the short-video streaming platform. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Several singles vault up the U.K. ch...