Tom Walker has gone straight in at #1 in the U.K. with his debut album,
What a Time to Be Alive (
Relentless), on 37k combined sales—truly earning his
BRITs British Breakthrough win after becoming the first act with a debut album to chart at the top in nearly two years.
64% of Walker's sales tally comes from physical retail, and he beat
Bryan Adams'
Shine a Light (
Polydor) to the top of the Official Albums Chart; Adams ends the week at #2.
Further down,
Hozier is also one of 12 albums breaking into the Top 40 today as his
Wasteland, Baby! (
Island) lands at #6.
Solange is new at #18 with
When I Get Home (
RCA),
So What by Sheffield metalcore band
While She Sleeps (Spinefarm), their fourth Top 40 album, comes in at #21, and Irish folk legend
Daniel O’Donnell’s
The Gold Collection (
DMG TV) goes in at #23.
The death of
The Prodigy’s frontman
Keith Flint last Monday means three of the band’s albums make a Top 40 return, headed up by
Their Law: The Singles (
XL) at #13, then
The Fat of the Land at #26, while recent #1
No Tourists rebounds to #35.
On the Official Singles Chart, another new British act,
Lewis Capaldi, holds onto #1 with “Someone You Loved” (
Virgin EMI) for a second week. The track finishes 6k combined sales ahead of “Giant” (
Columbia) by
Calvin Harris and
Rag’n’Bone Man, which is the most downloaded track.
Mabel overtakes
Ariana Grande by rising two places to #3 thanks to single “Don’t Call Me Up” (Polydor), and this week’s highest new entry comes from the
Jonas Brothers' latest confection, “Sucker” (Polydor), at #6—their first ever U.K. Top 10 single.