{"id":439569,"date":"2026-05-09T01:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:17:12","slug":"michael-jackson-earns-his-first-u-k-no-1-album-in-17-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439569\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Earns His First U.K. No. 1 Album in 17 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMichael Jackson<\/a> has emerged victorious in a three-way battle to earn his first U.K. No. 1 album in 17 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tMJ was competing against Northern Ireland rap trio Kneecap<\/a> and Spice Girl<\/a> Melanie C, but pulled away in the final days to achieve the feat on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart<\/a> dated May 8.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe release of new biopic Michael has seen streams<\/a> for the King of Pop spike amid a record-breaking opening in theaters. The career-spanning The Essential Michael Jackson collection is No. 1 for the first time since his death in 2009; the compilation ruled for seven weeks following the news of his passing.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo more MJ albums see surges as 1982\u2019s Thriller lifts two places to No. 6, while Bad is up five to No. 8, the first time it has appeared in the top 10 in 14 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tKneecap earn a career-best with its second studio LP Fenian at No. 2. The trio \u2014 composed of Mo Chara, M\u00f3gla\u00ed Bap and DJ Pr\u00f3va\u00ed \u2014 previously hit No. 42 with its 2024 album, Fine Art. The group also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart this week by shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpice Girls member Melanie C celebrates her highest charting solo album with ninth studio LP Sweat coming in at No. 3, besting her previous peak of No. 4 with Northern Star (1999). It\u2019s now the highest position of any solo album by a Spice Girls member; Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton\u2019s retrospective debuts Schizophonic and A Girl Like Me both hit No. 4.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week\u2019s chart-topper, Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s The Great Divide, moves down three spots to No. 4, while Olivia Dean<\/a>\u2019s The Art of Loving closes at No. 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tKacey Musgraves<\/a>\u2019 Middle of Nowhere is at No. 7 to give the Texan star her fourth top 10 entry in the U.K., while Tori Amos lands her highest charting album in 12 years with In Times of Dragons (No. 13).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAsake bags a fourth top 40 with M$ney (No. 27), The Black Keys\u2019 new cover album Peaches! lands at No. 33 and Zara Larsson\u2019s Midnight Sun returns to the top 40 following the Girls Trip remix edition (No. 26).<\/p>\n


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