The Great Divide also debuts atop the Official Record Store Chart, the best-seller of the week in independent UK record shops, and Official Vinyl Albums Chart, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.
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It’s a 14th Top 10 LP for Foo Fighters, with their 12th studio album Your Favorite Toy straight in at Number 2.
Michael Jackson‘s catalogue sees a surge following the release of his Michael biopic, with no less than five of his records landing inside the Top 40.
Brand-new set Michael: Songs from the Motion Picture leads the pack (4), with 2003 compilation Number Ones hot on its heels (5). The original 1982 Thriller release moonwalks 57 places into the Top 10 for the first time in 17 years (8), whilst 1987’s Bad is back in the Top 40 for the first time since 2014, vaulting 39 places (13). The Essential Michael Jackson is also present in the standings (14).
Elsewhere, Paul Weller‘s live recording Weller At The BBC (Vol. 2) earns him a landmark 30th solo Top 40 as it is issued on vinyl 3LP (19). And finally, it’s a third Top 40 album for Californian singer-songwriter Kehlani with her self-titled set (28).
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