{"id":573338,"date":"2026-05-08T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573338\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:00:09","slug":"michael-jackson-hits-collection-moonwalks-to-number-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573338\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson hits collection moonwalks to Number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two more MJ albums also see a surge:\u00a01982\u2019s\u00a0Thriller<\/a>\u00a0jumps two (6) as 1987 record\u00a0Bad<\/a>\u00a0moonwalks its way back into the Top 10 for the first time in 14 years, up five (8).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: Where every Michael Jackson song and album has charted in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Congratulations go to\u00a0KNEECAP<\/a>, who\u00a0claim a career-best\u00a0with second studio release\u00a0FENIAN<\/a>\u00a0(2). The Belfast-born trio\u00a0–\u00a0Mo Chara,\u00a0M\u00f3gla\u00ed\u00a0Bap\u00a0and DJ\u00a0Pr\u00f3va\u00ed\u00a0–\u00a0prevously\u00a0charted with\u00a02024 debut\u00a0Fine Art<\/a>\u00a0(42).\u00a0FENIAN\u00a0also tops this week\u2019s\u00a0Official Vinyl Albums Chart<\/a>, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.<\/p>\n

Melanie C<\/a> sprints to a new solo career high, with her ninth studio album Sweat<\/a> in at Number 3. The record not only beats the Number 4 peak of her 1999 debut Northern Star<\/a>, but also gives Melanie the highest-charting solo album by any Spice Girl<\/a>. Previously, that honour was shared with Geri Halliwell\u2019s Schizophonic<\/a> and Emma Bunton\u2019s A Girl Like Me<\/a>, both of which reached Number 4.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s\u00a0more, following an extensive instore tour up and down the country,\u00a0Sweat\u00a0tops the\u00a0Official Record Store Chart<\/a>, this week’s best-seller in independent UK record shops.<\/p>\n

\"Melanie
\n MORE: Melanie C breaks solo Spice Girls record with Sweat<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s\u00a0a fourth Top 10 album for\u00a0Texan country star\u00a0Kacey Musgraves<\/a>\u00a0with seventh studio collection\u00a0Middle Of Nowhere<\/a>\u00a0(7). It joins\u00a02016\u2019s\u00a0Golden Hour<\/a>\u00a0(6), 2021\u2019s\u00a0star-crossed<\/a>\u00a0(10) and\u00a02024\u2019s\u00a0Deeper Well<\/a>\u00a0(3) in her Top 10 tally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tori Amos<\/a>\u00a0secures her highest-charting record in 12 years with\u00a0In Times Of Dragons<\/a>\u00a0(13).\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the North Carolina native\u2019s 15th\u00a0Top 40 album across a career spanning 35 years.<\/p>\n

Nigerian multihyphenate\u00a0Asake<\/a>\u00a0nets a fourth Top 40 with\u00a0M$NEY<\/a>\u00a0(27), as\u00a0Billie Eilish<\/a>\u00a0bags\u00a0a fifth with\u00a0HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: The Tour<\/a>\u00a0(29).<\/p>\n

Ohio\u00a0duo\u00a0The Black Keys<\/a>\u00a0secure a ninth Top 40 with\u00a0Peaches!<\/a>\u00a0(33)\u00a0and, finally,\u00a0Zara Larsson<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Midnight Sun<\/a>\u00a0rises to a\u00a0joint\u00a0peak with the release of its\u00a0Girls Trip\u00a0remix record, piercing the Top 40 for the\u00a0second time (36).\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two more MJ albums also see a surge:\u00a01982\u2019s\u00a0Thriller\u00a0jumps two (6) as 1987 record\u00a0Bad\u00a0moonwalks its way back into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,3703,168694,15741,128,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-573338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-kneecap","tag-melanie-c","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}