Albums 14-10

Arctic Monkeys are the defining British band of their generation.

The 1975 lead an all-new Top 5 in the race for this week’s Official Albums Chart Number 1 with Being Funny In A Foreign Language.

Drake and The Weeknd have both publicly blasted the Grammys, but the Canadian hitmakers appear to be full-on boycotting the 2023 awards entirely.

Meat Loaf‘s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ has been named as the best-selling debut album in UK chart history.Compiled by The Official Charts Company in partnership with National Album Day, which will take place tomorrow (October 15), the ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ has placed the late artist’s 1977 solo album at the top.The chart is based on combined UK sales and streams since records began in 1956, with Meat Loaf having sold over 3.5million copies of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ in the UK alone to date.Second in the chart is James Blunt‘s 2004 LP ‘Back To Bedlam’, with Leona Lewis (‘Spirit’, 2007), Lady Gaga (‘The Fame’, 2008) and Dido (‘No Angel’, 1999) rounding out the top five.Other entrants in the top 20 include debut albums by the Spice Girls, Coldplay, Mike Oldfield, Adele, The Killers, Guns N’ Roses and Oasis. You can see the full ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ chart below.A special Steve Wright-hosted radio programme about the new debut albums chart will air on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 2 from 1pm-3pm tomorrow.Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away earlier this year at the age of 74.

It’s National Album Day tomorrow. You’re probably too busy putting up your decorations right now to read this.

Arctic Monkeys have explained the connection between all their seven studio albums as they gear up to release new LP ‘The Car’ next week (October 21).Since releasing debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ in 2006, the band have flirted with desert rock (2009’s ‘Humbug’), arena-filling rock’n’roll (2013 classic and NME Album Of The Decade, ‘AM’) and lunar-inspired slow-jams (‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’)As the band told Dutch radio station NPO 3FM in a new interview, the connections between the albums are more obvious to the band than they may be to fans.“There’s a path that goes from the first album to this album,” drummer Matt Helders explained. “It might not be obvious and clear to everybody at first, but for us, it’s definitely got a bit of that.

The race for this week’s Official Number 1 album is on, as Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott take the lead midweek against Easy Life. 

This year's National Album Day is focused on the brilliance of debut albums; that rare kind of record, which can see so many artists capture lightning in a bottle.

George Michael’s Older re-issue is currently leading a close race for this week’s UK’s Number 1 album, with the possibility of an all-new Top 5. 

George Michael’s Older re-issue is currently leading a close race for this week’s UK’s Number 1 album, with the possibility of an all-new Top 5. 

Taylor Swift is among the most celebrated singer-songwriters of our generation.

It’s not easy to impress Pitchfork!

Before becoming a billionaire with her multiple endeavors in the beauty and fashion industries, we knew Rihanna first as a pop star.

Elton John has opened up about the resurgence of legacy arts on the Official Charts over the past year, and admitted he would like to see some new blood re-enter the charts. 

Snoop Dogg has taken over a popular record label that launched his stellar career.

Two 90s chart rivals are once again battling it out for the top spot on the Official Albums Chart, as Manic Street Preachers and Steps face off for the UK’s Number 1 album.