Don Broco nab their first UK Number 1 album with Amazing Things: "This means so much"
04.02.2022 - 19:57
/ officialcharts.com
Don Broco have scored their first ever Official Albums Chart Number 1 with Amazing Things, beating off stiff competition from The Weeknd’s Dawn FM.
Following Dawn FM’s release on physical formats, the gap closed on the midweek leaders in the latter half of the week - but Amazing Things, the Bedford-born band’s fourth studio album, held out and clinched victory by just under 1,500 copies. Don Broco achieved their Number 1 album with 98% physical sales, topping both the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and Record Store Chart.
Don Broco have enjoyed three UK Top 40 albums prior to today, including two Top 10s, with 2012’s Priorities (25), 2015’s Automatic (6) and 2018’s Technology (5)
Celebrating their Official Albums Chart Number 1, Don Broco told OfficialCharts.com: “Wow, our first ever Official Charts UK Number 1 album. Thank you so much to our fans for supporting us this week; we honestly couldn’t have done it without you. This one’s for you guys.”
They added: “After so many hiccups along the way with this album release, to finally get it out and get this Official Charts UK Number 1 Album award means so much.”
Meanwhile, Liverpudlian folk singer Jamie Webster was the most-downloaded album in the UK this week; making him Number 1 on the Official Album Downloads Chart with his second studio album Moments (3). A non-mover at Number 4, Ed Sheeran’s BRIT Awards Mastercard Album of the Year-nominated = (Equals) was the UK’s most-streamed album of the week. Welsh rockers Scarlet Rebels are a new entry at Number 7 with See Through Blue, their first Top 40 album.
Congratulations to Blackpool's Jethro Tull who land their first Top 10 on the UK Official Albums Chart in 50 years today, entering at Number 9 with their 22nd studio album