Steps close the gap on Manic Street Preachers as race for Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart goes down to the wire

Hitting Number 1 on the Official Chart isn't easy. In the countdown's 66-year history, over 1,000 songs have been left out in the cold in the runner-up slot - and some acts have a nasty habit of missing out a lot...

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Manic Street Preachers have scored their first UK Number One album in 23 years after a heated chart battle with Steps.As revealed in the midweek charts, the rock band were battling the ’90s pop act to displace Drake from the top of the charts after the rapper scored the top spot last week with his latest album ‘Certified Lover Boy’.It’s now been revealed that the Manics registered 27,000 chart sales with acclaimed 14th studio album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, with 91 per cent of these coming from

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Manic Street Preachers are currently battling it out with Steps in the race for this week’s number one in the UK albums chart.One of the acts is very likely to displace Drake from the top of the charts after the rapper scored the top spot last week with his latest album ‘Certified Lover Boy’.The Manics are currently leading the way with ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’, with yesterday’s (September 13) chart update from The Official Charts Company revealing that the band are currently 3000 sales ahead of

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.

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