Biffy Clyro have struck the right chord once more, with the Scottish rock icons celebrating their fourth Official Number 1 Album thanks to Futique (1).
Sharing their excitement about the achievement, Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston said:
“Four Official UK Number 1 albums – a Futique moment in real time. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and listened to the album. We appreciate it!”
The group also take the top spot on both the Official Record Store Chart and the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, with Futique becoming the best-selling record of the week across independent shops in the UK and moving the most vinyl copies overall.
With their bold energy shining through, Biffy are proudly raising the Saltire across the UK charts this week.
The unstoppable rise of Biffy Clyro has left Sabrina Carpenter in second place, as Man’s Best Friend lands just behind them (2).
In third position comes Lola Young, whose unapologetic new record I’m Only F**king Myself (3) secures her highest chart placing yet, beating the performance of her earlier release This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway which peaked at 16.
Congratulations are also in order for The Divine Comedy, who have scored their best result in 26 years. Their album Rainy Sunday Afternoon (4) enters the Top 10, the highest since A Secret History... the Best of the Divine Comedy.
Frontman Neil Hannon accepted the Official Top 10 Award from Official Charts with delight, saying: “I’m hyperventilating! The Divine Comedy have another Official Top 10 album! It’s extremely gratifying, it never gets any less exciting.”
The band from Northern Ireland celebrate their sixth Top 10 record this week and also take the lead on the Official Independent Albums Chart, making it a standout moment for them.
Long-awaited recognition has also arrived for Buckingham Nicks. More than five decades after its first release, the self-titled record has finally reached the Top 10, giving Fleetwood Mac duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks a fresh chart milestone (6).
US legends Nine Inch Nails climb back into the Top 20 with the Tron: Ares soundtrack (12), marking the highest-charting release from the Tron series so far.
Joy Crookes secures another Top 20 finish with her bold and diverse album Juniper (13). Featuring collaborations with Kano and Vince Staples, the project shows some of her most adventurous sounds yet.
After filling London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with sold-out crowds last week, Post Malone’s The Diamond Collection shoots up eleven places (19).
British DJ Sammy Virji celebrates his first chart entry as Same Day Cleaning makes its debut appearance (21).
Cardi B’s second studio release AM I THE DRAMA? joins the Top 40 this week, adding another achievement to her chart history (26).
Newton Faulkner claims his sixth Top 40 album with the release of Octopus (27).
Lady Gaga’s debut The Fame returns to the Top 40 ahead of her sold-out UK shows for The Mayhem Ball, climbing fourteen places in the process (36).
And to close the week, Lewis Capaldi’s Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent re-enters the Top 40, moving up six spots (40). This comes as he continues his UK tour before heading to Australia, following the release of his latest single Something In The Heavens.
Reneé Rapp is seen as a “huge inspiration” by SZA.
The 25-year-old artist performed SZA’s Good Days in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied by two acoustic guitarists and a harp player. SZA, 35, was deeply moved by the rendition.
She posted a short video of the moment on Instagram Stories and wrote: “Renee is a HUGE inspiration, energy, voice spirit.”
During her chat with the BBC, Renee shared her thoughts about the track. She said: “I mean, I love SZA. I mean, she was one of my favorite artists in high school. And she's remained one of my favorite artists to this day. I think she's amazing. She's also, I mean, she's an incredible songwriter, but I think because she has so much swag. People don't realize how good of a singer she is. She's a fantastic vocalist and is really, really, really articulate. And I don't cover a lot of songs anymore. So I wanted to cover something that was, like, slightly challenging and also really vocally impressive, and frankly, hard for me to do.”
Renee is currently in the middle of promoting her second album, Bite Me, and opened up about how much more enjoyable it was to create compared to her first project.
She explained: “I mean, I feel like everything was incredibly different. I stopped listening to people that don't make music, because if you don't make music, then why the hell am I listening to you. And I also think the biggest difference, I think I just got a lot better. I think I have just become a better songwriter. I think I understand how to make pop music now in a way that I didn't really before. And I was very sure about what this album was and thematically, what it needed.
“So I felt like I was quite like, headstrong in like, what was gonna work and what wasn't. Because, nobody knows something better than yourself. I think a lot of things were different. I also just, like, had a lot of fun making it, like, I made it with like, three people, mostly, like, it was always like, four of us in the studio all the time, and we got so close, and some of us were already so close. So it was also just like a mess. It was such a mess, like we were just tweaking every day. It was so fun. And I don't think I enjoyed making the first one as much.”
