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.
Suki Waterhouse has spoken candidly about how she found herself crying constantly after the birth of her daughter.
The singer and actress reflected on her experience as a mother more than two years after she and her partner, actor Robert Pattinson, welcomed their baby girl in March 2024.
During an interview with The Standard published on Thursday, Suki explained that motherhood has completely shifted her outlook on life.
"I think it's made me marvel at our humanness. It's so funny, even just your kid getting a fever, watching a little body recover from that, it's brought me down to what it is to be alive and I really love that," she said. "It feels very survivalist and medieval in a way, especially birth, birth is medieval."
The Daisy Jones & The Six actress, 34, shared that she was caught off guard by just how exposed and emotional she felt after giving birth to her daughter.
"I'm almost two and a half years in now, but when she was first born, I remember thinking that I can't believe everybody does this and I can't believe how vulnerable I feel," she told the publication. "I was crying all the time."
Suki continued, "It makes me cry now thinking about it. It was just... shocking."
The Notting Hill singer also admitted that she has never considered herself someone who cries easily, making those emotions all the more surprising.
"It's so f**king weird! I'm not a cryer! I'm so not an emotional person, I'm such a Capricorn. But being a mum just fed me up in such a sweet way," she stated. "It just absolutely broke open my heart, and I'm just madly in love and, despite my crying right now, I enjoy it so much and I'm so taken by my daughter and so in love with doing it with my partner and I just feel the preciousness of it very much."
Suki and Twilight actor Robert, 40, have been in a relationship since 2018 and announced they were expecting their first child together toward the end of 2023.
The pair have largely kept their romance away from the spotlight and have yet to publicly share the name of their daughter.
