Royal Blood, The Coral lead latest UK Record Store Chart
Royal Blood, The Coral lead latest UK Record Store Chart
Royal Blood are also at number one on the UK’s main chart rundown.
Royal Blood have debuted at the top of the UK Record Store Chart with Typhoons, immediately ahead of The Coral’s own new LP Coral Island.
It’s a Top 20 dominated by new entries, more coming from the likes of Teenage Fanclub, Girl In Red, Pink Floyd, Gojira and Manchester Orchestra, but Waxahatchee does find room to climb from last week with her stand-out 2020 album Saint Cloud.
Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ Body becomes first number one drill song
Alex Green, PA Entertainment Reporter
7 May 2021, 6:50 pm
Body by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions has become the first drill song to top the UK charts in what has been described as a “landmark” moment for the genre.
The track climbed from number four to number one this week, racking up 71,000 chart sales including 10.7 million streams, boosted by a remix featuring artists including Bugzy Malone and Darkoo.
The duo said: “We want to thank everyone for getting us the first drill number one. Big up everyone on the remix, big up everyone involved, big up the Atlantic family. Mad love.”
Last modified on Sat 8 May 2021 00.10 EDT
Body by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions has become the first drill song to claim the UK No 1 spot, in what has been described as a landmark moment for the rapidly growing music genre.
The catchy song that has inspired a number of viral social media trends, largely on TikTok, racked up 71,000 chart sales and 10.7m streams this week, powered by a remix featuring Bugzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, Darkoo, Buni, ArrDee and E1 and ZT.
The latest victory builds on significant commercial success for both Wayne, whose song I Dunno peaked at No 7, and Millions, whose song Gun Lean became the first drill track to make the Top 10 in 2019.
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Tom Jones is the current number one on the UK Record Store Chart with Surrounded By Time.
He immediately leads more brand new entries from Field Music and Dinosaur Jr., while London Grammar are down to #7 from #1 with their new LP Californian Soil.
It’s now nine years since The Official Charts Company launched this chart as vinyl sales surged during the last decade, a trend which continued in 2020 as the format grew for the 13th consecutive year. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.