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Explosion of the first ever UK number 1 Greatest Hits 2.0 (via Juno Music).
The British pop-punk trio, comprised of James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis, debut at No. 1 with a career retrospective released more than two decades after their self-titled debut.
Greatest Hits 2.0 goes one better than the guys’ previous best score. Indeed, Busted reached number two three times (2002 album). ruined2003s Gift for everyone and 2019s Almost there), but still have never visited the charter penthouse.
The new collection is a bestseller on vinyl and download, with physical sales accounting for 78% of the total, the Official Charts Company said.
Midweek leader Greatest Hits 2.0 includes a “Guest Features Edition” with versions remastered by the Jonas Brothers, All Time Low, Simple Plan, Dashboard Confessional, Hanson and You Me At Six.
With Busted in first place, Olivia Rodrigo’s second album. Guts (Geffen) drops to second place. Guts it dropped 1-2 positions in its second week, but remains the UK’s most popular LP of the last cycle, OCC reports. It is one of Rodrigo’s two albums to reach the top five; US pop phenomenon’s 2021 chart-topping debut Sourrises 8-5.
Weekends Basic moments (Republic Records/XO) improved to 4–3 in its 137th week on the chart.
Also new to the top tier is Mitski. The earth is inhospitable, and so are we. (Dead Oceans), which took 4th place for the first time. This is the best chart position for an American artist, surpassing the No. 6 position for her 2022 album. Laurel Hell.
Meanwhile, veteran Northern Irish rock band Ash claim their highest chart title in almost 20 years with Race in the night (Fierce Panda), who took 14th place for the first time. This is the indie band’s ninth appearance in the top 40 of the Official UK Albums Chart and their best finish since 2004. Collapse hit number 5.
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor earns second top 20 solo album CMF2 (BMG), new in 17th place. This is a continuation of 2020. SMFTwhich peaked at number 11. As a member of Slipknot, Taylor has three UK No. 1 albums: 2001. Iowa2019s We are not like you and 2022 The end so far.
Also according to the latest data published on Friday, September 9. 22, new releases of “Thirty Seconds to Mars” (It’s the end of the world, but it’s a beautiful day at number 20 via Concorde), Challengers (Ruthless in No. 25 via Parlophone); Madison Beer (Silence Between Songs at No. 28 on RCA) and Sleepy Hallow (Boy meets world No. 32 by Columbia) debuted in the top 40.