One Direction’s new album Midnight Memories has earned the band several accolades this week; not only content with hitting the top spot on this week’s Official UK Album Chart, announced today, the new LP also serves as the group’s fastest-selling album, along with the overall fastest selling album of 2013.
The album, the group’s third, sold a staggering 237,000 copies in its first week on UK sale, eclipsing their previous effort Up All Night by 82,000. The year’s previous fastest-seller was Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, released earlier this year.
The British five-piece’s new entry into the charts beat Gary Barlow’s latest effort Since I Saw You Last from entering the top spot, which arrived at a not-too-shabby second place, whilst bandmate Robbie Williams’ latest solo effort Swings Both Ways drops to third place. Olly Murs’ recent promotion has helped Right Place Right Time climb from out the Top 40, to fourth, whilst Eminem’s latest masterpiece The Marshall Mathers LP 2 completes the Top 5.
Bad news falls on Lady Gaga though, whose latest effort ARTPOP has dropped out the Top 20 entirely, falling to 24, whilst James Arthur’s recent controversial statements has harmed his self-titled debut album, which is sitting just in the top 20 at 18.
Check the full Top 10 below:
