In a decent U.Okay. race, it’s the Lathums who take the silverware because the Nothing to a Little Bit Extra (through Island) debuts at No. 1.
The Wigan, England indie rock group is now two-from-two on the U.Okay. tally, after their 2021 debut How Stunning Life Can Be additionally climbed the U.Okay.’s chart mountain.
“18,000 Lathums sturdy and we will’t thanks all sufficient,” reads a publish on the band’s Instagram. “With the outright dedication and energy of the group that we now have amassed, we now have managed to clinch a consecutive No. 1 album with our second physique of labor. It is a assertion for all to listen to, that the ability we maintain collectively via love and compassion can take us wherever, and you can by no means underestimate the ability of the frequent individuals.”
After taking the lead on the midweek level, the Lathums’ newest album squeezed residence by simply 700 chart gross sales, as slowthai Ugly (Methodology) finishes in second place.
The British rapper (actual identify: Tyron Frampton) now has three consecutive U.Okay. prime 10s, together with his Mercury Prize-nominated 2019 debut Nothing Nice About Britain (No. 9) and his 2021 chart chief Tyron. Ugly was the week’s best-seller on wax, the Official Charts Firm stories.
Additional down the listing, printed March 10, Mimi Webb bows at No. 4 together with her debut studio album, Amelia (RCA). It’s the Canterbury, England-born singer and songwriter’s second prime 10 look, following 2021’s Seven Shades of Heartbreak, which reached No. 9.
The late Eva Cassidy earns a posthumous prime 10 with I Can Solely Be Me (Blix Road), a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and Australian-British composer Christopher Willis.
I Can Solely Be Me turns into the American singer and songwriter’s sixth prime 10 title within the U.Okay., together with No. 1s for the 1998 assortment Songbird and 2003’s American Tune, each scaling the chart effectively after her passing in November 1996, following a battle with most cancers.
Lastly, De La Soul’s 1989 debut 3 Ft Excessive (Chrysalis) rises to No. 12, a brand new chart excessive. The album is reissued following the dying final month of founding member Trugoy the Dove, and follows the long-overdue launch of the hip-hop pioneers’ catalog on streaming providers. 3 Ft Excessive initially peaked at No. 13 again in 1990.
