Morgan Wallen celebrates his first-ever UK Number 1 album with I’m The Problem this week.
It’s the second Top 40 LP for the Tennessee-born country star, following 2023 record One Thing At A Time (40).
Straight in at the summit, Morgan joins an elite group of artists - Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Post Malone and Beyoncé - as the only acts in UK chart history to debut at Number 1 with a country album.
Speaking to Official Charts, Morgan Wallen says:
“The massive growth that we’ve seen in the UK is truly something special. One Thing At A Time debuted at Number 40 and I’m The Problem is debuting at Number 1 only two years apart.
“I am so grateful and humbled my music is connecting in a place where we have spent time and worked to build a real and meaningful relationship with our fans there. Thank you guys so much!”
To celebrate his chart-topping success, Morgan will play an exclusive, one night only show at London’s iconic Roundhouse next Wednesday, May 28.
Independent South Yorkshire-formed rockers The Sherlocks match their previous peak with fifth studio LP Everything Must Make Sense! (4). The band - Kiaran and Brandon Crook, Alex Procter and Trent Jackson - previously charted with 2017 debut Live For The Moment (6), 2019’s Under Your Sky (20), 2022 release Would I Understand (9) and 2023 work People Like Me & You (4).
Everything Must Make Sense! also tops the Official Record Store Chart, the biggest LP of the week in UK independent record shops.
The Sherlocks tell Official Charts:
“Best fans in the world, behind a proper band without any industry support. Legends, thank you for everything!”
Last week’s chart-topper, Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia, holds strong in the Top 10, at Number 5 today.
Peter Doherty scores a solo career-best with fifth LP Felt Better Alive (7). Felt Better Alive also debuts at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.
As a member of The Libertines, Doherty has banked three Top 10 albums, including two Number 1s: 2004’s The Libertines (1), 2015’s Anthems For Doomed Youth (3) and 2024 record All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade (1), plus a further three Top 10 albums as a member of Babyshambles.
Marking its 40th anniversary with a multi-format deluxe reissue, Dire Straits’ fifth studio album Brothers in Arms returns to the Top 10 for the first time in 39 years, at Number 8 this week. The record previously debuted at Number 1 on its release in 1985, where it spent 14 non-consecutive weeks, and has now spent 272 weeks on chart.
Avicii’s posthumous collection Avicii Forever earns the late Swedish DJ and record producer a fourth Top 40 (12), joining 2013’s True (2), 2015’s Stories (9) and 2019 release TIM (7).
With its 10th anniversary with a limited 2LP release, Hozier’s self-titled debut rebounds back into the Top 40, vaulting 44 to Number 21. Hozier previously peaked at Number 3 in 2015.
Linkin Park’s 2024 chart-topper From Zero also returns to the Top 40 with the release of its Deluxe Edition, featuring three brand-new songs and five live tracks (23).
And finally, Southampton metal outfit Bury Tomorrow net a sixth Top 40 with eighth studio LP Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience (33). The band – Daniel and Davyd Winter-Bates, Adam Jackson, Kristan Dawson, Ed Hartwell and Tom Prendergast – have previously seen success with 2014’s Runes (34), 2016’s Earthbound (36), 2018 release Black Flame (21), 2020’s Cannibal (10) and 2023 record The Seventh Sun (35).
It’s the second Top 40 LP for the Tennessee-born country star, following 2023 record One Thing At A Time (40).
Straight in at the summit, Morgan joins an elite group of artists - Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Post Malone and Beyoncé - as the only acts in UK chart history to debut at Number 1 with a country album.
Speaking to Official Charts, Morgan Wallen says:
“The massive growth that we’ve seen in the UK is truly something special. One Thing At A Time debuted at Number 40 and I’m The Problem is debuting at Number 1 only two years apart.
“I am so grateful and humbled my music is connecting in a place where we have spent time and worked to build a real and meaningful relationship with our fans there. Thank you guys so much!”
To celebrate his chart-topping success, Morgan will play an exclusive, one night only show at London’s iconic Roundhouse next Wednesday, May 28.
Independent South Yorkshire-formed rockers The Sherlocks match their previous peak with fifth studio LP Everything Must Make Sense! (4). The band - Kiaran and Brandon Crook, Alex Procter and Trent Jackson - previously charted with 2017 debut Live For The Moment (6), 2019’s Under Your Sky (20), 2022 release Would I Understand (9) and 2023 work People Like Me & You (4).
Everything Must Make Sense! also tops the Official Record Store Chart, the biggest LP of the week in UK independent record shops.
The Sherlocks tell Official Charts:
“Best fans in the world, behind a proper band without any industry support. Legends, thank you for everything!”
Last week’s chart-topper, Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia, holds strong in the Top 10, at Number 5 today.
Peter Doherty scores a solo career-best with fifth LP Felt Better Alive (7). Felt Better Alive also debuts at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days.
As a member of The Libertines, Doherty has banked three Top 10 albums, including two Number 1s: 2004’s The Libertines (1), 2015’s Anthems For Doomed Youth (3) and 2024 record All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade (1), plus a further three Top 10 albums as a member of Babyshambles.
Marking its 40th anniversary with a multi-format deluxe reissue, Dire Straits’ fifth studio album Brothers in Arms returns to the Top 10 for the first time in 39 years, at Number 8 this week. The record previously debuted at Number 1 on its release in 1985, where it spent 14 non-consecutive weeks, and has now spent 272 weeks on chart.
Avicii’s posthumous collection Avicii Forever earns the late Swedish DJ and record producer a fourth Top 40 (12), joining 2013’s True (2), 2015’s Stories (9) and 2019 release TIM (7).
With its 10th anniversary with a limited 2LP release, Hozier’s self-titled debut rebounds back into the Top 40, vaulting 44 to Number 21. Hozier previously peaked at Number 3 in 2015.
Linkin Park’s 2024 chart-topper From Zero also returns to the Top 40 with the release of its Deluxe Edition, featuring three brand-new songs and five live tracks (23).
And finally, Southampton metal outfit Bury Tomorrow net a sixth Top 40 with eighth studio LP Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience (33). The band – Daniel and Davyd Winter-Bates, Adam Jackson, Kristan Dawson, Ed Hartwell and Tom Prendergast – have previously seen success with 2014’s Runes (34), 2016’s Earthbound (36), 2018 release Black Flame (21), 2020’s Cannibal (10) and 2023 record The Seventh Sun (35).
