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).
