British singer-songwriter beabadoobee has stormed straight to the top of the Official Albums Chart with her latest studio album, Pylon.
Released via Dirty Hit, the record becomes the London-based artist’s second consecutive UK Number 1 album, following the success of 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves. The milestone continues an unbroken run of Top 10 albums for the musician, whose earlier records Fake It Flowers (2020) and Beatopia (2022) both secured high-charting placements upon release.
Elsewhere on the Official Albums Chart, Queen drummer Roger Taylor earns his second solo Top 10 record with Violence Insane In A Beautiful World, entering at Number 6. The album joins his 2021 release Outsider, which peaked at Number 3, as his highest-charting solo work to date.
Miley Cyrus returns to the standings with her latest release Bass Persuades debuting at Number 13, while American alt-rock pioneer Beck secures his eighth UK Top 20 album as Ride Lonesome lands at Number 15.
David Bowie achieves his 72nd Top 40 album entry with The Shel Talmy Recordings, a archival compilation documenting his 1965 studio sessions with producer Shel Talmy, debuting at Number 17.
Post-punk veterans Echo & The Bunnymen make a return to the charts with Apples For Isaac, entering at Number 19 to mark the band’s first new studio album in 12 years.
Liverpool indie-rock four-piece The Cheap Thrills celebrate a career milestone as their debut album, Keep Cheap, enters the main chart inside the Top 40. The band—comprising Lewis, Anton, Terry, and Callum—also claimed the Number 1 spot on the Official Albums Downloads Chart this week.
The Official Albums Chart Top 5 is completed by Michael Jackson’s The Essential holding firm at Number 2, Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In at Number 3, Sienna Spiro’s Visitor at Number 4, and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving re-entering the top flight at Number 5.
