This Welsh Rock Band Riched To The Top Of The Album.
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- Manic Street Preachers celebrate their first number one album in 23 years after repeating their '90s chart struggle with pop group Steps.
According to the official charts, the Welsh rock band won 27,000 sales on their 14th studio album, The Ultra Vivid Lament. 2,000 sales separated them from Steps' who The Future Holds Pt. 2. Bead is "over the moon" to win another "battle on the titan's map."They also thanked fans for "keeping the trust" over the past two decades.
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The two bands instantly took first place on the number one album in September 1998. On this occasion, Manic Street Preachers' "This is my truth now" "Tell me yours beat Step One with 95,000 sales.
The results will come when the Manics play two postponed NHS charity concerts at the Cardiff International Arena. About 10,000 people are expected to see singer James Bradfield, drummer Sean Moore, and bassist Nicki Weil in the Welsh capital on Sunday and Monday.
Sheeran was replaced in the first place.
The rematch in the 90s means the long-awaited new album from Drake Certified Lover Boy has returned from last week's first place to number three. Two more new releases reached the top 5, with Rock Band The Stranglers' Dark Matters taking fourth place, their first Top 10 albums since 1990.
Arlo Parks' mixed studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, also returned to the top 40 at #36 after winning the Mercury Award for Best Album last week, resulting in a 253% increase in sales. Ed Sheeran's bad habit eventually lost his place on the singles chart after 11 weeks at the top, only replacing his new song Shivers. It grossed 59,000 chart sales and became Sheeran's eleventh single.