This Week’s UK Indie Charts For August 16th

The xx stays on top of this week’s UK Indie Album chart, exactly a year after first entering the charts. Elsewhere, Vampire Weekend’s second record ‘Contra‘ climbs to two and Prodigy’s ‘Invaders Must Die‘ re-enters the top ten. Outside the top ten, Mercury-nominated Villagers have moved up two places and are this week’s no.21.

In the UK Indie Singles Chart, British rapper Example remains on top with his track ‘Kickstarts‘, and Vampire Weekend’s ‘Night Sky‘ jumps twenty places to this week’s no.10.

UK Indie Album Chart:

1/ The xx – xx
2/ Vampire Weekend – Contra
3/ Skream – Outside The Box
4/ Example – Won’t Go Quietly
5/ Jedward – Planet Jedward
6/ Chicane – Giants
7/ Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N Cheek
8/ Katie Melua – The House
9/ Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
10/ Prodigy – Invaders Must Die

UK Indie Singles Chart:

1/ Example – Kickstarts
2/ DJ Fresh – Gold Dust
3/ The xx – Islands
4/ Fake Blood – I Think I Like It
5/ Basshunter – Saturday
6/ The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
7/ Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco
8/ Radical Face – Welcome Home Son
9/ Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
10/ Vampire Weekend – Night Sky

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