The UK Record Store Chart, which is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops, this week has Eminem‘s ‘The Marshal Mathers LP II‘ as its number one album.
Arcade Fire‘s ‘Reflektor‘ drops back to #2 in its second week, while Arctic Monkeys continue to hold strong with ‘AM‘ at no.5.
Elsewhere, Midlake’s excellent LP ‘Antiphon‘ is a new entry at #3, while Jake Bugg is back inside the Top 20 with his 2012 self-titled debut.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ Eminem – ‘The Marshal Mathers LP II’
2/ Arcade Fire – ‘Reflektor’
3/ Midlake – ‘Antiphon’
4/ Connan Mockasin – ‘Caramel’
5/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
6/ David Bowie – ‘The Next Day Extra’
7/ Andre Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra – ‘Music Of The Night’
8/ James Arthur – ‘James Arthur’
9/ The Young Knives – ‘Sick Octave’
10/ William Onyeabor – ‘World Psychedelic Classics 5′
11/ White Denim – ‘Corsicana Lemonade’
12/ London Grammar – ‘If You Wait’
13/ Pearl Jam – ‘Lightning Bolt’
14/ Lorde – ‘Pure Heroine’
15/ Four Tet – ‘Beautiful Rewind’
16/ Jake Bugg – ‘Jake Bugg’
17/ James Blake – ‘Overgrown’
18/ Shane Filan – ‘You & Me’
19/ Los Campesinos! – ‘No Blues’
20/ Bob Dylan – ‘The Very Best Of’