Kate Bush at number one on UK Record Store Chart

The UK Record Store Chart is topped by Kate Bush this week with her live celebration Before The Dawn.

Recorded during her 22-date residency at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, the album leads last week’s number one, Metallica‘s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, while Young Romance are the highest new entry at #5.

Launched in conjunction with the Record Store Day celebrations of 2012, the UK Record Store Chart aims to support Britain’s independent music shops and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of those leading outlets.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1/ (new) Kate Bush – Before The Dawn
2/ Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
3/ Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
4/ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together
5/ (new) Young Romance – Another’s Blood
6/ Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
7/ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
8/ (new) Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra – Falling In Love
9/ David Bowie – Blackstar
10/ Little Mix – Glory Days
11/ Alexander Armstrong – Upon a Different Shore
12/ Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things OST
13/ (new) Bradley Walsh – Chasing Dreams
14/ (new) A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
15/ Michael Buble – Nobody Told Me
16/ Cliff Richard – Just Fabulous Rock N Roll
17/ Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
18/ (new) Prince – 4Ever
19/ Bruno Mars – 24k Magic
20/ Olly Murs – 24 Hrs