Metallica land at number one on UK Record Store Chart

Metallica are atop the UK Record Store Chart with Hardwired…To Self-Destruct.

New entries are in too from the likes of Justice and Enter Shikari, while Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds climb a touch with Skelton Tree and the final Leonard Cohen LP You Want It Darker is at #2.

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) Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
2/ Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
3/ (new) Little Mix – Glory Days
4/ (new) Justice – Woman
5/ Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together
6/ Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things OST
7/ Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
8/ (new) Enter Shikari – Live At Alexandra Palace
9/ Cliff Richard – Just Fabulous Rock N Roll
10/ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
11/ (new) Bruno Mars – 24k Magic
12/ Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
13/ Emeli Sande – Long Live The Angels
14/ Leonard Cohen – The Essential
15/ (new) Pink Floyd – Animals
16/ David Bowie – Blackstar
17/ Olly Murs – 24 Hrs
18/ Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show
19/ Pink Floyd – The Early Years
20/ Michael Buble – Nobody Told Me