George Ezra, Idles lead final Record Store Chart of 2018


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Idles playing Live At Leeds 2018 (Gary Mather / Live4ever)

George Ezra has claimed the number one spot on the final UK Record Store Chart of 2018 with Staying At Tamara’s.

One place back is Live4ever’s own top album of the year, Idles‘ Joy As An Act Of Resistance, while Christine & The Queens rise to #5 with Chris. Elsewhere in the Top 20, the new release of David Bowie’s iconic headline appearance at Glastonbury in 2000 is at #14, just ahead of The 1975 and A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.




For the past few years, the Official Charts Company has been using the Record Store Chart to showcase the best selling weekly albums from 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1 – George Ezra – Staying At Tamara’s
2 – Idles – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
3 – Roy Orbison – Unchained Melodies
4 – Low – Double Negative
5 – Christine & The Queens – Chris
6 – The Beatles – The Beatles
7 – Fleetwood Mac – 50 Years Don’t Stop
8 – Andrea Bocelli – Si
9 – Michael Buble – Love
10 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
11 – The Greatest Showman OST
12 – Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
13 – Bruce Springsteen – Springsteen On Broadway
14 – David Bowie – Glastonbury 2000
15 – The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
16 – Queen – Greatest Hits
17 – Take That – Odyssey
18 – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
19 – A Star Is Born OST
20 – Paul Heaton – The Last King Of Pop


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