Jamie T tops UK Record Store Chart with The Theory Of Whatever

It’s also handed Jamie T his first number one on the UK’s main chart.

Jamie T is leading the latest UK Record Store Chart with his new album The Theory Of Whatever.

Jack White is one place behind courtesy of Entering Heaven Alive, the second studio album from the White Stripes man this year, while after a week outside Wet Leg are back in the Top 20 with their self-titled debut and Viagra Boys are a rare non-mover with Cave World.

A decade ago, The Official Charts Company began compiling the UK Record Store Chart to reflect the boom in vinyl sales which had begun during the previous decade. Its figures are taken from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.

UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:

1/ (new) Jamie T – The Theory Of Whatever
2/ (new) Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive
3/ (new) Bananarama – Masquerade
4/ (new) The Kooks – 10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark
5/ (new) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Driven
6/ (new) TRAAMS – Personal Best
7/ The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
8/ Black Midi – Hellfire
9/ Placebo – Never Let Me Go
10/ (new) She & Him – Melt Away
11/ Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
12/ Working Men’s Club – Fear Fear
13/ Wet Leg – Wet Leg
14/ (new) Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
15/ The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention
16/ (new) Ty Segall – Hello Hi
17/ Interpol – The Other Side Of Make-Believe
18/ Harry Styles – Harry’s House
19/ Beabadoobee – Beatopia
20/ Viagra Boys – Cave World