Some surprise news for you this week as Adele tops the UK Record Store Chart with ‘25‘.
The album, which as broken sales records across the world, leads a Top 5 which also features Elvis Presley, Rod Stewart, ELO and a new entry from Enya.
Launched in 2012, the UK Record Store Chart aims to support traditional music shops and is thus compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of Britain’s leading independent outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Adele – ’25’
2/ Elvis Presley – ‘If I Can Dream’
3/ Jeff Lynne’s ELO – ‘Alone In The Universe’
4/ (new) Enya – ‘Dark Sky Island’
5/ Rod Stewart – ‘Another Country’
6/ Justin Bieber – ‘Purpose’
7/ The Beatles – ‘1’
8/ One Direction – ‘Made In The AM’
9/ (new) Queen – ‘A Night At The Odeon’
10/ Bjork – ‘Vulnicura Live’
11/ Little Mix – ‘Get Weird’
12/ Olly Murs – ‘Never Been Better’
13/ Jess Glynne – ‘I Cry When I Laugh’
14/ Alexander Armstrong – ‘A Year Of Songs’
15/ Andrea Bocelli – ‘Cinema’
16/ (new) Status Quo – ‘Accept To Substitute’
17/ Dave Gilmour – ‘Rattle That Lock’
18/ Andre Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra – ‘Roman Holiday’
19/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
20/ Floating Points – ‘Elaenia’