The posthumous Elvis Presley album ‘If I Can Dream‘ is at number one on the UK Record Store Chart this week, moving Adele‘s ‘25‘ down one place.
With no new entries inside the Top 20 during this first week of 2016, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Little Mix complete the Top 5, while the remastered edition of The Beatles‘ ‘1‘ compilation is down to #19.
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/ Elvis Presley – ‘If I Can Dream’
2/ Adele – ’25’
3/ Justin Bieber – ‘Purpose’
4/ Coldplay – ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’
5/ Little Mix – ‘Get Weird’
6/ One Direction – ‘Made In The AM’
7/ James Bay – ‘The Chaos and The Calm’
8/ Jeff Lynne’s ELO – ‘Alone In The Universe’
9/ Paul Weller – ‘More Modern Classics’
10/ Jess Glynne – ‘I Cry When I Laugh’
11/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
12/ Mumford & Sons – ‘Wilder Mind’
13/ Grimes – ‘Art Angels’
14/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
15/ Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’
16/ Kamasi Washington – ‘The Epic’
17/ Taylor Swift – ‘1989’
18/ Hozier – ‘Hozier’
19/ The Beatles – ‘1’
20/ Pharrell Williams – ‘Girl’
Elvis is still the biggest, the best and in the building