THE LAST DINNER PARTY debuted at number one in the UK album charts

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Debut at number one in the UK album chart for The Last Dinner Party with their first album “Prelude to Ecstasy”.

2024 BRITs Rising Star winners Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci see their debut album earn 32,800 sales in its first week.

It’s the biggest opening week for a band’s debut album since 2015, when Years & Years hit 55,000 units with their debut LP Communion. See all the UK #1 debut albums since 2000 here.

New entry also for Jamie Webster who enters at number two with his new album “10 For The People”.

SINGLES

New week at number one for STICK SEASON by NOAH KAHAN.

VINYLS

“Prelude to Ecstasy” is also this week’s best seller in UK independent record shops, reaching number 1 in the Official Record Shop Chart, and is also the best-selling vinyl album, with over 14,000 copies sold. vinyl.

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