The Official UK charts have confirmed this week’s number one album, 5 Seconds Of Summer’s new album 5SOS5, has secured the top spot on this week’s chart. After going head-to-head with Lap 5 by D-Block Europe, the group bagged their third UK number one album with a gap of only 1,300 chart sales. The Australian pop-rockers first gained a UK number one with their 2015 album Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer, then topped the charts for the second time in 2020 with CALM.
Speaking on their win from L.A, 5 Seconds of Summer have stated, “What’s up, UK! We did it! We’re the f*cking Number 1 album! We honestly just can’t believe it. Thank you everyone, so much. We love you. You’re amazing. I’m going to cry now.“
Consisting of members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin and Michael Clifford, the group’s fifth studio album garnered great success within multiple charts. It has been confirmed that the release’s highly profitable week consisted of 78% physical sales, becoming this week’s most physically purchased record as well as the most downloaded album within the UK.
The band’s recent album was released on 23rd September 2022 via BMG Rights Management; work began on 5SOS5 immediately after the release of CALM. The album’s existence and release were announced during the band’s Take My Hand World Tour, held across the Summer this year; the band performed the singles “Easy For You To Say” and “Blender” for the first time live. The hitmakers proceeded the album’s launch with the singles “Complete Mess“, “Taken My Hand“, “Me Myself & I“, “Blender“, and “Older“.
Elsewhere within this week’s UK album charts, Lap 5 by D-Block Europe places in second place. The British hip hop collective last landed within the UK album chart’s top 5 in 2020 with The Blue Print: Us vs Them; the release marked their first studio album but was preceded by multiple mixtapes. The group’s recent release has been named this week’s most streamed album and marks their seventh release to break into the top 40 and third UK top 5; D-Block Europe first entered the top 5 with their 2019 mixtape PTSD, which reached number four.
Landing at number three this week is Gulp! by Sports Team; the British alt-rockers released the album on 23rd September 2022. Marking their second studio album, Gulp! is the band’s first entry into the top 3 and has been named this week’s number one record on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart as well as the Official Record Store Chart. The band’s recent album comes two years after the release of their debut album Deep Down Happy; the album dropped in 2020 and entered a chart battle with Lady GaGa’s All Time Low, Sports Team’s first chart entry positioned at number two.
