Global icon Beyoncé has claimed her fourth UK number one album, the singer has topped the UK album charts with her new album Renaissance. The hotly anticipated release marks the singer’s fourth solo number one album and is her first chart-topping release in six years. Beyoncé’s solo seventh studio album has accumulated a huge sales figure and has outsold its completion by 3:1. The album’s success has also reached physical formats, Renaissance has been named the UK’s highest-selling vinyl this week and has topped the Official Vinyl Album Chart.
Welcome back, Bey #RENAISSANCE is officially @Beyonce‘s fourth UK Number 1 album
Details https://t.co/rvD5vEtwl6 pic.twitter.com/bL5BhJNA9f
— Official Charts (@officialcharts) August 5, 2022
Beyoncé is of course no stranger to chart success, the singer has topped the UK album charts with three previous albums. The 40-year-old singer first found chart success as a solo artist in 2003 with her debut album Dangerously In Love, the LP soon became a key ingredient of modern popular music and won numerous Grammy Awards in 2004. The “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” singer then topped the UK charts with 4, released in 2011 via Columbia Records the album marked the end of the singer’s temporary hiatus.
The singer scored a chart hat track in 2016 with her album Lemonade, Beyoncé’s sixth studio album was a critical success and is regarded as a modern masterpiece. The album’s release was also accompanied by a film of the same name, the album’s visual feature was produced by the singer and premiered on HBO the same year. Beyoncé also scored a number one album as part of Destiny’s Child, Survivor was released in 2001 and was a gigantic commercial success for all band members.
RENAISSANCE… pic.twitter.com/b8HYlHD2yU — BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) July 29, 2022
Beyoncé’s latest chart-topper was released on 29th July 2022 via Columbia Records and comes seven years after Lemonade. Also known as Act:1 Renaissance, the album is the first part of a trilogy masterminded by the singer. So far the album has sired one track, its lead single “Break My Soul” was released on 20th June 2022 and has also topped the UK singles charts. The single has placed at number two within this week’s singles charts, marking the singer’s highest position for a solo release on the UK singles charts in 14 years.
Elsewhere within the album charts, legendary electro duo Orbital have scored their tenth top 40 album. The group’s greatest hits collection 30 Something has placed at number 19, the Kent-formed group’s new release marks their sixth compilation album. Released on 29th July 2022 via Orbital Recordings, the album includes a tracklist of previously unreleased songs and exclusive remixes of the band’s extensive back catalogue. Along with such tracks as “Halcyon” and “The Box”, the album includes a 30 Something Years Later Mix of the band’s first ever single “Chime”.
