David Bowie has dominated the UK charts following the release of his final studio album that was released on his 69th birthday (January 8th) two days before he sadly passed away. Last week, his album reached Number One on the UK charts and is expected to spend a second week at the top of the UK Albums Chart according to mid-week figures. (via WSJ)

The Official Chart Company has just announced that Bowie is currently over 28,000 chart sales ahead of Adele who recently released her latest album ’25’ which broke records globally. These two legendary artists are topping the charts right now with an increase in physical and digital sales of albums in general since 2014. Panic! At The Disco’s new album “Death Of A Bachelor” comes in at Number Three whilst at Number 4 is Bowie’s 2002 ‘Best of Bowie’ collection which moved up 14 places this week. At number 5 is Justin Biebers ‘Purpose’ that has fallen down from Number One.

Tony Visconti, Bowie’s long-term producer recently responded to the revelation of the late singer’s new album ‘Blackstar’ topping charts around the world including in the UK and the US. On Facebook, Visconti released a statement saying:

I am so proud of my dear friend’s accomplishment. One is just a number, but in this case he made an example of how true artistry and real quality can reach number one in the album charts.