The latest album from former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, MTV Unplugged, has gone straight to #1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart, just seven days after its original June 12th release date. Marking the third solo chart-topping release in as many years, the new album debuted with “21,000 chart sales, 10,000 of which were on vinyl, making it the fastest-selling vinyl album of 2020 so far,” according to a report by Official Charts.

Taking to his official Twitter page, @liamgallagher, to celebrate, the Manchester-born artist expressed his disbelief for these “strange days indeed.” Referring to himself as “an unsophisticated parka monkey,” he thanked all of his fans and supporters who had helped him secure “3 number 1 albums in 3 years.” Many of the comments on the recent tweet were overwhelmingly positive, with most suggesting the remarkable feat had indeed been well-deserved, as well as underlining the achievement of having been the year’s best-selling vinyl record (so far).

Nobody told me there’d be days like these, strange days indeed. Most peculiar mama. 3 number 1 albums in 3 years..not bad for an unsophisticated parka monkey. Thanks to everyone who made it happen LG x pic.twitter.com/CgfwX4MQDX

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 19, 2020

According to NME, the new album is “the first live album to top the charts since George Michael’s ‘Symphonica’ in 2014,” with the same article sourcing a press release that claims Gallagher has collectively spent almost half a year sitting at the Number One position, with a record 11 chart-topping albums from both his solo career and his days in the Britpop monolith, Oasis. Meanwhile, the two previous Number Ones to have come out of this latter half of the decade were 2017’s As You Were and 2019’s Why Me? Why Not

Additional information about the new album’s making-of stems from the above cited NME article, which reports that MTV Unplugged “was recorded at Hull City Hall in 2019,” featuring select tracks from his solo recordings and Oasis back-catalogue. Gallagher’s “former Oasis bandmate Bonehead appeared on the band’s songs, while the 24-piece Urban Soul Orchestra also accompanied Gallagher.”

If we are only mid-way through the year and these feats have been achieved in under a week, who knows what greater heights the now three-time #1 artist can ascend in the remaining six months?