Official Charts Company, analysis from the UK record labels association the BPI found that 11 of the first 39 weeks of this year (28 per cent) saw a different British group bag a Number One album.This figure in 2019 was 15 per cent, with a slight increase to 17 per cent in 2020.
It comes after The Lathums hit the top spot last week (October 1) with their debut full-length ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’. The Wigan group beat Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ to Number One in the UK.Earlier this year, The Snuts topped the charts with their debut LP ‘W.L’.
In a statement, the group dedicated their achievement to “all the fans who have proved that it’s possible to get a band like us to Number One”.“Every copy you bought of this record goes a long.
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