Coldplay’s ‘Moon Music’ is the fastest-selling album by a UK act this year so far

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Coldplay‘s ‘Moon Music‘ has become the fastest-selling album by a UK act in 2024 so far.As confirmed by Official Charts, the band’s 10th album has already shifted more than 160,000 chart units in 72 hours, making it set to earn the biggest week for a British act on the Official Albums Chart since Adele‘s ‘30‘, which debuted at the top spot with 261,000 chart units in 2021.‘Moon Music’ is on track to become Chris Martin and co’s 10th consecutive Number One album.

Taylor Swift currently holds the record for the fastest-selling LP of 2024 so far with her 11th LP ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘ with 270,000 chart units.In a four-star review of ‘Moon Music’, NME‘s Rhian Daly shared: “Resilience might not be the first word you think of when you think of global stadium-fillers, Glastonbury-history-makers Coldplay, but ‘Moon Music’ is an exercise in it nevertheless.

The sequel to 2021’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ – and one of the band’s final records – gently and subtly distils that spirit of weathering any storm, going on a journey from that bleak opening moment to a more accepting, happier ending.”A post shared by Coldplay (@coldplay)Ahead of the release of ‘Moon Music’, Chris Martin spoke to NME exclusively in his only written interview for the album.

During the wide-ranging conversation, the singer revealed the topics that had inspired the record and how the band is coming to the end of writing new material.As for whether the group are still planning on ending their recorded catalogue after 12 albums, he told NME: “The 12 album thing is very real, and it’s a nice feeling.