Coldplay score ninth consecutive UK Number One album with ‘Music Of The Spheres’

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Coldplay have scored their ninth consecutive UK Number One album with new LP ‘Music Of The Spheres’.The band’s new record, which arrived last week (October 15), debuted at the top spot shifting 101,000 chart sales – making it the year’s fastest-selling album, beating Dave’s ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, which amassed 74,000 chart sales in its opening week back in July.The album is also the first release to surpass 100,000 chart sales in a week since Ed Sheeran’s ‘No.

6 Collaborations’ project sold 125,000 in July 2019.Eighty five per cent of Coldplay’s week one figures were pure sales (physical and download), including 12,400 on vinyl, meaning it has also claimed the Number One spot on the vinyl albums chart.Chris Martin and co.’s.