Foo Fighters pip Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to Number 1 with But Here We Are after intense race
officialcharts.comFoo Fighters secure their sixth Official Number 1 album with But Here We Are, following a closely-fought race against Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
The American rock titans – comprising Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee and Pat Smear – reach the summit with their 11th studio album, and first since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022.
Over the last seven days they racked up 44,500 chart units. Prior to this, Foo Fighters topped the Official Albums Chart with One By One (2002), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Concrete And Gold (2017) and Medicine At Midnight (2021).
At Number 2, Council Skies provides Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds a fifth Top 5 album. Under his solo moniker, Noel previously saw chart-topping success with eponymous debut Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015), Who Built The Moon (2017) and compilation album Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2021).
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