Noel Gallagher and Foo Fighters in close race for UK’s Number One album

nme.com:

Foo Fighters and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are currently in a neck-and-neck race to reach the Number One spot on the UK album charts this week.Both acts released their latest LPs — ‘But Here We Are’ and ‘Council Skies’ — last Friday (June 2) and as it stands, it is too close to call which one will reach the peak position on the Official Album Chart by the end of this week.Currently at the midweek mark, Noel Gallagher has surpassed the American rockers and stands as the UK’s best-selling album with his fourth solo album with High Flying Birds.

That being said, the two remain almost neck and neck, as just 200 units separate them from first and second position.The victory would no doubt mark an important milestone for Foo Fighters, as ‘But Here We Are’ marks their first full-length LP since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March last year.

It would also mean that the rock veterans would have six chart-topping albums to their name — the most recent one so far is 2021’s ‘Medicine At Midnight’.However, if the current chart ranking remains the same — meaning ‘Council Skies’ would claim the Number One spot by the end of the week — it would extend the singer-songwriter’s record of 10 consecutive Number One albums.

This includes his work as part of Oasis and as part of his solo endeavour, meaning that every album he has ever released reached the peak position.Other new entries set to complete the Top Five by the end of this week include Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s latest studio album ‘Hana’, which quickly became the artist’s fifth album to make the Top 10, and Bob Dylan’s ‘Shadow Kingdom’ — the 40th LP from the music icon, comprised of re-recorded songs from his early discography.Elsewhere, the remainder of the Top 10 is.