In what's set to be one of the biggest chart battles of the year, two iconic rock acts - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Foo Fighters - will be going head-to-head to secure the UK's Number 1 album next week.
One of the biggest chart battles of the year is about to begin, especially if you're a dyed-in-the-wool rock fan. This Friday (June 2) brings new studio albums from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Foo Fighters, two guitar acts with seriously impressive chart records.
In fact, Oasis icon Noel leads an elite group of artists who have reached Number 1 with all of their studio albums. All seven of Oasis's studio albums reached the top spot, beginning with the band's seminal 1994 debut Definitely Maybe and ending with 2008 swansong Dig Out Your Soul.
See where every Oasis song and album charted in the UK here. Since going solo under the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds moniker, he has reeled off another four Number 1 albums – with the studio albums Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015) and Who Built the Moon? (2017), plus the compilation album Back the Way We Came: Vol.
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