In a race down to the wire, heavy metal outfit Slipknot today claim their third UK Number 1 album with The End So Far. The nine-piece Iowan rock export fought off tough competition from George Michael to reach the summit, ending the week a nail-biting 340 chart units ahead.
The End So Far follows 2001 release Iowa and 2019 LP We Are Not Your Kind to become the group’s third chart-topper to date. The record proves the most downloaded album of the past seven days, too.
See Slipknot’s complete Official Charts history in full here. A reissue of George Michael’s classic 1996 album Older, including brand-new format availability and Dolby Atmos spatial audio mixes, sees it return to the Top 10 at Number 2 this week.
Older peaked at Number 1 upon its original release 26 years ago; being one of the iconic singer’s nine UK chart-toppers to date.
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