Stereophonics look set to claim eighth UK Number 1 album this Friday with Oochya!, the Welsh rockers’ twelfth studio album is currently outselling its closest competition by almost 2:1, according to Official Charts Company data.
The band – comprising Kelly Jones, Richard Jones, Adam Zindani and Jamie Morrison – have notched up seven Number 1 albums to date; Performance and Cocktails (1999), Just Enough Education to Perform (2001), You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003), Language Sex Violence Other (2005), Pull the Pin (2007), Keep the Village Alive (2015) and Kind (2019).
See Stereophonics’ full Official Charts history here. There are a total of three new entries heading for the Top 5 this week, with Buckinghamshire-born rock band Marillion currently sitting at Number 2 with An Hour Before It’s Dark.
Their twentieth studio album is on track to become their highest-charting since 2004’s You’re Gone (7). See Marillion’s full Official Charts history here.
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