The Lottery Winners score second Number One album with ‘KOKO’: “This is for grassroots music. This is for the working class”

nme.com:

The Lottery Winners have scored their second Number One album with ‘KOKO’, coming above the likes of Sabrina Carpenter and Lady Gaga in the Official UK Albums Chart.The group made headlines in 2023 when their third LP ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ reached the summit on the Official UK Albums Chart.

Now, their latest album ‘KOKO’ (Keep On Keeping On), which was released last Friday (March 21), has made it to the top.The band from Leigh, in Greater Manchester, is made up of Thom Rylance, Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd and Joe Singleton.

Speaking about the achievement, The Lottery Winners said: “‘KOKO’ is the UK’s Official Number 1 album! It’s been a lot of work, but this makes it all worth it.

It’s such a whirlwind of emotions. We’re so grateful to everybody to be supporting us and the album.“Go back in time and tell 12-year-old us that we’d have two Number One albums, it’s amazing.