UK metal veterans Black Sabbath have made chart history with their new album 13 giving them their first number one in almost 43 years.
According to the Official Chart Company (OCC), the band were last at the top spot in the charts in October 1970 with their second album Paranoid.
The group - frontman Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, along with Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk - now hold the record for the longest gap between number one albums.
They beat BE by Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye by sales of 13,000 copies to take the top spot.
Ozzy Osbourne said: ‘I'm in shock! The success of this album has blown me off my feet. We've never had a record climb the charts so fast!’
Rod Stewart had previously held the British record for the longest gap with 37 years between his 1976’s A Night On The Town album and his current album, Time.
Ozzy continued: ‘It's great. But Rod's the same as us, we've got something other people haven't got. It's all manufactured bullshit these days. But the likes of Rod, and Elton John and us have got something different. We know our craft.’
Rod Stewart’s Time, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Disclosure’s debut album Settle make up the rest of the top five albums.
According to the Official Chart Company (OCC), the band were last at the top spot in the charts in October 1970 with their second album Paranoid.
The group - frontman Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, along with Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk - now hold the record for the longest gap between number one albums.
They beat BE by Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye by sales of 13,000 copies to take the top spot.
Ozzy Osbourne said: ‘I'm in shock! The success of this album has blown me off my feet. We've never had a record climb the charts so fast!’
Rod Stewart had previously held the British record for the longest gap with 37 years between his 1976’s A Night On The Town album and his current album, Time.
Ozzy continued: ‘It's great. But Rod's the same as us, we've got something other people haven't got. It's all manufactured bullshit these days. But the likes of Rod, and Elton John and us have got something different. We know our craft.’
Rod Stewart’s Time, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories and Disclosure’s debut album Settle make up the rest of the top five albums.
