Evergreeen indie quartet Bombay Bicycle Club (left) have topped the UK Official Albums Chart this week for the first time with their fourth studio set So Long, See You Tomorrow.
The band are at the helm of an influx of new music hitting the chart in February and now boast three top ten albums despite having never scored a UK top 40 single.
Surrey rockers You Me At Six also recently achieved their first UK number one album when Cavalier Youth debuted in pole position.
Meanwhile, flying into the chart this week are Dutch symphonic metal act Within Temptation at number six with Hydra and Newcastle’s Maximo Park with Too Much Information at number seven.
While rock and indie are both hot at the moment, folk continues its current revival with Seth Lakeman enjoying top 20 success with his seventh studio set Word of Mouth.
The Devon singer songwriter first came to prominence when he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize back in 2005 for his
album Kitty Jay, which was made for £300 in his brother's kitchen.
Elsewhere on the album chart, Sophie Ellis-Bextor is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. She’s already had several incarnations during her career - fronting nineties Britpoppers Theaudience, featuring on Spiller’s dance anthem Groovejet and enjoying a string of solo hits including Murder on the Dancefloor and Take Me Home.
The band are at the helm of an influx of new music hitting the chart in February and now boast three top ten albums despite having never scored a UK top 40 single.
Surrey rockers You Me At Six also recently achieved their first UK number one album when Cavalier Youth debuted in pole position.
Meanwhile, flying into the chart this week are Dutch symphonic metal act Within Temptation at number six with Hydra and Newcastle’s Maximo Park with Too Much Information at number seven.
While rock and indie are both hot at the moment, folk continues its current revival with Seth Lakeman enjoying top 20 success with his seventh studio set Word of Mouth.
The Devon singer songwriter first came to prominence when he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize back in 2005 for his
album Kitty Jay, which was made for £300 in his brother's kitchen.
Elsewhere on the album chart, Sophie Ellis-Bextor is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. She’s already had several incarnations during her career - fronting nineties Britpoppers Theaudience, featuring on Spiller’s dance anthem Groovejet and enjoying a string of solo hits including Murder on the Dancefloor and Take Me Home.
Now the Strictly Come Dancing star’s new indie-pop direction, on the Ed Harcourt produced Wanderlust, has delivered a number four peak, which is bettered only by her hit-laden 2001 solo debut Read My Lips (number two).
Over on the singles chart, dance music still dominates with the Official Charts Company confirming Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne as champions for a third week with Rather Be.
The track has set a new record by becoming the most-played track on Spotify UK in a single week, with 1.09 million streams.
It is only the second track ever to exceed one million weekly streams on Spotify UK, the first being Daft Punk’s monster hit Get Lucky.
There is also more dance action with DJ Fresh storming into the singles chart at number three with his Jay Fay/Ms. Dynamite collaboration Dibby Dibby Sound.
Across the pond on the US Billboard Hot 100, Katy Perry has scored her ninth chart-topping single with Dark Horse featuring rapper Juicy J.
Meanwhile, John Newman is the latest Brit to charm America with his hit Love Me Again now inside the top 40.
Over on the singles chart, dance music still dominates with the Official Charts Company confirming Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne as champions for a third week with Rather Be.
The track has set a new record by becoming the most-played track on Spotify UK in a single week, with 1.09 million streams.
It is only the second track ever to exceed one million weekly streams on Spotify UK, the first being Daft Punk’s monster hit Get Lucky.
There is also more dance action with DJ Fresh storming into the singles chart at number three with his Jay Fay/Ms. Dynamite collaboration Dibby Dibby Sound.
Across the pond on the US Billboard Hot 100, Katy Perry has scored her ninth chart-topping single with Dark Horse featuring rapper Juicy J.
Meanwhile, John Newman is the latest Brit to charm America with his hit Love Me Again now inside the top 40.
Another UK act flying the flag is Passenger who continues to climb the US top ten with Let Her Go at number six - a track that has sold over two million copies stateside.
Also still inside the top 20 are Bastille’s Pompeii, One Direction’s Story of My Life and Ellie Goulding’s Burn.
Finally, the recent 56th Annual Grammy Awards saw Clarity by Russian-German DJ/producer Zedd featuring rising UK star Foxes, win the prize for Best Dance Recording.
Despite selling over a million copies stateside, the US smash oddly never progressed higher than number 29 in the UK although Foxes herself reached number 12 with her own single Youth last year.
Also still inside the top 20 are Bastille’s Pompeii, One Direction’s Story of My Life and Ellie Goulding’s Burn.
Finally, the recent 56th Annual Grammy Awards saw Clarity by Russian-German DJ/producer Zedd featuring rising UK star Foxes, win the prize for Best Dance Recording.
Despite selling over a million copies stateside, the US smash oddly never progressed higher than number 29 in the UK although Foxes herself reached number 12 with her own single Youth last year.
