Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Beat BTS to U.K. Albums Chart Title

Earlier in the year, Ball topped the Singles Chart alongside with fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore on their charity quilt of “You will Below no circumstances Stroll Alone.”

With Christmas making a mountainous assemble, BTS start at No. 2 on the U.K. chart with BE (Mountainous Hit Entertainment), their fifth Korean-language album. It’s the K-pop stars’ fourth Prime 10 series in the territory in the past two-and-a-half of years.

Within the interim, AC/DC’s Vitality Up (Columbia) dips 1-3, and is one amongst five Australian album releases in the Prime 40, a list that entails Kylie Minogue’s Disco (BMG), down 5-10; Cut Cave’s Idiot Prayer (Scandalous Seed), unusual at No. 18; Tim Minchin’s Apart Together (BMG), unusual at No. 27; and ARIA Award-nominated newcomer The Kid LAROI’s Fk Savor (Columbia), down 19-33.

Taylor Swift’s outmoded leader Folklore (EMI) enjoys a resolve attributable to its launch on vinyl. Folklore leads the Official Vinyl Chart and vaults 37-4 on the all-title gape.

Furthermore playing top tier debuts this week are Neil Diamond and the London Symphony Orchestra’s Classic Diamonds (Capitol), which shines at No. 5, for the American crooner’s 15th Prime 10 series; while heavy steel icons Iron Maiden bow at No. 7 with the are residing place Nights Of The Insensible – Legacy Of (Parlophone).

Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Ariana Grande enters a fifth week on the summit with “Positions.” Grande’s seventh No. 1 leads an unchanged top three, sooner than Billie Eilish’s “Therefore I Am”(Interscope) and Exiguous Mix’s “Sweet Melody” (RCA), respectively.

The preferrred unusual entry belongs to Miley Cyrus, whose “Prisoner” (RCA/Warner Info) featuring Dua Lipa starts at No. 8.

Cease in the support of is Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber’s collaboration “Monster” (Island) at No. 9, and BTS completes the Prime 10 with “Life Goes On,” unusual at No. 10.