On the Official Albums Chart, 25-year-old Florence Welch and her band’s second album, “Ceremonials,” debuts in top spot with sales of over 90,000 in its first week.
Florence and company knock Coldplay out of the #1 position, dropping them to second place.
“Ceremonials” follows the band’s debut, the multi-platinum “Lungs,” which spent six months in the charts, having entered at Number 2 in July 2009 before taking the Number 1 title in January 2010.
The Top 10 UK albums are:
01. Florence + The Machine – “Ceremonials”
02. Coldplay – “Mylo Xyloto”
03. Professor Green – “At Your Inconvenience”
04. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – “Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds”
05. Michael Bublé – “Christmas”
06. Alfie Boe – “Alfie”
07. Adele – “21”
08. Ed Sheeran – “+”
09. Rizzle Kicks – “Stereo Typical”
10. Manic Street Preachers – “National Treasures: The Complete Singles”
Florence + The Machine
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