5 Seconds Of Summer score first Number 1 album with Sounds Good Feels Good

Plus new entries from Bryan Adams, Andrea Bocelli, more.

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Aussie pop rock group 5 Seconds Of Summer have rocketed to the top of the Official Albums Chart this week with their second studio album Sounds Good Feels Good.

The LP - which features Top 20 single She’s Kinda Hot - has outsold its closest rival by more than two copies to one.

5SOS’ self-titled debut hit Number 2 upon its release in 2014, while their live album LiveSOS peaked at Number 31. Click here to see 5 Seconds Of Summer’s full UK chart history singles and albums.

MORE: See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here (from 5.45pm)

Meanwhile, iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams scores his highest UK charting album in over 15 years with Get Up (2).

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli claims a tenth UK Top 10 with Cinema (3), while Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott score a second with Wisdom, Laughter and Lines (4).

Irish crooner Daniel O’Donnell rounds out today’s Official Albums Chart Top 5 with his 16th Top 10, The Hank Williams Songbook (5).

New entries and high climbers

US musician Joanna Newsom scores her highest charting UK album to date with Divers (10), trailed by the first of two re-entries for Adele21 – which climbs 49 places to Number 11.

Country singer Carrie Underwood claims a second Top 20 with Storyteller (13), while rock group Killing Joke score their sixth Top 40 with Pylon (16).

Thomas Newman’s Spectre – OST lands at 25 this week, trailed by Dave Gahan & Soulsavers’ Angels & Ghosts, at 27.

Adele’s debut 19 claims the title of highest climber of the week, up a massive 135 places to Number 31 today.

Elsewhere, The Shires’ Brave (38) and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ Chasing Yesterday (39) both re-enter the Official Albums Chart Top 40, as Scottish post-rock band Mogwai take home a seventh Top 40 with Central Belters (40).

See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100 here (from 5.45pm)

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