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Marina & The Diamonds claim first Official Number 1 album
Marina & The Diamonds' Electra Heart, featuring Top 20 single Primadonna, claims first place today ahead of Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die (Number 2) on the Official Albums Chart.
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Marina Diamandis, AKA Marina And The Diamonds has scored her first Official Number 1 album.
The half Welsh / half Greek singer’s second album, Electra Heart, featuring Top 20 single Primadonna, claims first place today ahead of Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die (Number 2) – toppling last week’s chart topper Jack White from the summit of the Official Albums Chart.
The news will certainly cheer up Diamandis who was forced to postpone her upcoming UK tourearlier this week after being advised by doctors to rest her voice or risk permanently damaging her vocal chords. Marina And The Diamonds’ debut album, The Family Jewels, peaked at Number 5 when it was released in 2010.
Jack White’s critically-acclaimed Blunderbuss takes third place, while US singer songwriter Norah Jones is the second highest new entry of the week at Number 4 with new offering Little Broken Hearts. Adele’s mega-selling second album, 21, completes this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 5.
New Entries and high climbers
Marilyn Manson scores his sixth UK Top 20 album with Born Villain. The record, which is the US shock rockers first release since parting ways with major label Interscope, features a guest appearance by Johnny Depp; the Pirates Of The Caribbean star plays guitar on a cover of Carly Simon’s Number 3 1972 hit, You’re So Vain.
Elsewhere, Mystery Jets are the only other new entry in this week’s Official Albums Chart with Radlands (Number 40). Pop heroes Steps who have been busy stomping their way around a UK arena tour this month, are today’s highest climbers, bouncing 32 places to Number 32 with The Ultimate Collection.
View the Official Albums Chart Top 100 below:
| 1 | ELECTRA HEART | MARINA & THE DIAMONDS |
| 2 | BORN TO DIE | LANA DEL REY |
| 3 | BLUNDERBUSS | JACK WHITE |
| 4 | LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS | NORAH JONES |
| 5 | 21 | ADELE |
| 6 | IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW | OLLY MURS |
| 7 | WHO YOU ARE | JESSIE J |
| 8 | OUR VERSION OF EVENTS | EMELI SANDE |
| 9 | BOYS & GIRLS | ALABAMA SHAKES |
| 10 | PINK FRIDAY - ROMAN RELOADED | NICKI MINAJ |
| 11 | + | ED SHEERAN |
| 12 | NOTHING BUT THE BEAT | DAVID GUETTA |
| 13 | HEAVEN | REBECCA FERGUSON |
| 14 | BORN VILLAIN | MARILYN MANSON |
| 15 | MAKING MIRRORS | GOTYE |
| 16 | THE SCRIPT | SCRIPT |
| 17 | THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR | ALEX CLARE |
| 18 | LONELY ARE THE BRAVE | MAVERICK SABRE |
| 19 | TALK THAT TALK | RIHANNA |
| 20 | UP ALL NIGHT | ONE DIRECTION |
| 21 | LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD | JASON MRAZ |
| 22 | STEREO TYPICAL | RIZZLE KICKS |
| 23 | MYLO XYLOTO | COLDPLAY |
| 24 | BEST OF - DECADE IN THE SUN | STEREOPHONICS |
| 25 | CALIFORNIA 37 | TRAIN |
| 26 | WRECKING BALL | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
| 27 | SCIENCE & FAITH | SCRIPT |
| 28 | EVERY KINGDOM | BEN HOWARD |
| 29 | 19 | ADELE |
| 30 | NUMBER ONES | BEE GEES |
| 31 | OUT OF THE GAME | RUFUS WAINWRIGHT |
| 32 | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION | STEPS |
| 33 | EL CAMINO | BLACK KEYS |
| 34 | SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING | LMFAO |
| 35 | DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS | BRUNO MARS |
| 36 | MUSIC ROX | MOSHI MONSTERS |
| 37 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE |
| 38 | MDNA | MADONNA |
| 39 | VOICE OF AGES | CHIEFTAINS |
| 40 | RADLANDS | MYSTERY JETS |
| 41 | TEENAGE DREAM | KATY PERRY |
| 42 | PINK FRIDAY | NICKI MINAJ |
| 43 | ELECTRONIC EARTH | LABRINTH |
| 44 | LUNGS | FLORENCE & THE MACHINE |
| 45 | FREE | TWIN ATLANTIC |
| 46 | RUMOURS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
| 47 | HANDS UP - THE ALBUM | JUSTIN FLETCHER |
| 48 | WATCH THE THRONE | JAY-Z & KANYE WEST |
| 49 | CEREMONIALS | FLORENCE & THE MACHINE |
| 50 | THE DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS | PLAN B |
| 51 | ONE MAN ARMY | KASSIDY |
| 52 | IN MY DREAMS | MILITARY WIVES |
| 53 | LOUD | RIHANNA |
| 54 | NO MORE IDOLS | CHASE & STATUS |
| 55 | GET LIFTED | JOHN LEGEND |
| 56 | BAG OF BONES | EUROPE |
| 57 | ECHOES | WILL YOUNG |
| 58 | NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS | NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING |
| 59 | PLAYING IN THE SHADOWS | EXAMPLE |
| 60 | STRONGER | KELLY CLARKSON |
| 61 | GREATEST HITS | BON JOVI |
| 62 | HOME AGAIN | MICHAEL KIWANUKA |
| 63 | LEGEND | BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS |
| 64 | UP TO NOW | SNOW PATROL |
| 65 | WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES | VACCINES |
| 66 | EARLY TAKES - VOL 1 | GEORGE HARRISON |
| 67 | VISIONS | GRIMES |
| 68 | TUSKEGEE | LIONEL RICHIE |
| 69 | BORN THIS WAY | LADY GAGA |
| 70 | THE VERY BEST OF - 1980-2000 | UB40 |
| 71 | GREATEST HITS | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
| 72 | GENERATION FREAKSHOW | FEEDER |
| 73 | SONIK KICKS | PAUL WELLER |
| 74 | CRAZY LOVE | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 75 | ONWARD | HAWKWIND |
| 76 | SECRET SYMPHONY | KATIE MELUA |
| 77 | 4 | BEYONCE |
| 78 | 18 HITS | ABBA |
| 79 | TAKE ME HOME | JOHN DENVER |
| 80 | OLLY MURS | OLLY MURS |
| 81 | GREATEST HITS | GUNS N' ROSES |
| 82 | MASTER OF MY MAKE-BELIEVE | SANTIGOLD |
| 83 | BACK TO BLACK | AMY WINEHOUSE |
| 84 | THE FAME | LADY GAGA |
| 85 | A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIX | BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB |
| 86 | GIVE YOU THE GHOST | POLICA |
| 87 | THE VERY BEST OF | BREAD |
| 88 | BROTHERS | BLACK KEYS |
| 89 | BANGARANG | SKRILLEX |
| 90 | LOVESTRONG | CHRISTINA PERRI |
| 91 | CROWN AND TREATY | SWEET BILLY PILGRIM |
| 92 | GIVEN TO THE WILD | MACCABEES |
| 93 | WEAPONS | LOSTPROPHETS |
| 94 | SIGH NO MORE | MUMFORD & SONS |
| 95 | ULTIMATE COLLECTION | EURYTHMICS |
| 96 | HANDS ALL OVER | MAROON 5 |
| 97 | TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 | OASIS |
| 98 | THE BEST OF | PROCLAIMERS |
| 99 | LAST NIGHT ON EARTH | NOAH & THE WHALE |
| 100 | GREATEST HITS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
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