PJ Harvey's Hope Six Demolition Project becomes her first Number 1 album

Plus there are a further seven new entries on this week's Official Albums Chart.

Congratulations to PJ Harvey, who earns her first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with The Hope Six Demolition Project.

The singer-songwriter’s ninth studio collection enters straight in at the top, beating her previous best with 1993’s Number 3-peaking Rid Of Me. Check out PJ Harvey’s full Official Chart history here.

PJ Harvey holds off competition from Adele’s 25, which remains at Number 2 and logs a 22 consecutive week in the Top 5, while Aled Jones’ One Voice climbs for the third week running, up one place to Number 3.

New at Number 4 is Santana’s latest album Santana IV. The record is the band’s first with the full early ‘70s lineup in 45 years and is their highest-charting since 1999’s chart-topping Supernatural.

New entries and high climbers

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Justin Bieber’s Purpose lifts two places to Number 5, and Little Mix’s Get Weird rebounds seven places to Number 8, notching up an 18^th week in the Top 10.

Following his shock death last night, two Prince albums re-enter the Top 40. As sales are counted up until midnight on Thursday, 2006’s Ultimate Prince shoots to Number 10 just after the news broke, while his Very Best Of collection from 2001 lands at 18. Full story here.

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu scores his 12^th Top 40 album today with Magic Of The Waltz, new at 19, and heavy metal band Disturbed vault 37 places to 28 with Immortalized.

Finally, English rockers Hawkind enter at 29 with The Machine Stops, and a deluxe re-release of Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required lands at 35.