Celeste’s Not Your Muse becomes first British female Number 1 debut album in five years

Plus there are big new entries for Fredo, Steve Wilson and Arlo Parks on this week's Official Albums Chart.
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Congratulations to Celeste, who enters straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with her debut album Not Your Muse.

Not Your Muse fights off competition from three other big new releases to claim this week’s top spot, making her the first British female artist to top the chart with their debut album in just over five years, since Jess Glynne’s I Cry When I Laugh in November 2015.

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"I just want to thank everyone that made this possible and bought and streamed my album," Celeste told OfficialCharts.com. "It means so much to me and it means a lot for this music to get heard in this way. I can't wait to make more and hopefully I'll see you at all the shows. This has done the world of good for me and my music so thank you very, very, very, very much.”

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London rapper Fredo is new at Number 2 with his second album Money Can’t Buy Happiness, claiming the UK’s most-streamed album of the week. Newcomer Arlo Parks also makes a strong debut with her first album Collapsed In Sunbeams at Number 3 – this week’s best-selling album in UK independent record shops.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, British musician Steven Wilson enters at Number 4 with The Future Bites, his second Top 10 collection, and Chip’s new mixtape Snakes & Ladders lands at Number 7 - the rapper’s highest-charting headline album since his 2009 debut I Am Chipmunk peaked at Number 2 (last year’s collaborative project Insomnia with Skepta and Young Adz topped out at Number 3).

Further down, London post-punk band Goat Girl secure their second Top 40 album with On All Fours, new at 30, and Lil Durk’s The Voice rebounds back into the Top 40 at 40 following a deluxe edition release of the record featuring 12 new tracks.

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Damián

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How can she be the first Br female in 5 years to have a 1 album?? Ellie Goulding got a 1 album last year....

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John Hawkins

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It wasn't Ellie's debut.

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Blank

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How far can we expect it to drop next week? 3 of the 5 previous #1s this year so far have seen drops of over 50 places from #1, and none have managed a 2nd consecutive week. Only Evermore had it's 2nd week at #1 this year after having a #1 week last year.

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Dr. A.W.K. Ward

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Not the same Celeste who had that hit 'Oooh Stick You' in 2000 with Daphne ?

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Probably not, she would’ve been 6 at that time.

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Well done to her, really good album as well, although Arlo Parks’s was just a little better.

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thierry henon

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Congrats to CELESTE: well deserved number 1 album!! So happy for ARLO as well!!

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Piran

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Aww... I'm really happy for Celeste! :D

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thierry henon

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Hi Piran..how are you? Ready for a peaceful week end? BTW wanted to ask if you ever heard of these 2 great Norwegian singers: DAGNY and Astrid S? if you like scandinavian pop music at its best, it is worth listening to their singles: SOMEBODY and RELATIONS...Have a great week end and stay safe...

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Piran

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Hey Thierry! I'm fine, thank you. How are you today? :)

I actually have heard of Astrid S before & she's even been in my personal charts with a couple of songs beforehand, while Dagny is a new artist that's being discussed in a Discord server that I'm part of.

Thanks for the song recommendations & I hope you have a nice weekend too!

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thierry henon

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I am very good and like everybody else: happy it is Friday!! I am still listening to KEIINO, they may be representing NORWAY again at the Eurovision!! That will be amazing..Have a great week end too...Take care Piran.//

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Piran

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Ahh... I love KEIINO! I really hope that Norway send them to Eurovision again, if their entry for this year is anything like 'Spirit In The Sky' was, haha. :)

You take care too!

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Ronald van Veen

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https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/ & https://disqus.com/by/thierryhenon/
In my opinion the KEiiNO song is even better than SPIRIT IN THE SKY!
It is called MONUMENT and the official video is just amazing.
I do hope they will represent NORWAY at the ESC thhis year.
They deliver the winning song, without a doubt.

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Piran

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Hey Ronald! :)

Yeah, I know how much both you & Thierry hype up KEIINO here, so I can't wait to check out 'Monument' later today.

Did you know that 'Spirit In The Sky' actually got 12 points from the UK public vote?

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Ronald van Veen

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https://disqus.com/by/disqus_XJbjZC0JLD/ :: well, yes, Thierry and myself do our best to promote KEiiNO as much as possible because they deserve it. It really is a good pop band and they should score hit after hit but they don't... No matter how hard we try! Hahaha!

Did you get a chance to listen to MONUMENT yet or watch the video?
I think it is pretty awesome!

The UK wasn't the only country to give 12 points to Norway.
This is the list of countries with the same great taste in music:

The Netherlands
Australia
Ireland
Iceland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany

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Damián

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Dagny is HEAVEN!!! love her!

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Piran

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I can't wait to check out some of her music then, but it's really cool that you know her too! ;)

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Piran

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I'm listening to it now... I think I prefer 'Spirit In The Sky' right now (just because of that absolute anthemic hook!), but this is still awesome & it really suits Eurovision again, haha. :)