Olly Murs tops the Official Albums Chart with 24 HRS: "Its an amazing achievement for me to have had four Number 1 Albums in a row"
Plus Emeli Sande and Cliff Richard debut in the Top 5.
Olly Murs has seen off some major competition on this week's Official Albums Chart to score his fourth Number 1 album.
The singer's fifth studio album 24 HRS sold 58,000 across physical, digital and streaming to net his fourth consecutive Number 1 album. Olly's only album to miss the top spot was his debut, self-titled offering which peaked at Number 2. View Olly Murs' complete UK singles and albums chart history here.
Olly told OfficialCharts.com: "So excited and happy to have 24 HRS go in at Number 1. It’s the most personal album I’ve ever made, and I’m really proud of it. It’s an amazing achievement for me to have had four Number 1 Albums in a row so thanks to my fans for continuing to support me!"
Olly now joins One Direction with four Number 1 albums, making him the joint most successful X Factor act on the Official Albums Chart.
We caught up with Olly to share the exciting news with him:
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Finishing in the runner-up spot this week is Emeli Sande with her second studio album Long Live The Angels (2). Emeli's debut album Our Version of Events spent 67 consecutive weeks inside the Official Albums Chart Top 10.
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe perform well yet again this week; their collection Together drops one place to 3, just ahead of Cliff Richard, who scores his 44th Top 10 album with Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll (4).
MORE: See this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full
New entries and high climbers
Following the death of the legendary Leonard Cohen, his final studio album You Want It Darker climbs 22 places to re-enter the Top 10 at Number 7. His The Essential hits collection also charts in the Top 40 this week at Number 26.
Nathan Sykes' debut album Unfinished Business lands at Number 11, new David Bowie compilation Legacy is at 13, Sting's 12th studio album 57th & 9th finishes at 15, and Simple Minds' Acoustic enters at 16.
After their performance of Everglow on The Graham Norton Show last week, Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams climbs 20 places to Number 17, and Pink Floyd's Early Years 1965-72 debuts at 19.
A Tribe Called Quest's first studio album in 18 years We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service is new at 26, and finally, Enigma's The Fall of A Rebel Angel finishes at Number 40.
See this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full
Look back at every Official Number 1 album of 2016 so far below:
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MusicStan_1997
Nothing against Olly but I was hoping Emeli would go to No.1, she deserved it more, her album was better imo. Hopefully it will go to No.1 soon, maybe if she has a big moment at the Brit Awards next year.
I Am A Stegosaurus
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great week in the Album chart! My granddad died today so at least there's still some positives! So happy he nailed it. People underestimate his album success, don't they?
Sunshine Gal
i'm so sorry about your grandfather :(. well, this is the 1st time i've heard of olly murs, i don't think he's done anything here in the states.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Oh, he had two Hot 100 hits, one of those (Troublemaker) did pretty well
I Am A Stegosaurus
Olly Murs is my favourite singer. He never really cracked the US besides Troublemaker which I previously mentioned (which of course was only big in the States due to Flo Rida) but he's big in the UK, four number 1 albums and four number 1 singles. The singles from 24HRS have criminally underperformed though
Sunshine Gal
yeah i've never heard of him. myself and piran always discuss what's going on in the u.s. and uk music scenes. i can't get over how many uk artists i've personally never heard of. so, do you have all of olly's albums?
Sunshine Gal
i'll have to double check with piran...i might've seen 'troublemaker' on the chart, but didn't know who olly murs might be.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Two out of five.
Ebony
Troublemaker hit the top 20 in the US back in 2012, he is very unfairly considered a one hit wonder in the US
Sunshine Gal
1st comment! :D so, can anyone tell me how nathan sykes is doing in the uk? is he achieving success? and what about zayn and niall horan?
I Am A Stegosaurus
Not really well for Nathan, he had two top 40 hits which dropped out quickly, Zayn smashed with Pillowtalk but his album and subsequent singles didn't do too well and Niall had a top 10 hit with the god awful This Town
Sunshine Gal
really? well, nathan has had a struggle over here *it's never easy for international artists to compete with the u.s. artists*. so zayn has only 1 top 10 hit in the uk? same over here, his lead single did debut @ #1, but he hasn't been able to crack the top 40 afterwards. niall, i believe peaked @ #25 over here...he's supposed to perform @ the upcoming american music awards. well, i sure wish all 3 the best. :)
I Am A Stegosaurus
Yeah he did pretty well in the US as well from what I know
Sunshine Gal
nathan? from what i know he did chart on the bubbling under hot 100 chart *those are the entries #101-125* but not able to crack the mainstream hot 100 chart. i think he did better on the dance charts and possibly the pop singles chart.
I Am A Stegosaurus
No Niall with This Town