The Cure land first number one album in 32 years with Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure person landed their archetypal fig 1 medium successful 32 years with their highly-anticipated 14th grounds Songs Of A Lost World.

The English stone set – which presently consists of Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O’Donnell, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper and Reeves Gabrels – past topped the UK medium albums illustration with their 1992 grounds Wish.

Released past Friday, 16 years aft their past album, Songs Of A Lost World has outsold the remainder of the apical 5 combined to apical the chart, according to the Official Charts Company.

Following the achievement, Smith told Official Charts: “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heart-warming to acquisition specified a fantastic absorption to the merchandise of the caller Cure album.

“To everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed successful america implicit the years – convey you.”

The grounds besides tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart and the Official Record Store Chart arsenic it proves to beryllium the astir fashionable medium successful autarkic UK grounds shops successful the past week.

The merchandise has sparked involvement successful the The Cure’s backmost catalogue, with their 2001 Greatest Hits medium soaring up the charts to fig 30.

Formed successful 1978, The Cure has sold much than 30 cardinal albums worldwide, headlined Glastonbury Festival 4 times and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame successful 2019.

Elsewhere, Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth medium Short n’ Sweet has climbed 1 spot to fig two, portion the eighth merchandise by US rapper Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia – has dropped 2 spots to 3rd place.

Summer deed Brat by Charli XCX moves up 1 spot to 4th and Ed Sheeran’s +–=÷× (Tour Collection) grounds jumps 7 places to 5th aft its carnal format release.

Over successful the UK singles chart, US prima Gracie Abrams, who has been supporting Taylor Swift connected her Eras Tour successful the US, has secured her archetypal UK fig 1 azygous with That’s So True.

The break-up way has been competing with Sailor Song by US vocalist Gigi Perez implicit the past week, but Abrams clinched triumph by less than 1,200 illustration units.

The collaboration by Bruno Mars and Blackpink’s Rose, titled Apt, takes the 3rd spot, Abrams secures 4th spot arsenic good with I Love You I’m Sorry and popular sensation Chappell Roan claims 5th with Hot To Go.