The singer’s fourth studio LP sold 93,000 copies to take this week’s top spot, 20,000 copies ahead of its closest competitor Ed Sheeran, who holds at Number 2 with X.
Olly told OfficialCharts.com: "So happy to have my album go straight in at number one and equally delighted to have single in Top 5 for second week running. What a weekend!"
The star’s previous chart-topping albums, 2012’s Right Place Right Time and In Case You Didn’t Know in 2011, have each sold over a million copies, having shifted 1.26 million and 1.08 million respectively.
1 NEVER BEEN BETTER OLLY MURS
2 X ED SHEERAN
3 FOUR ONE DIRECTION
4 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH
5 THE ENDLESS RIVER PINK FLOYD
6 WANTED ON VOYAGE GEORGE EZRA
7 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
8 LISTEN DAVID GUETTA
9 SONIC HIGHWAYS FOO FIGHTERS
10 IT'S THE GIRLS BETTE MIDLER
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The track, which trailers their seventh studio album III, overtakes midweek leaders Band Aid 30 to take the top spot by just 2,500 copies.
The trio told OfficialCharts.com: "We cannot believe it, we're really made-up and we can't thank everybody enough."
The feat earns the now three-piece band their 12th Number 1 single and first chart-topper in six years after 2008’s Greatest Day.
1 THESE DAYS TAKE THAT
2 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS BAND AID 30
3 WRAPPED UP OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
4 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN
5 REAL LOVE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
6 STEAL MY GIRL ONE DIRECTION
7 JEALOUS LABRINTH
8 BLANK SPACE TAYLOR SWIFT
9 DANGEROUS DAVID GUETTA FT SAM MARTIN
10 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS MEGHAN TRAINOR
I hope Take That can snatch that #1. I thought it would be impossible with Band Aid 30, but 1500 copies isn't that big of a gap. Take That also has the advantage of streaming.
I hope Take That can snatch that #1. I thought it would be impossible with Band Aid 30, but 1500 copies isn't that big of a gap. Take That also has the advantage of streaming.
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1 Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) 1.0000
2 Take That - These Days 0.9246 0.9004 0.8750 0.8667 0.8507 0.8396
Band Aid 30 are freefalling, Take That will get the #1 on iTunes soon. They're getting it.