ROLLING STONES ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE UK ALBUM CHARTS WITH HACKNEY DIAMONDS

This week, The Rolling Stones have achieved a significant milestone by claiming their 14th Official Number 1 album with Hackney Diamonds, outperforming all other albums in the Top 5 in terms of sales.

In its first week, Hackney Diamonds amassed an impressive 72,200 chart units, making it the third highest-selling album of 2023 so far.

With 11 different studio albums reaching the top spot, The Rolling Stones have now tied with The Beatles, Robbie Williams, and Bruce Springsteen, all of whom also have 11 studio albums that reached Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart.

Watch The Stones and Lady GaGa perform ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ below:

Additionally, Hackney Diamonds has claimed the top position on this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart, marking the album with the highest number of copies sold in the vinyl format over the past seven days, and making it the biggest week for vinyl sales of any album this year.

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Hackney Diamonds is their first studio set of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. Since then, the Stones have continued to smash box office records on a series of global sell-out tours and released 2016’s GRAMMY® Award winning Blue & Lonesome, which featured their brilliant versions of many of the blues tracks that helped shape their sound, and topped album charts around the world. Last year, they thrilled European audiences totalling nearly a quarter of a million on the anniversary Sixty tour. The Rolling Stones have sold over 250 million albums worldwide.

Hackney Diamonds marks The Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood) first album produced by producer and musician Andrew Watt.