UK Charts
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS—IT'S THE U.K. TOP 10: Britain's Got Talent-winning, show-tune-belting quintet Collabro score a #1 U.K. album debut this week, while indie-rocking Mancunians the Courteneers and Red Bull's Scottish riffmeisters Twin Atlantic enjoy big bows. Another Britain's Got Talent discovery, Welsh crooners Richard & Adam, debut in the Top 10 with their third album, a set of cinematic songs like "Moon River," "Goldfinger" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
- Collabro, Stars (SYCO)
- Ed Sheeran, X (Asylum)
- Courteeners, Concrete Love (Cooperative Music)
- Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour (Capitol)
- George Ezra, Wanted On Voyage (Columbia)
- Twin Atlantic, Great Divide (Red Bull)
- Dolly Parton, Blue Smoke: The Best of (Masterworks)
- Paolo Nutini, Caustic Love (Atlantic)
- Paloma Faith, A Perfect Contradiction (RCA)
- Richard & Adam, At the Movies
On the singles side, Parlophone's David Guetta f/Sam Martin bows at #1 with "Lovers on the Sun," Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" (EMI) kicks in at #4, Epic's X Factor-surviving boy band Union J arrives at #9 with "Tonight (We Live Forever)" and Positiva's Berlin-based house DJ Wankelmut (with help from Emma Louise) shoots #190-5 with "My Head Is a Jungle." (8/25a)
