U.K. CHARTS: HOWARD COLLECTS A #1

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U.K. CHARTS: HOWARD COLLECTS A #1

4/2/21

Ben Howard has hit the top of the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with his fourth release, Collections From the Whiteout (Island). Over on singles, Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” (RCA) enters straight in at #1.

Collections is Howard's second U.K. #1 album and is the best-seller in independent record shops this week, also topping the vinyl chart.

Elsewhere on albums, Justin Bieber’s Justice (EMI) is at #2 while Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (Warner Records) rises one to #3, marking its 33rd week in the Top 10 one year from release.

Evanescence’s The Bitter Truth (RCA) is new at #4, their highest charting album in 10 years, while Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra debut at #6 with Promises (Luaka Bop).