Beyoncé earns fourth number one album while Cribs enter top 40 with re-releases

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Beyoncé has earned her fourth number one album this week with ‘RENAISSANCE‘ while The Cribs have entered the top 40 with reissues of their first three releases.Beyoncé’s ‘RENAISSANCE’ is her first number one album in six years and outsold its nearest competition by three to one, according to The Official Charts Company.Bey’s other number one albums include her debut album, ‘Dangerously in Love’ (2003), ‘4’ (2011)and ‘Lemonade’ (2016).

As a member of Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé boasts another chart-topper with ‘Survivor’ reaching number one in 2001.‘RENAISSANCE’ also tops the Official Vinyl Albums Chart while lead single ‘Break My Soul’ becomes Beyoncé’s highest-charting solo hit on the UK Official Singles Chart in 14 years.Elsewhere in the charts, the reissues of The Cribs first three full-length albums all enter the top 40.

The band, comprising brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman, match their original 2007 Number 13 peak with third studio album ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever.’Two of the indie-rock outfit’s records score new peaks on the Official Albums Chart with 2005 release ‘The New Fellas’ at number 20 and their eponymous 2001 debut ‘The Cribs’ going in at at Number 23.

The group also dominate this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart, with ‘Men’s Need’s, Women’s Needs, Whatever’, ‘The New Fellas’ and ‘The Cribs’ charting at Numbers two, three and four respectively.Maggie Rogers also earned her first top ten spot on the chart, with ‘Surrender’ entering at number six.