Charli XCX scores her first ever UK Number One album with ‘Crash’

nme.com:

Charli XCX has scored her first ever Number One album in the UK with ‘Crash’.The singer’s fifth studio album shot straight to the top of the summit and the Vinyl albums chart with physical formats accounting for over 70 per cent of the LP’s total chart sales this week, according to the Official Charts Company.Her previous highest charting album was 2019’s ‘Charli’ which reached Number 14, followed by 2015’s ‘Sucker’ at 14.

Charli also shared a deluxe version of her new record with four extra tracks.She beat off ArrDee – real name Riley Davies – who went in at Number Two with his first mixtape ‘Pier Pressure’.

Sea Girls went in at Number Three with ‘Homesick’ while Feeder  charted at Five with ‘Torpedo’.In a four-star review of ‘Crash’, NME praised Charil’s ability at blending her “mainstream pop and left-field” sensibilities, saying the album’s best moments came when both elements collided.“One emotion that her music will never evoke is boredom, and even when her sights are trained on infiltrating mainstream pop, she’s still an artist with a knack for surprising,” wrote El Hunt. “If ‘Crash’ really does mark the death of Charli XCX as a major label artist – what a way to go.”Charli will be heading out on a European and North American tour, with shows in Los Angeles, London, Paris and more kicking off tomorrow (March 26).