Muse claim seventh UK Number 1 album with Will Of The People
officialcharts.comMuse secure their seventh UK Number 1 album with Will Of The People. The ninth studio LP from the English rock group, comprising Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard, outsells the rest of the Top 10 combined to reach the summit, racking up an impressive 51,500 chart units in its opening week.
Muse also claim an Official Chart first with the record, the Official Charts Company can confirm. Will Of The People becomes the UK’s first-ever Number 1 album to incorporate NFT (non-fungible token) technology.
The release of a limited edition ‘Digital Pressing,’ is a collaboration between Warner Music UK and eco-friendly music web3 marketplace Serenade, and follows swiftly on from Aitch’s Close To Home, which last week became the first NFT project to enter the UK’s Official Albums Chart.
Moreover, Will Of The People’s chart-topping success means Muse now count themselves among fellow groups The Killers and The Prodigy who also boast seven chart-topping LPs apiece.
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