Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds & Foo Fighters enter neck-and-neck race for UK’s Number 1 album
officialcharts.comThe stage is set for one of the closest races for Number 1 in recent memory, as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Foo Fighters gear up for a tough battle on the Official Albums Chart.
As it stands at the midweek mark, fewer than 200 chart units currently separate Noel’s Council Skies (1) and the Foos’ But Here We Are (2) from the top spot.
There’s certainly a lot at stake for the two acts in the running this week – Council Skies would extend Noel Gallagher’s unbroken string of 10 consecutive Number 1 albums, both as a member of Oasis and with High Flying Birds, meaning he’s topped the Official Albums Chart with every studio album he’s ever released.
See where every Noel Gallagher song and album has charted in the UK here. But Here We Are is also one of the most important releases of the Foo Fighters’ storied career, being their first full-length LP since the death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, last year.
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