The Last Dinner Party Leads U.K. Chart Race – Billboard

And similar to that, The Final Dinner Social gathering is changing crucial reward into industrial success with Prelude to Ecstasy (by way of Island), the British newcomers’ debut LP.

Primarily based on midweek gross sales and streaming knowledge printed by the Official Charts Firm, Prelude to Ecstasy leads the way in which within the U.Okay. chart race.

Prelude to Ecstasy makes a quick begin and is predicted to take the title when the nationwide chart is printed later this week.

Primarily based in London, the indie rock-pop quintet — Abigail Morris (vocals), Georgia Davies (bass), Lizzie Mayland (guitar), Aurora Nishevci (keys) and Emily Roberts (lead guitar) — captured the excitement on either side of the Atlantic final yr, thanks partly to “Nothing Issues,” their breakthrough debut single.

With “Nothing Issues” of their pocket, the group snagged this yr’s BRITs Rising Star Award and the BBC Sound Of 2024 ballot, a double that assures The Final Dinner Social gathering standing as the subsequent huge factor in music.

Prelude to Ecstasy options “Nothing Issues,” which the band carried out on The Late Present final month for his or her U.S. late night time TV debut, and which final week cracked the U.Okay. prime 40 for the primary time, vaulting 41-22.

Additionally new to the Official Chart Replace is Jamie Webster’s 10 For The Individuals (Fashionable Sky), at No. 2. If it holds its course, 10 For The Individuals would give Webster a profession finest, outdoing 2022’s Moments, which peaked at No. 3.

Finishing the rostrum on the chart blast is Paul McCartney & Wings’ third LP Band on the Run (Capitol), which is ready for a return to the highest 10 following the discharge of a particular fiftieth anniversary version. After launch again in 1973, Band on the Run led the albums tally for seven consecutive weeks.

Britpop period psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker is eyeing a primary prime 10 album in 25 years with Pure Magick (Unusual People), new at No. 5. Kula Shaker beforehand cracked the U.Okay. prime 10 with 1996’s chief Okay and 1999’s Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts (No. 9).

Lastly, Scottish singer and songwriter Dylan John Thomas is focusing on a prime 10 entry together with his self-titled debut album. Dylan John Thomas (by way of Ignition) is ready to enter the chart at No. 8.

All when can be revealed when the Official U.Okay. Albums Chart is printed late Friday, Feb. 9.