Joel Corry topped the singles chart with Head & Heart featuring MNEK (Official Charts Company/PA)įirst place in the singles chart went to Head & Heart by Joel Corry featuring MNEK, earning both acts their first number one.

It is the first album in 14 years from the band, who recently dropped the word Dixie from their name in an apparent response to the Black Lives Matter movement. “Thank you so much for your support over the years and just always.”įourth place went to Bob Dylan’s Rough And Rowdy Ways, while Gaslighter by US country music group The Chicks came fifth. Honestly, I can’t even tell you how much it means to me. Goulding told the Official Charts Company: “Thank you so much for making my album number one. Her third album Delirium also reached third in the rankings in 2015.

Goulding has previously topped the album chart with her 2010 debut Lights and her 2014 release Halcyon. Ellie Goulding has topped the UK album chart for a third time (Lia Toby/PA) Juice Wrld’s Legends Never Die was second in the Official Charts Company rankings, while Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon was third. The full record was executive produced by Ellie Goulding and Joe Kearns with additional writing and production from Tobias Jesso Jr., Starsmith, ILYA, serpentwithfeet, Patrick Wimberly (of Chairlift) and Jim Eliot.Ellie Goulding has topped the UK album chart for the third time.īrightest Blue finished ahead of two posthumous albums by US rappers. Brightest Blue is Ellie’s highly anticipated 4th studio album release - split into two sides to showcase both her artistic depth and commercial success - lead by Platinum singles “Close To Me” and “Hate Me”. She has performed by invitation for President Obama, the Royal Family and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, is a UN Global Environmental Ambassador, and is a noted campaigner and philanthropist speaking regularly on the climate emergency.

festival including Coachella and Lollapalooza. She holds Billboard’s Hot 100 record for the most entries on the chart this century by a British female vocalist, has had 8 Top 40 radio hits, has over 50 million followers on social media, has performed for audiences over one million and graced the stage at every major U.S. Since the release of her debut album LIGHTS in 2010, multi-platinum, singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding’s incredible career to date has seen her receive two GRAMMY Award nominations, a Golden Globe nomination, two BRIT Awards, sales of 17 million albums and over 128 million singles, and 20 billion streams worldwide.

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