UK Music Scene: Coldplay’s ‘Moon Music’ Dominates as Fastest-Selling Album of 2024

Moon Music has already sold over 160,000 chart units in 72 hours and is on track to have the best week for a British act on the Official Albums Chart since Adele’s 30 debuted at number one with 261,000 chart units in 2021.

Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Johnny Buckland, and Will Champion’s ninth album is on track to become the group’s tenth consecutive number one studio album in the United Kingdom.

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, which debuted in its first week with 270,000 chart units, remains the fastest-selling album in 2024. Can Coldplay catch up by Friday?

Public Service Broadcasting, a London-based alt-rock quartet, might earn their third Top 10 album with The Last Flight (2), following 2021’s Bright Magic (2) and 2017’s Every Valley (4).

Radiohead offshoot group Cutouts, the Smile’s third album, is expected to be their third consecutive Top 5 entry (3), while James Bay’s Changes All The Time is expected to be his fourth Top 5 album by Friday (5).

The 1975’s 2022 chart-topper Being Funny In A Foreign Language is poised for a Top 10 re-entry (6), thanks to the release of an exclusive, limited-edition liquid-filled vinyl, while ’80s star Alison Moyet’s Ice (7) aims for her first Top 10 album in 11 years (and sixth overall).

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music-news.com – Coldplay’s Moon Music already fastest-selling album by UK act of 2024 so far

officialcharts.com – Coldplay’s Moon Music already fastest-selling album by UK act of 2024

thesun.co.uk – Inside Liam Gallagher’s £75,000-a-week Ibiza party house he hired for mega birthday bash with 20 family & friends

shropshirestar.com – Coldplay’s Moon Music becomes fastest-selling album of a British act in 2024