Ariana Grande scores first Number 1 album with Dangerous Woman

Plus, new entries from Richard Ashcroft, and veteran rockers Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton.
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It’s third time lucky for Ariana Grande, who finally achieves her first Official Albums Chart Number 1 with Dangerous Woman.

The album, which features collaborations with Lil Wayne, Macy Gray and Nicki Minaj, reached the top spot just 600 combined chart sales ahead of her nearest rival, Drake's Views.

MORE: See the full Official Albums Chart Top 100

Last week's Number 1 from the Canadian rapper was the most streamed collection of the last seven days, garnering over 11,000 sales-equivalent streams.

New in at Number 3 is Richard Ashcroft, with fifth studio album These People, making it his fourth Top 5 as a solo artist. He previously scored two Top 5 albums as frontman of The Verve.

This week's Number 4 is Beyoncé's Lemonade and Bob Dylan is new at Number 5 with his 37th studio album Fallen Angels. The album is also Bob's 37th Top 10. View Bob Dylan's complete UK singles and albums chart history here.

New entries and high climbers

Narrowly behind Bob Dylan is Eric Clapton with his twenty-third studio album I Still Do (6) and Coldplay rebound 8 places to Number 8 with A Head Full Of Dreams

Further down the chart, Against the Current hit 28 with their debut album In My Bones and there are five new entries and re-entries sitting back-to-back:

Bruce Foxton secures his first Top 40 album with Smash the Clock (31), a remastered version of David Bowie's Changesonebowie compilation debuts at 32 and Manic Street Preachers' reissued Everything Must Go is at 33.

Bob Dylan's The Very Best Of re-enters at 34 and Lonely the Brave's Things Will Matter begins at 35, marking their second Top 40 album.

Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits also makes a reappearance in the Top 40, rising eight spots to Number 39.

View this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full

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Alexander

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to everyone unhappy at a deserving artist like ariana getting to the top spot tough. very good lps have been released and not got to the top spot yet dross like drake and beshityonce get there. jean michel jarres electronica scrapped the top 10 and is amazing. the pet shop boys get to 3 and then are gone. dont think quality matters. well done ariana you deserve the top spot.

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Formation

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Hate much?! Drink Lemonade! :)

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Alexander

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yeah i only care when i need to sell concert tickets and a cd. she did not care much about people being shot until it helped her marketing of a tour and cd.

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Formation

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If she helped the victim, then you'll say, she did it only for the publicity. You sick stupid haters will find any reason to dislike her!

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Alexander

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and you think a dance number helped. wow you must have weird ways to protest. a dignified protest would have done so much more. but hey im beyonce people got shot great ill do a number to honour them.

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Formation

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What has a dance performance to do with the protest?! If you watch the Formation video, you'll see the message. Not many artist do any political songs. Your fave won't do that!

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Alexander

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your obviously not well so i feel sorry for you. political are you joking. crass conflict jello biafra now they were political. beyonce really. thats funny. take your meds with that lemonade. you need them.

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Formation

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Thanks for the advice! I'll drink the med with lemonade, at least it help. But compared to you, they are still finding a medicine to cure you!

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Alexander

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who says i want a cure. anyway you seem like the after taught of a after taught. so pointless i forgot the point. anyway enjoy your lemonade ill enjoy amazing music instead.

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Zoltán Oskovits

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How many copies did Ariana sell?

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.......... The singer who makes me wish I had more middle fingers is at number 1! Sure, I don't care about the album charts as much as the singles charts but I'm still .

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MusicStan_1997

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Well done Ariana, the entire album is fantastic. Very deserving of the No.1 spot and I'm so glad the UK is finally acknowledging her.

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BABY DOLLARD

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CYNDI LAUPER : DETOUR should have been in the TOP 10...Hopefully glastonberry ...will make her back into the top 10 like it did for DOLLY PARTON!!
God....knowing grande is number 1...a talentless brat when an icon and a great singer like CYNDI LAUPER didn't even make the top 10!! shame!!

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John T

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Cyndi Lauper sings on one track on Jean Michel Jarre's Electronica 2 album which made the top 10 two weeks ago if that's any consolation for you.

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Matt Clark

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Ariana Grande is more than likely one of the best female vocalists in this generation. Never mind about anything that she's done or what you say, the girl has pipes compared to most singers today.

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Mrs. Brooks

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If 'Views' earned more sales-equivalent streams, it means 'Dangerous Woman' sold more traditional copies, so congrats to Ariana for her first number-one album.