Biffy Clyro celebrate third Number 1 on Official Albums Chart: “Thank you for listening”

Plus, indie band Sea Girls make an impressive debut with their first album on this week's Official Albums Chart.

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Biffy Clyro have a lot to celebrate today (Aug. 21) as their new album, A Celebration Of Endings, lands straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

The Scottish alt-rock band’s ninth album is their third to reach the UK summit, shifting 26,000 chart sales this week, including 8,000 copies on vinyl.

Celebrating the news, Biffy Clyro told OfficialCharts.com: "Thank you so much for taking A Celebration Of Endings to Number 1 in the Official Albums Chart. We’re very proud of this record, thank you for listening."

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Biffy’s previous chart-toppers are Opposites (2013) and Ellipsis (2016). View the band’s Official UK Chart history in full here.

The band end Taylor Swift’s three-week reign at Number 1 with Folklore, which drops to Number 2, while indie-rock group Sea Girls make an impressive debut at Number 3 with their first album Open Up Your Head – this week’s best-selling album in independent record shops.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Manic Street Preachers’ lead singer James Dean Bradfield is new at Number 6 with his first solo studio album in 14 years Even in Exile. It marks James’ first Top 10 as a soloist, and his 14th including his career with the Manics. Brighton folk-punk outfit Levellers also land in this week’s Top 10 with Peace at Number 8, their first album in eight years.

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Just outside the Top 10, Burna Boy’s fifth album Twice As Tall is new at Number 11, marking his highest-charting record in the UK to date. Close behind at Number 12 is British folk singer Kate Rusby with her new collection Hand Me Down, also her highest-charting album.

Further down, singer-songwriter Rumer opens at Number 17 with Nashville Tears; Queen’s Greatest Hits II re-enters the Top 40 at Number 24 following a reissue on vinyl; and Indie musician Jim Bob scores his first Top 40 album with Pop Up Jim Bob at Number 26.