Pink Floyd’s “The Endless River” album debuts at No 1 in UK chartNovember 17, 2014 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pink Floyd’s The Endless River has debuted at the summit of the UK chart, making the band’s final album their sixth No 1. The veteran group robbed the Foo Fighters of what would have been their fourth chart topper, as Sonic Highways enters at No 2, the Guardian reports. In a statement, Pink Floyd said they were “thrilled and surprised” by the commercial interest in The Endless River. Made in part with studio sessions from 1994’s The Division Bell, this is also their first studio album since then. The Division Bell spent four weeks at No 1 and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Behind Floyd and the Foos, Ed Sheeran’s latest record remains a steady seller at No 3. X is also a steady streamer: after recently breaking the Official Charts’ record for most-streamed song, Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud garnered an even larger number of listens over the past seven days. The rest of the album chart’s top five is completed by Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour and Queen’s new compilation Forever, which showcases unreleased recordings such as Freddie Mercury’s 80s team-up with Michael Jackson. On the singles chart, it’s another grand success for a celebrity charity project by Gareth Malone. The TV choirmaster sold 120,000 copies of Wake Me Up, a vocal reimagining of Avicii’s 2013 dance smash. Credited to Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir, the recording features Jo Brand, Craig Revel Horwood, Linda Robson and Mel Giedroyc, with proceeds going to Children In Need. Malone called it a “hat trick” of hits, following similar projects with Military Wives and Gary Barlow. The choral number easily displaced last week’s No 1, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s I Don’t Care, which slipped to No 4. Thinking Out Loud remained steady at No 3, and Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass fell two places to No 5. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |