Gorillaz Were Pipped to the Head of the Album Charts by Boyzone on Sunday Night
In spite of leading in the recently available midweek charts, Gorillaz were pipped to the head of the album charts by Boyzone on Sun. night. On Wed. ( March ten ) Spinner claimed that ‘Plastic Beach,’ the band’s 3rd studio album, was topping the 1st ever midweek charts pronounced on Greg James’ BBC Radio one show. by Sunday they’d fallen behind Irish boyband Boyzone. This success can possibly be put down to the mix of last-minute Mas ‘ Day presents, and it being their first album since the sad death of Stephen Gately last October. Boyzone had sold 100,000 copies of ‘Brother,’ their 5th studio album, to take the top slot. It’s a repeat success for lead frontman Ronan Keating, who had a solo number one on Mas ‘ Day in 2009 with ‘Songs For My Mum . ‘ With mixed sales of 15,000,000 for ‘Gorillaz’ and ‘Demon Days,’ Damon Albarn’s cartoon band probably are not too worried. ‘Plastic Beach,’ featuring as it is doing Lou Reed, Bobby Womack Mos Def and Gruff Rhys of Super Bushy Animals, will without doubt go on to bigger success. Martin Talbot, the handling director of the Official Chart Company, asserted that the midweek charts has been provided to the general public to give an understanding into how the chase for the head of the charts is shaping up. They were formerly available only to those in the bizz.
