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Mumford & Sons have reclaimed the No.1 album spot in this week's UK charts after their headline performance at Glastonbury saw sales of the record soar.
Babel is back at the top after climbing 15 places and spending 41 weeks in the charts since its release back in 2012. Their famed headline slot on the Pyramid Stage on the closing night of Glasto saw sales of the LP rocket by 384%. However, the Official Charts Company report that despite the dramatic increase, Mumford & Sons only managed to outsell Michael Buble at No.2 by just 125 copies.
Elsewhere in the albums chart, Tom Odell is at No.3 with Long Way Down and Jake Bugg comes in at No.4 with his self-titled debut. Rod Stewart stands at No.5 with Time while Editors land at No.6 with their latest effort, The Weight of Your Love. The top 10 is completed by Passenger with All The Little Lights at No.7, Right Place Right Time by Olly Murs at No.8, Home by Rudimental at No.9 and Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars at No.10.
Watch Mumford & Sons performing I Will Wait live at Glastonbury 2013 below:
Other Glastonbury acts have also seen a huge increase in sales. Demand for Arctic Monkey's four albums and various Rolling Stones compilations have benefited from Glasto headliner exposure. Picking up dramatically, both bands are propelled into this week’s best seller list. The Sheffield band's 2006 debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not has received a 8,431% rise against sales of the previous week, marking the biggest leap of albums in the chart.
Meanwhile in the singles chart, John Newman is at No.1 with 'Love Me Again', Robin Thicke remains at No.2 with 'Blurred Lines' featuring Pharrell and T.I., 'I Love It' by Icona Pop slips down to No.3 and Will.i.am stands at No.4. with 'Bang Bang'. Naughty Boy completes the top five with his former No.1, 'La La La' featuring Sam Smith.
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