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Bastille have scored a number one album with their debut LP Bad Blood.

The London quartet enter at the top spot just 3,000 copies ahead of long-runner Emeli Sandé, who drops a place with Our Version of Events.

Frontman Dan Smith told The Official Charts Company: “If it’s true, then it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

“We are completely blown away by how many people have bought the album, and have no idea what to say.”

Stereophonics land at three with their latest album Graffiti on the Train. Bruno Mars rises two to four with Unorthodox Jukebox.

Dido’s comeback LP The Girl Who Got Away is a new entry at five, making it her fourth top five album.

Emeli Sandé has won her tenth non-consecutive week on top of the UK album chart with her debut LP.

Our Version of Events is a non-mover in its 55th consecutive week inside the Top 10.

Mumford & Sons remain at number two with Babel, while the Les Misérables soundtrack climbs back two places to three. Ben Howard stays at four with Every Kingdom.

Supergroup Atoms For Peace – featuring Thom Yorke and Flea amongst its members – enter at five with their first album Amok.

West End singer Michael Ball has a new entry at eight with his Both Sides Now collection.

Josh Groban scores his first UK Top 10 album with All That Echoes at nine.

Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr lands at ten with his debut solo album The Messenger.

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Emeli Sandé has reclaimed the album number one spot once again with Our Version of Events.

The singer-songwriter’s debut album climbed up two places to reach the top for the ninth week in total, following her Brit Awards success on Wednesday night (February 20).

Mumford & Sons also capitalised on their Brit Awards performance and award, rising three places to two with Babel.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds enter at three with their new album Push the Sky Away.

Ben Howard experiences a 583% sales increase by rising 42 places to four with Only Kingdom. The Les Misérables soundtrack drops four to complete the top five.

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The Les Misérables soundtrack has remained at the top of the UK album chart.

The score highlights from Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation has held on to the top spot for four weeks in total.

Foals were beaten to number one by less than 1,000 copies with Holy Fire, having led the pack in the midweek chart update. However, it is still the Oxford band’s highest-placing album to date.

Emeli Sandé continues her epic Top 10 run, with Our Version of Events falling one to three. Jake Bugg’s self-titled LP drops two to four, while Mumford & Sons’s Grammys success sees Babel leap 12 places to five.

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The Les Misérables cast recording has climbed back to the top of the UK album chart.

The soundtrack to Tom Hooper’s movie adaptation previously spent two weeks at number one, and has climbed one place back to the top.

The Courteeners had been number one in the midweek chart with their third studio album Anna, but they have to settle for sixth position at the end of the week.

Jake Bugg’s self-titled debut LP climbs four places to two, while Biffy Clyro’s Opposites falls two from last week’s number one to three.

Emeli Sandé’s Our Version of Events is a non-mover at four, and celebrates a full year inside the Top 10. Fleetwood Mac’s reissued Rumours drops two to five.

Frightened Rabbit score their biggest album yet, with Pedestrian Verse entering at nine.

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Biffy Clyro have scored their first number one album in the UK with Opposites.

The Scottish band’s third studio album sold 71,500 copies, which is the biggest opening week sales of an album so far in 2013.

“Opposites feels like the best record we’ve ever made and to have it sitting atop the Official Albums Chart is a huge honour,” the band told The Official Charts Company. “Thank you so much to all our fans.”

Their previous albums Puzzle and Only Revolutions reached number two and three respectively, selling 37,000 and 43,000 in their first weeks on sale.

The cast recording of Les Misérables drops one place to two, while Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours leaps up to number three, 35 years after its original release.Emeli Sandé drops two places to four with longrunner Our Version of Events. Justin Bieber’s acoustic version of Believe is new at five.

Andrea Bocelli lands at nine with his 14th studio album Passione. Ellie Goulding climbs three places back into the Top 10 with Halcyon at ten.

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The Les Misérables cast have stayed on top of the UK album chart.

Tom Hooper’s movie adaptation of the long-running musical outsold its nearest rival by more than two to one to keep hold of the top spot for a second week.

Emeli Sandé stays at number two with Our Version of Events in its 50th week inside the Top 10.

Calvin Harris climbs back a place to three with 18 Months, swapping places with Jake Bugg at four. Rihanna climbs up to five with Unapologetic.

Ed Sheeran is back up two to six with +, while Bruno Mars climbs three to seven with Unorthodox Jukebox.

One Direction are up three to eight with Take Me Home. fun. rise four to nine with Some Nights.

I Am Kloot score their first Top 10 album placing, with their sixth studio album Let It All In entering at ten.

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The Les Misérables soundtrack has climbed to the top of the UK album chart.

The compilation – featuring performances by the likes of Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman – rises four places to become the first cast recording to top the chart since 1997’s Evita.

The 1998 number one from the Titanic soundtrack was credited to James Horner, while the 2008 Iron Man 2 compilation was credited as an AC/DC release.

Emeli Sandé’s long-runner Our Version of Events drops one to two, while Jake Bugg is a non-mover at three. Calvin Harris falls two to four with former chart-topper 18 Months.

Everything Everything score their highest-charting album to date, with Arc landing at five.

Rihanna slips two to six with Unapologetic. A$AP Rocky’s debut album Long Live A$AP lands at seven.

Ed Sheeran drops two to eight with +, while Paloma Faith climbs up two to nine with Fall to Grace. Bruno Mars drops three to complete the Top 10 with Unorthodox Jukebox.

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Emeli Sandé has climbed back to the albums top spot with Our Version of Events.

The best-selling LP of 2012 has climbed one place to number one, making it her 48th consecutive week inside the Top 10, nearly a year since its release.

Calvin Harris falls one from last week’s top spot with 18 Months, while Jake Bugg climbs one to three with his self-titled debut.

Rihanna’s former number one album Unapologetic is up three places to four.

The Les Misérables soundtrack – featuring the likes of Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway – scores the highest new entry at five, despite only being released on Friday and being available on download only.

Ed Sheeran drops three to six with +, while Bruno Mars drops two to seven with Unorthodox Jukebox.

Taylor Swift rises eight places to eight with Red. One Direction slip one spot to nine with Take Me Home, while The Lumineers climb two places to ten with their self-titled LP.

Black Veil Brides achieve their highest-charting album to date with Wretched and Devine: The Story of the Wild Ones at 20.

Source: Official Charts Company

Calvin Harris has climbed back to the top of the album chart with 18 Months.

The producer rises six places to the top spot, having first reached number one upon release in October.

Emeli Sandé drops one place to two with Our Version of Events, which has now set a new UK record for most consecutive weeks inside the Top 10 for a debut album.

The ‘Daddy’ singer is the first solo artist ever to score an unbroken run of 47 weeks inside the Top 10 with a debut album from its release date, and only the second artist after The Beatles, who achieved 62 weeks with their debut Please Please Me.

Our Version of Events has sold 1.43 million copies in the UK, and was the best-seller of 2012.

Ed Sheeran climbs ten places to third place with his long-running debut +, while Jake Bugg is up 12 places to four with his self-titled debut. Bruno Mars stays at five with Unorthodox Jukebox.

Elsewhere, Fun. rise eight spots to ten with Some Nights, and The xx climb 19 places to get back inside the top 20 at 19 with Coexist.

Source: Official Charts Company