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Tom Odell has scored a number one album with his debut release Long Way Down.

The BRITs Critics’ Choice Award winner landed straight at the top of the chart, outselling number two LP Time by Rod Stewart by over two copies to one.

Passenger climbs two places to three with All the Little Lights, while Michael Bublé rises ten spots to four with former number one To Be Loved.

Glastonbury performer Jake Bugg soars back up 22 places to five with his self-titled debut LP.

Kanye West slips five places from last week’s number one to six with Yeezus.

Empire of the Sun achieve their second UK Top 40 album, with Ice on the Dune entering at 24.

Glastonbury headliners Arctic Monkeys leap a huge 148 places to 32 with their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Mumford & Sons also re-enter at 37 with Sigh No More, while their second LP Babel climbs eight to 16.

Kanye West has scored his second UK number one album with Yeezus.

The US rapper landed straight at the top of the chart with his sixth studio album, his first number one since 2007’s Graduation.

Black Sabbath drop to two with last week’s number one 13.

Kodaline enter at three with their debut release In a Perfect World, having been at the top of the chart in the midweeks.

Rod Stewart drops one place to four with Time, while Passenger climbs three to five with All the Little Lights. Daft Punk slip two to six with Random Access Memories.

J Cole scores his highest-charting album to date, landing at seven with Born Sinner. Olly Murs climbs up four to eight with Right Place Right Time.

Black Sabbath have scored their first UK number one album in 43 years with 13.

Ozzy Osbourne’s iconic metal band beat Beady Eye to the top spot by 13,000 copies. Liam Gallagher’s band’s second album BE lands at two.

Sabbath now hold the record for the longest gap between number one albums. Bob Dylan previously held the record with 38 years, while Rod Stewart held the British record with 37 years.

Osbourne told The Official Charts Company: “I’m in shock! The success of this album has blown me off my feet. We’ve never had a record climb the charts so fast!

“It’s great. But Rod’s the same as us, we’ve got something other people haven’t got. It’s all manufactured bulls**t these days. But the likes of Rod and Elton John and us have got something different. We know our craft.”

Rod Stewart climbs back a spot to three with Time, swapping places with Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. Disclosure fall four spots from last week’s number one to five with Settle.

Electronic duo Boards of Canada achieve their first UK Top 10 album at seven with Tomorrow’s Harvest. Status Quo land at ten with their latest album Bula Quo!.

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Disclosure have scored a number one album with their debut release Settle.

Queens of the Stone Age settle for number two with their latest album …Like Clockwork, finishing just over 7,000 copies behind after having been ahead at the midweek stage.

It is QOTSA’s highest-charting album in the UK to date, bettering both 2002’s Songs For The Deaf and 2005’s Lullabies To Paralyze.

Disclosure’s Guy and Howard Lawrence told The Official Charts Company: “We’re absolutely delighted with the result. Proudest moment of our lives. We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has bought the record.”

Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories drops two spots to three, followed by Rod Stewart’s Time at four. Passenger slips one spot to five with All The Little Lights.

Miles Kane enters at eight with his highest-charting solo album Don’t Forget Who You Are.

Megadeth land at 22 with their 14th studio album Super Collider, their best-charting LP since 1994’s Youthanasia.

Dallas Green’s City and Colour scores his first UK top 40 placing at 32 with The Hurry And The Harm. Sleeping With Sirens follow at 36 with Feel.

Camera Obscura complete the new entries at 39 with their latest release Desire Lines.

Source: Official Charts Company