{"id":1444,"date":"2021-02-27T01:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T01:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2021-02-27T01:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T01:37:43","slug":"mogwai-beat-ghetts-to-claim-their-first-number-1-album-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"Mogwai beat Ghetts to claim their first Number 1 album &#8211; Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.music-news.com\/images\/news\/Mogwai.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Mogwai triumph on this week\u2019s Official Albums Chart, scoring their first Number 1 with their tenth studio record As The Love Continues.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish rock group have been facing off with Ghetts for this week\u2019s top spot, with the British rapper taking to the streets of central London in an armoured tank hoping to blast his third album Conflict Of Interest to the summit. <\/p>\n<p>Mogwai finish the week 2,900 chart sales ahead of Ghetts, resulting in a landmark moment for the band, claiming their first Number 1 some 25 years after the release of their debut single. <\/p>\n<p>Released independently through the band\u2019s own label Rock Action, As The Love Continues is also this week\u2019s best-seller on vinyl and the top seller in UK independent record shops. View Mogwai&#8217;s Official Chart history in full here.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the news, Mogwai told OfficialCharts.com:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re unbelievably happy to have the number 1 album in the UK. We want to thank everyone at Rock Action Records &#8211; both of you &#8211; and mostly to thank everyone who has bought, downloaded and streamed the album, and supported us over the last week, and the last 25 years. It\u2019s something we\u2019re amazed by. We\u2019re taken aback by everyone\u2019s support, kindness and generosity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is 25 years this week since the release of our first single Tuner\/Lower, the first release on our own label Rock Action Records. We didn\u2019t start the band or the label to get into the charts. None of us ever envisaged either the band or the label being in a position where having a Number 1 record would be a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We started the label with a loan of \u00a3400 from my now-brother in law. Martin\u2019s folks generously helped us out by paying for the studio to record the songs. We were just kids that wanted to make an amazing noise and get our record played on John Peel. Amazingly John did play the record, and one thing led to another to get us to the point we\u2019re at now. It\u2019s been an incredible journey making music together over the last quarter century, taking us to places we never dreamed of and getting to play our music to more people than we ever imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mogwai score their first Number 1 album with As The Love Continues | Official Charts\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qaxZP5VOk1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dua Lipa\u2019s Future Nostalgia continues its boost back up the chart, up one place to Number 3 and the UK\u2019s most streamed album of the week following the release of its extended Moonlight Edition including new single We\u2019re Good, and Ariana Grande\u2019s former chart-topper Positions rebounds 28 places to Number 5 following a deluxe edition release.<\/p>\n<p>Further down, Yorkshire indie band The Reytons make their Official Chart debut at Number 27 with their new EP May Seriously Harm You And Others Around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.music-news.com\/news\/UK\/138542\/Mogwai-beat-Ghetts-to-claim-their-first-Number-1-album\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogwai triumph on this week\u2019s Official Albums Chart, scoring their first Number 1 with their tenth studio record As The Love Continues. 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