Although Wasting Light is the band's third UK number one, it is their first in the USA. It sold 235,000 copies last week, emphatically defeating 21, which drifts to number two, albeit with a slight increase in sales week-on-week to 93,000.
However, 21 is a shoe-in to return to number one next week. With no real new rivals on the horizon and Foo Fighters in line for a 60-65% dip week-on-week, it was already on course to do so, and ...
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