The album sold 124,000 copies on its first week in the shops, more than four times the 28,000 sales that earned the band's eponymous debut album a number 17 debut in 2008. As reported elsewhere on musicweek.com - http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1039711&c=1 - the group is signed to UK indie label XL Recordings, part of the Beggars Group.

While it's a UK label that rules the roost this week, it seems likely that next week will see the return of Susan Boyle to ...