The first album to spend its first two weeks at number one since Beyonce's 4 in July, it is the first by a British male solo artist so to do since Paul Potts' debut One Chance spent three weeks at the apex in 2007. On a less positive note, The Wakening sold only 36,411 copies last week - the second lowest tally for a number one this year.

Sinners Never Sleep ultimately debuted at number three (27,013 sales) - Adele's ...