Scorching to the highest sales of any album for 18 weeks – and the highest by a group since Coldplay’s Moon Music in 2024 – Fontaines DC’s fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, debuts at No.1 on consumption of 70,105 units (14,235 CDs, 37,501 vinyl albums, 1,796 cassettes, 1,479 digital downloads and 15,094 sales-equivalent streams). 

It is the second No.1 for the rock quintet formed in Dublin 12 years ago, who comprise 31-year-old lead singer Grian Chatten, 32-year-old guitarist Conor ...