That's their second lowest level in 436 chart weeks in the 21st century, beating only the 1,564,412 albums sold exactly eight years ago, in the sales week ending 13 May 2000, when Tom Jones' Reload was the top artist album on sales of 33,662, while Now! That's What I Call Music 45 was overall chart champ, with sales of 51,015.

This week, no compilation sold more than 21,277 copies - the number that Clubland Classix: The Album Of Your Life ...