Blink-182 Earns First No 1 Album In UK!

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Blink-182 are having their first No 1 on this week�s Official Albums Chart with California. The punk-rock trio's seventh studio album - the first to feature vocalist Matt Skiba replacing Tom Delonge - has amassed 24,000 chart sales to top this week�s tally. Their previous peak on the chart was at Number 4, with 2001�s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket.
The band told Top40-Charts.com: �We�re so excited and thankful to be Number 1 in the UK. This is the first time we have ever got a Number 1, and we are super thankful to all of you for supporting us.�

Meanwhile, last week�s Number 1, Adele�s 25, slips to 2, pushing Coldplay�s A Head Full Of Dreams down a spot to 3. Beyonce�s Lemonade lifts from five to four as the UK leg of her Formation tour continues, and ELO�s million-selling album All Over The World completes the Top 5.

Bat For Lashes notches up a third Top 10 album this week with The Bride, new at Number 9, and Metronomy�s Summer 08 debuts at 20, giving them a third Top 40 set.
Further down, Billy Ocean�s best of Here You Are rebounds 23 places to re-enter the Top 40 at 24, rock band Area 11 land at 27 with Modern Synthesis, and Carole King�s Tapestry is back in the Top 40 at 32 following her massive show at London�s Hyde Park last week.