Marina and the Diamonds claim first No.1 album with 'Electra Heart'
Published May 6 2012, 19:05 BST | By Tom Eames
Marina and the Diamonds has claimed her first UK number one album with her second LP Electra Heart.She beat off her nearest rival Lana Del Rey, who climbed a place to second position with Born To Die, while last week's number one Jack White fell two to three with Blunderbuss.
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Norah Jones scored the second highest new entry of the week with Little Broken Hearts at four, while Adele completed the top five with long-runner 21.
Olly Murs, Jessie J and Emeli Sandé each climb a place to six, seven and eight respectively, with Nicki Minaj dropping six spots to ten with Roman Reloaded.
Marilyn Manson achieved his sixth UK top 20 album with Born Villain at 14, while Mystery Jets land at 40 with Radlands.
Rebecca Ferguson jumps 17 places to 13 with Heaven and Alex Clare climbs up nine to 17 with The Lateness of the Hour thanks to the success of single 'Too Close'.
Steps rise a massive 32 spots to 32nd place with their former number one The Ultimate Collection, following their recent TV documentary.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Well done Marina, it makes a change to see a proper artist at number 1 instead of the usual kiddie-pop that infects the charts all too often.
May 8th 2012 at 9:49am(+1 like)
Greeks rule this week lol!
May 8th 2012 at 7:50am
Finally! "Soda pop, soda pop, baby here I come. Straight to number one!"
Ecstatic for her. Electra Heart is an excellent album. It's nothing like I've ever heard before! Sounds so different to her first album too. <3
May 7th 2012 at 7:20pm(+1 like)
and Tulisa is Cypriot, we are NOT to blame for her.. Marina is half Greek half Welsh indeed
May 7th 2012 at 4:04pm
SO happy for her, she really deserves this! With her vocal problems and primadonna floating just out of the top ten this is exactly what she needed to cheer her up. amazing.
May 7th 2012 at 2:39pm(+1 like)