The Rolling Stones have extended their record-breaking legacy once again. Their new studio album Foreign Tongues debuts at No. 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart, becoming the band’s 15th chart-topping album and tying The Beatles for the second-most UK No. 1 albums in history.
The achievement arrives during a milestone week for the Official Albums Chart, which celebrates its 70th anniversary. Only Robbie Williams, with 16 UK No. 1 albums, now sits ahead of both legendary British acts.
Foreign Tongues also matches the debut performance of the Stones’ previous studio release, Hackney Diamonds, which reached No. 1 in 2023. The band’s list of chart-toppers now stretches from their self-titled debut in 1964 through classics such as Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goat’s Head Soup, Emotional Rescue, Voodoo Lounge, Blue & Lonesome, and now Foreign Tongues.
The latest album continues a remarkable chart run spanning more than six decades. Formed in 1962, The Rolling Stones have released 30 studio albums while remaining one of rock music’s most commercially successful acts across multiple generations.
Competition at the top of this week’s chart was particularly strong. My Chemical Romance debut at No. 2 with the remastered deluxe edition of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, giving the 2010 album a new career-best chart peak after previously reaching No. 14 in 2020.
December 10 also make an impressive entrance at No. 4 with On Your Side, securing the highest-charting album by a British boy band in six years. Bring Me The Horizon round out the week’s biggest debuts, as Count Your Blessings | Repented enters at No. 6. The complete re-recording of the Sheffield band’s 2006 debut becomes their sixth UK Top 10 album, vastly improving on the original record’s No. 93 peak.
Elsewhere on the Official Charts, Sam Fender and Olivia Dean continue rewriting history on the Singles Chart. Their collaboration “Rein Me In” has now surpassed Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” as the longest-running British No. 1 single, spending 17 weeks atop the chart. The song now sits just one week away from equaling Frankie Laine’s all-time record with “I Believe,” setting up another potentially historic chart battle in the coming days.
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