The Last Dinner Party’s debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, went straight to number one on Friday night, knocking James Arthur off the top spot.
The band, consisting of Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci, achieved 32,800 chart sales with their first album in the first week.
It’s the biggest opening week for a debut album from a chart-topping band since 2015, when Years & Years scored 55,000 with their debut LP Communion, according to the Official Charts Company.
Prelude to Ecstasy is also the biggest seller in UK independent record stores this week, reaching number one on the official record store chart, and is also the biggest vinyl album of the week.
With over 14,000 vinyl copies included in its total, it is the biggest sales week for a vinyl album since the remastering of Oasis’ The Masterplan in November.
The Last Dinner Party’s debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, went straight to No. 1 on Friday night, knocking James Arthur off the top spot.
It’s the biggest opening week for a debut album from a band that has topped the charts since 2015 (pictured, members Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute ), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, vocals)
The band’s incredible chart success took Jamie Webster’s ’10 For the People’ to the top spot and saw James Arthur’s fifth album ‘Bitter Sweet Love’ fall from number two to number 38.
In recent weeks, The Last Dinner Party has been named BRIT Awards Rising Star 2024 and BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2024.
Clara Amfo announced the band as the winners of the Rising Star award on her BBC Radio 1 Future Sounds in December.
The band hope to follow in the footsteps of Adele, Ellie Goulding, Jorja Smith, Sam Smith, James Bay and Sam Fender, who have previously received the prestigious award.
Formerly known as the Critics’ Choice award, the category is judged by a group of editors and critics, and the award is presented at the BRIT ceremony, where singer Raye received a record seven nominations, on Saturday 2 March.
Speaking about their win, The Last Dinner Party said: “We are very proud to have won the BRITs Rising Star.”
‘It’s an honor to achieve something so iconic so early in our career and we can only hope to continue making music that connects with all the incredible people who have listened and supported us so far. Thank you!’
The indie-rock quartet will perform in Hebden Bridge at The Trades Club on March 4 as part of BRIT week.
In recent weeks, The Last Dinner Party has been named BRIT Awards Rising Star 2024 and BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2024.
The band described the Rising Star award as “iconic” and that it was an “honor” before stating that they were “proud beyond measure.”
The five women who performed live in the studio on the Graham Norton Show in late January described the TV presenter as “very brilliant in person” and the experience as “crazy”.
They will be joined by alternative pop singer Rachel Chinouriri, who will serve as the night’s opening act.
The group is made up of five women who write and perform left-wing indie-rock dramas, rich in melody and heavy on guitar.
The band performed live in the studio on the Graham Norton Show at the end of January before Abigail and Emily joined the TV presenter for a chat.
Speaking about their time on the BBC show, they posted a photo of the guest list that included Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and captioned it: “On today’s episode of really crazy things that are happening to us
‘GN is very bright in person, not in a bad sweaty way, more like an ethereal glow. The good witch of talk shows.