British indie outfit The Last Dinner Party have claimed their first number one album, with debut offering Prelude To Ecstasy, Evening Standard reports.
The five-piece indie rock group, comprising Abigail Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci, have earned the biggest number one album debut by a band in almost nine years, according to the Official Charts Company.
The company said their LP has earned 32,800 chart units in its first week, the biggest opening week for a chart-topping debut album from a group since Years And Years secured 55,000 chart units with Communion in 2015.
The up-and-coming band, who were named winners of the Brits Rising Star award 2024 in December, played a headline show at the Roundhouse in London on the eve of the album’s release this month.
In January, the London-based group found out they were winners of BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2024, when Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine gatecrashed an interview and told them.
The group follow in the footsteps of winners including Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Adele and PinkPantheress.
