Ringleader has sold 62,709 copies in its first week of release.
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Twelve years after his first number one album Vauxhall And I debuted in pole position with a sale of just 25,446, Morrissey returns to the summit with Ringleader Of The Tormentors, which sold 62,709 copies last week. That's fewer than the first week sales of his last album, Morrissey, You Are The Quarry, which opened with 74,995 copies, but had to settle for second place behind Keane's Hopes And Fears. Ringleader is the first number one ever on Attack, which started life as a reggae label in 1972, and is now a Sanctuary imprint.
Morrissey first topped the chart with The Smiths' Meat Is Murder in February 1985, and extends his span to more than 21 years with his fourth number one in all, and his second solo number one, Ringleader Of The Tormentors. The only artists with longer spans of number ones are Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Diana Ross, Pink Floyd, Abba and Barbra Streisand.
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