Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again tops UK Album Chart

Thank you for the music ABBA
Top of the charts: Lily James in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Jonathan Prime
Emma Powell27 July 2018
The Weekender

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Mamma Mia here we go again! As if ABBA didn’t haul enough number ones in their heyday, the Swedish group have topped the Official Albums Chart – sort of.

The motion picture cast recording from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again scored 35,000 combined chart sales to claim number one.

The album features classic ABBA hits from Super Trouper, Dancing Queen and Fernando sang by stars including Meryl Streep, Lily James, Cher and Pierce Brosnan.

Producer Judy Craymer said: “It is fantastic news that the soundtrack to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again has gone to Number 1.

“It’s the celebration of our wonderful cast featuring Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Andy Garcia, Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters and Meryl Streep – and of course Cher, singing Fernando.”

Fellow musical soundtrack The Greatest Showman took the Number 2 spot, marking the first time since May 1978 that the top two spots have been occupied by music from films.

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The release of the Mamma Mia sequel has also seen ABBA’s Gold –Greatest Hits crack the Top 10 after climbing 12 positions to Number 7. It marks the albums 59th week in the Top 10 and the first time since September 2008.

Drake’s Scorpion dropped to Number 3 from the top spot while George Ezra’s Staying At Tamara’s is in 4 and the motion picture cast recording from Mamma Mia! Is in 5.

Drake has topped the Official Singles Chart for a second consecutive week with In My Feelings while Ezra took second place with Shotgun.

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