The Cure Earns First U.K. No. 1 Album in 32 Years With ‘Songs of a Lost World’

The Cure have landed their first No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart since 1992 with their new album Songs of a Lost World.

The band’s 14th studio album was their first LP in over 16 years following 2008’s 4:13 Dream, and their first to land at No. 1 in the U.K. since 1992’s Wish, previously their only chart topper in the U.K.

The Official Charts Company reports that the band outsold the rest of the top five combined as they soared to victory and amassed 50,000 units during release week.

Speaking to the OCC, frontman Robert Smith said: “It is enormously uplifting, genuinely heartwarming to experience such a wonderful reaction to the release of the new Cure album. To everyone who has bought it, listened to it, loved it, believed in us over the years – THANK YOU!”

Songs of a Lost World was celebrated with a number of shows in London and performances across the BBC’s TV and radio stations and has seen the band’s 2001 Greatest Hits compilation return to the top 40.

Elsewhere in the top 10, Ed Sheeran’s compilation record +–=÷× (Tour Collection) rebounds to No.5 following the release of physical editions, matching its previous high achieved in September.

Following his maiden No. 1 LP in the U.K., Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia holds solid on the chart to finish at No. 3. The rapper’s seventh studio album also landed at the summit of the Billboard 200 upon release, giving him his third consecutive No. 1 studio album on that chart.

Charli XCX’s Grammy-nominated Brat continues its massive commercial success and rises one spot to No. 4, while Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet jumps back up to No. 2. The pair will go head-to-head in the album of the year category among others at the ceremony in February 2025.

See the full Official Albums Chart here.