The Lottery Winners Hit Jackpot With Second U.K. No. 1 Album

Leigh band The Lottery Winners has bagged its second No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart. KOKO follows their previous LP Anxiety Replacement Therapy, which achieved the feat in 2023. 

The indie-rockers praised their hometown of Leigh in Greater Manchester when celebrating the news, and toasted the local scene and small venues where they learned their craft. Speaking to the Official Charts Company, the four-piece said, “This is for grassroots music. This is for the working class. This is for Leigh. This is for anybody who has a dream — go out there and get it. Make it happen!”

It continues the group’s upward momentum on the Official Albums Chart over the past few years following the band’s 2020 debut, The Lottery Winners (No. 23), its 2020 follow-up Sounds of Isolation (No. 61) and 2021’s Something to Leave the House For (No. 11).

The group has played at festivals including Glastonbury, and supported British pop icon Robbie Williams on tour. KOKO’s guest vocalists include Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Britpop band Shed Seven and more.

Elsewhere, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet completes the week at No. 2, while Scottish band Deacon Blue’s 11th studio album, The Great Western Road, lands at No. 3, and gives the group its seventh top 10 U.K. album.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s joint LP, I Said I Love You First, debuts at No. 4 and is Gomez’s second U.K. top 10 album, following 2020’s Rare (No. 2). It’s the first top 10 LP for her fiancé Blanco, who has a number of U.K. No. 1 singles to his name as a writer and producer, including Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.”

Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM finishes at No. 5, Playboi Carti’s Music falls from the top spot to No. 7, while The Horrors’ first album in eight years, Night Life, enters the charts at No. 16.