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BBC News
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Influencer musician celebrates topping the album chart
Brighton-based influencer and musician James Marriott has seen off competition from Oasis and Sabrina Carpenter to earn his first UK number one secured the top spot on the Official Albums Chart with Don't Tell the Dog, which was his second studio to BBC Radio Sussex, Marriott said: "I was sat on my sofa at home when I found out and immediately burst into tears and called everyone I know. "We weren't expecting it, it would have been lovely to get a top-10 and then as the weekly slowly progressed we realised slowly that we might actually get it, and then we did." The musician, who moved to Brighton four years ago, said his week had been "pretty mind-blowing" since hearing the news."We did a good job on this last album and managed to market it in the right way, reach the right people and we can be happy," he explained that Don't Tell the Dog was about about moments in his adulthood that resonated with his childhood, taking inspiration from his late dog, says his tip for success is to be "honest with your artistry" and to make content online that supports your music to help "get your art out there as much as possible".
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sleep Token: Even in Arcadia is band's first UK number one album
Rock band Sleep Token have scored their first ever UK number one British group's fourth full-length release, Even In Arcadia, shot to the top of the chart after three top 40 singles in as many in 2016, the group have never revealed their identities, wearing masks at all times and rarely speaking in public, with posts speculating about who they are regularly going have accused the band of using gimmicks to boost their popularity, while fans say Sleep Token's distinctive sound, which blends heavy metal with poppy, R&B elements, sets them apart. Building off their 2023 release, Take Me to Eden, which reached number three, the band now has 9.4 million monthly listeners on streamer said earlier this week that Even in Arcadia was its top new album, outranking releases from Kali Uchis and Pink the UK chart on BBC Radio 1's Official Chart Show, host Jack Saunders said it was a "a groundbreaking rock record"."It's accessible enough but also loveable enough for those who do really love the genre to really keep it close," he said. "I think it's brilliant."But not everyone is website Pitchfork - known for its sometimes-scathing takes - described the band as "schmaltzy and dull".Reviewer Eli Enis said Even in Arcadia "feels means-tested to maximize cross-market potential".Music critic Anthony Fantano, of The Needle Drop YouTube channel, describing it as "boring, uninspired, and uninteresting" and "metal for Disney adults". Sleep Token's previous record also had a lukewarm response from professional critics, but that didn't prevent it from being a group are due to headline Download Festival in Leicestershire next month, along with Green Day and the first time any of the bands have topped the bill at the rock acts due to perform include McFly, Bullet For My Valentine, Don Broco, Alien Ant Farm, Spiritbox, Poppy and CKY. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
