Charts analysis: Biffy Clyro secure biggest opening week on albums chart since 2016

Biffy Clyro’s first album in nearly four years, Futique, returns the Ayrshire rockers to No.1, debuting atop the chart on consumption of 32,043 units (18,191 CDs, 9,901 vinyl albums, 1,213 cassettes, 735 digital downloads and 2,003 sales-equivalent streams).

Their 10th regular studio album, it is their fourth No.1, emulating 2013’s Opposites, 2016’s Ellipsis and 2020’s A Celebration Of Endings. Futique comprises 11 new songs penned by 46-year-old lead singer and guitarist Simon Neil, who has fronted the trio for ...

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