In a hectic week of chart activity, which sees 14 debuts welcomed into the Top 75, and another album charting for the first time in 50 years, Raye’s second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope stands head and shoulders above them all.

Comprising 17 songs and 73 minutes of music, the seasonally-themed and critically-acclaimed set – on which Raye wrote or co-wrote and co-produced every track – races to a No.1 debut on consumption of 46,976 units despite ...