Kylie celebrates her latest number one album | Photo: Official Charts Company
Congratulations Kylie! The iconic singer is back where she belongs – at the top of the UK album charts.
The Dancing singer sold over 35,000 copies of her new country-tinged LP Golden this week.
Kylie’s last number one album was 2010’s Aphrodite.
‘A well-deserved number one’
A representative for the Official Charts Company told Gay Star News: ‘Congratulations to Kylie and BMG – a well-deserved number one album.
‘With some fantastic sales on vinyl and cassette this week too, it’s clear that Golden is quickly earning a place in the collections of Kylie fans around Britain.’
Meanwhile Kylie told the OCC: ‘I don’t know where to start… Thank you to everybody who has been involved in getting Golden to number one.’
She furthermore added: ‘I am so overwhelmed, happy, proud, emotional and very, very thankful and grateful. Much love and many, many, many thanks.’
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She’s previously reached the chart position with four other albums. They were Kylie in 1988, Enjoy Yourself in 89, her Greatest Hits collection in 1991 and Fever in 2001.
Her number one singles in the UK include Slow, Spinning Around and the iconic Can’t Get You Out Of My Head.
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