With three acts who topped the chart on debut last time out releasing new albums last week, it is no surprise that leadership of the chart changes hands for the seventh week in a row.

Denying Keane their fifth straight No.1 and Blink-182 their second, Liam Gallagher takes pole position with his second solo album, Why Me? Why Not sailing to the summit on consumption of 68,327 units, including 6,216 from sales-equivalent streams.

The Mancunian, who turned 47 the day ...