Phoebe Bridgers earns first solo UK number one album
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Phoebe Bridgers has claimed her first solo UK number one album, with Lost Weekend topping the Official Albums Chart in its opening week, as published on Friday 21 August 2026. The milestone matters both for Bridgers, whose 2020 album Punisher peaked at only number six, and for her label Dead Oceans, which secures its first ever UK chart-topper. It comes shortly after Bridgers was forced to cancel the remaining dates of her UK tour due to illness, having revealed she developed appendicitis around her birthday.
Bridgers previously reached number one in the UK in 2023 as part of the supergroup boygenius alongside Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, whose album The Record also peaked at number four on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere on this week's chart, KATSEYE achieved a career-best number two with their EP Wild, Irish band The Script landed their ninth UK top 10 at number three with The User's Guide to Being Human, British group Jungle reached number four with Sunshine, and Michael Jackson's The Essential closed out the top five.
- Phoebe Bridgers earns her first UK solo number one with Lost Weekend
- It's also label Dead Oceans' first ever UK chart-topper
- Bridgers recently cancelled UK tour dates after developing appendicitis
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Phoebe Bridgers is an American singer-songwriter known for introspective, folk-influenced indie rock. She released her debut album in 2017 and built a wider following with 2020's Punisher, which was widely acclaimed but only reached number six in the UK. She has also performed as part of boygenius, a trio with fellow musicians Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker.
The UK Official Albums Chart, compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company, tracks the best-selling and most-streamed albums in Britain and is one of the most closely watched measures of an artist's commercial success there. Reaching number one is seen as a significant milestone, both for the artist and for their record label. Dead Oceans, the independent label behind Bridgers's music, had not previously had a UK chart-topping album.
The chart also reflects a busy week for new and established acts, with a mix of pop groups, established rock bands and a catalogue release from the late Michael Jackson also featuring in the top five.
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Originally published by Billboard as “Phoebe Bridgers Scores Her First U.K. Solo No. 1 Album With ‘Lost Weekend’”.