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Out of Control, which features the group's recent number one single 'The Promise', becomes the second Girls Aloud album to reach the top spot.
The pop five-piece previously made number one with hits compilation The Sound of Girls Aloud in 2006.
Last week's chart-topper, Funhouse by Pink, falls to two, while Enrique Iglesias debuts at three with his Greatest Hits disc.
Meanwhile, Razorlight enter the charts at four with third album Slipway Fires. Their previous album, Razorlight, reached number one upon its July 2006 release.
The top ten albums in full (click where possible for our reviews):
1. (-) Girls Aloud: 'Out of Control'
2. (1) Pink: 'Funhouse'
3. (-) Enrique Iglesias: 'Greatest Hits'
4. (-) Razorlight: 'Slipway Fires'
5. (2) Snow Patrol: 'A Hundred Million Suns'
6. (4) Kings of Leon: 'Only By The Night'
7. (5) Celine Dion: 'My Love - The Essential Collection'
8. (-) Status Quo: 'Pictures - 40 Years Of Hits'
9. (3) AC/DC: 'Black Ice'
10. (9) Sash: 'The Best Of'
Source: Official Chart Company
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