Eminem album is year's fastest seller

Eminem's comeback album has debuted at number one after becoming the fastest seller of the year so far.

Relapse, his much anticipated follow-up to 2004's Encore, is the rapper's fifth album to reach the top of the UK charts.

Last week's number one, 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day, slips to two, while Manic Street Preachers land at three with Journal For Plague Lovers.

Madness also debut inside the top ten this week, bowing at five with The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, their first album of original material since 1999.

The top ten albums in full (click where possible for our reviews):

1. (-) Eminem: 'Relapse'
2. (1) Green Day: '21st Century Breakdown'
3. (-) Manic Street Preachers: 'Journal For Plague Lovers'
4. (2) Lily Allen: 'It's Not Me, It's You'
5. (-) Madness: 'The Liberty Of Norton Folgate'
6. (3) Lady GaGa: 'The Fame'
7. (4) The Prodigy: 'Invaders Must Die'
8. (9) Jim Reeves: 'The Very Best Of'
9. (5) Pink: 'Funhouse'
10. (7) Beyoncé: 'I Am... Sasha Fierce'

Source: Official Chart Company

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