AC/DC beat Paul Weller to top album chart

AC/DC have topped the UK album chart this week with their Iron Man 2 soundtrack.

The veteran rockers, whose last record Black Ice also debuted at number one in 2008, leap above Paul Weller's Wake Up The Nation.

Weller's 12th top ten album has to settle for second position after leading the midweek chart race.

Plan B's The Defamation Of Strickland Banks goes from number one to three, while Lady GaGa also slips three places to six.

Meat Loaf debuts at four with Hang Cool Teddy Bear, beating Scouting For Girls who fall three places from last week's two.

Meanwhile, Kate Nash's newly-released second album My Best Friend Is You lands in the top ten this week, placed at eight ahead of Justin Bieber who descends four places to nine.

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

1. (-) AC/DC: 'Iron Man 2'
2. (-) Paul Weller: 'Wake Up The Nation'
3. (1) Plan B: 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks'
4. (-) Meat Loaf: 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'
5. (2) Scouting For Girls: 'Everybody Wants To Be On TV'
6. (3) Lady GaGa: 'The Fame Monster'
7. (6) Paolo Nutini: 'Sunny Side Up'
8. (-) Kate Nash: 'My Best Friend Is You'
9. (5) Justin Bieber: 'My Worlds'
10. (8) Florence and the Machine: 'Lungs'

Source: Official Charts Company

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