Music
The country rockers seize the top spot from Take That, whose Beautiful World is knocked down to three.
Second place is taken by Maximo Park with Our Earthly Pleasures.
Other new entries are from The Proclaimers, who release a best-of record on the back of their Comic Relief single, and producer Timbaland, with Shock Value at 10.
The top ten albums in full:
1. (-) Kings Of Leon: Because Of The Times
2. (-) Maximo Park: Our Earthly Pleasures
3. (1) Take That: Beautiful World
4. (3) Cascada: Every Time We Touch - The Album
5. (-) Proclaimers: The Best Of
6. (2) Elton John: Rocketman - The Definitive Hits
7. (4) Kaiser Chiefs: Yours Truly, Angry Mob
8. (5) Nelly Furtado: Loose
9. (7) Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
10. (-) Timbaland: Shock Value
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