Music
Favourite Worst Nightmare, having shifted 44,000 copies in the first week of its US release, is a big improvement on their first release.
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not entered 24th and has only sold 305,000 copies in total - mostly after the band promoted themselves in the country.
The Arctics' record label, Domino, said the new release was "more American-friendly", while recent figures have shown a renewed Stateside interest in British music.
The act is also currently touring America and is one of the headliners at the Coachella festival, alongside Brits Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen.
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing remains top of the US album chart.
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