ALT-J have secured their first Number One album on the Official UK Albums Chart this week with their new record 'This Is All Yours'.

The band's second album beat off competition from Aphex Twin's 'Syro', which entered at Number Eight. Official Chart Company data shows that Leonard Cohen is new at Number Five with his new album 'Popular Problems', Barbra Streisand, Sam Smith and George Ezra round off the rest of the top five respectively.

ALT-J 's Mercury Prize winning debut album 'An Awesome Wave' peaked at Number 13 following its release in May 2012.

Celebrating his band's success, Gus Unger-Hamilton of ALT-J says: "We're over the moon to see our album at Number One. It was never something we thought we'd achieve, but it's our fans who have put us there so we owe this to them."

 

THE CHART:

1. 'This Is All Yours' - ALT-J
2. 'Partners' - BARBRA STREISAND
3. 'In The Lonely Houre' - SAM SMITH
4. 'Wanted On Voyage' - GEORGE EZRA
5. 'Popular Problems' - LEONARD COHEN
6. 'X' - ED SHEERAN
7. 'No Sounds Without Silence' - SCRIPT
8. 'Syro' - APHEX TWIN
9. 'Different Shades Of Blue' - JOE BONAMASSA
10. 'Cheek To Cheek' - TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA