London
(ANI):
Take
That's
new
album
'Progress" topped
the
UK
chart.
The
Official
Charts
Company
said
it
achieved
the
biggest
opening
week
sales
of
any
record
for
13
years
selling
almost
520,000
albums
-
more
than
the
rest
of
the
top
10
put
together,
reports
the
BBC
News.
It
is
the
band's
first
album
since
reuniting
with
Robbie
Williams.
The
last
album
to
exceed
sales
of
500,000
copies
was
Oasis's
'Be
Here
Now",
which
sold
663,000
in
its
first
chart
week
in
1997.
'Progress" is
the
group's
fifth
number
one
studio
album
out
of
the
six
they
have
released.
Their
2006
reunion
album,
'Beautiful
World",
sold
2.5
million
copies
in
the
UK
and
clung
to
the
number
one
spot
for
eight
weeks.
In
2008,
'The
Circus"
sold
one
million
copies
in
just
18
days.
To
date
it
is
nearing
sales
of
2.2
million.
Progress
was
one
of
five
new
albums
to
enter
the
top
10
this
week,
with
Rihanna's
'Loud"
coming
in
at
number
two.
Susan
Boyle
fell
two
places
to
three
with
'The
Gift",
while
violinist
Andre
Rieu's
'Moonlight
Serenade"
-
an
album
of
waltz
tunes
-
entered
the
chart
at
four.
Greatest
Hit's
So
Far
by
Pink
came
in
just
behind
at
five
and
Bruce
Springsteen's
latest
album,
'The
Promise",
entered
at
seven.
Meanwhile,
in
the
singles
chart,
X
Factor
runners-up
JLS
went
straight
in
at
number
one
with
their
Children
In
Need
charity
single,
'Love
You
More".
Take
That
remained
at
two
with
'The
Flood"
while
Ellie
Goulding's
version
of
Elton
John's
'Your
Song"
leapt
up
the
chart
36
places
from
39
to
three.
Last
week's
number
one
Rihanna
fell
three
places
to
four
with
Only
Girl
and
Katy
Perry
rounded
out
the
top
five
with
Firework.
The
only
other
new
entry
in
the
top
10
was
Westlife
with
Safe
coming
in
at
10.