The Vamps dethrone Ed Sheeran to claim first Number One album

Sheeran previously spent 14 weeks at Number One and 20 weeks inside the top two.
Success: Connor Ball, Tristan Evans, Bradley Simpson and James McVey
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Emma Powell21 July 2017
The Weekender

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The Vamps have scored their first ever UK Number One album – and have knocked Ed Sheeran off the top spot in the process.

The boy band achieved the feat with Night & Day – a double concept album which will see the Day Edition released in winter 2017 or early 2018.

The band – made up of James McVey, Bradley Simpson, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans – thanked their fans for their support.

“The biggest of thank yous to our fans, this is all down to you,” they said. “Thank you so, so much for all of you support.

“We love you and the second half will be coming very soon.”

Their debut album Meet The Vamps peaked at Number 2 in 2014, while the follow-up Wake Up reached Number 10.

Night & Day joins Kasabian, The Beatles and London Grammar to knock Sheeran from Number One since his album ÷ (Divide) was released in March.

He has previously spent 14 weeks at Number One and 20 weeks inside the top two.

The Vamps gave 30 lucky fans the chance to hear new tracks from the album at an intimate gig at YouTube Space in London last night.

Speaking to the Standard at the event, Simpson said the album left them feeling “vulnerable”.

He said: “I think the first two albums, we were kids essentially, we’re still kids now but I think you kind of come to a point where you feel like if you’re not putting out something that’s real and true to yourself then everything else feels contrived and I think with this album we’ve tried to be as personal and open as we can be purely for the fact that it helps you kind of, it’s a catharsis.

“Also the fans can connect with it so much better because it comes from a very real place and it is a vulnerable place to be in but for your own peace of mind it feels like you’ve expressed yourself in a truer way than you have done before.”

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