[After he appeared at Glastonbury, Lionel Richie's Greatest Hits album is now #1 on the UK charts. Of course, this could have been FM, but instead of seeing their Greatest Hits make the top of the charts (AGAIN), it would have been thrilling if they had new music that got a gigantic boost from the appearance. He hasn't been #1 in 23 years]
NME:
Lionel Richie has reached Number One in the Official UK Albums Chart this week following a successful Glastonbury performance.
Greatest hits album 'The Definitive Collection' by Lionel Richie & The Commodores was released in 2003 and previously reached Number 10 on the Official Chart upon its release. This week marks its first Top 40 re-entry in six years.
Richie's Sunday afternoon set at the festival, which saw him performing songs including 'Dancing On The Ceiling' and 'All Night Long (All Night)', was among the best attended of the Glastonbury weekend and was also broadcast live by the BBC.
"I was overwhelmed performing at Glastonbury in front of all those people and for the fans to make the album Number 1 is ?unbelievable," Richie told OfficialCharts.com.
"The UK has always been a special place for me, thank you, I love you all."
It also marks the last ever Sunday charts countdown, with the Official UK charts moving to Fridays in line with the new Global Release Day, which will see albums and singles released on Fridays worldwide, instead of on Mondays previously in the UK.
Nearly half of this week's Top 40 consists of Glastonbury acts, with Florence And The Machine at Number Two and James Bay at Number Three.
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran complete the Top Five in fourth and fifth place respectively.
Lionel Richie recently spoke to NME about his Glastonbury set, describing it as "a perfect show".
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