Despite failing to top the charts with But Here We Are in their home country, Foo Fighters made quite a splash across the pond. The rock band’s latest LP soared to the top of the Official UK Albums Chart, becoming their sixth studio album to do so.
But Here We Are topped the chart with 44,500 chart units earned during its debut week. This wasn’t an easy feat to achieve since they had to beat Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds to hit No. 1, and won a tight race to end the British rocker’s record streak of ten studio albums at the top spot, including all seven albums with Oasis.
Foo Fighters are no strangers to topping the charts in the UK, and they hit nol. 1 on the Official UK Albums Chart on several occasions in the past. Their albums One By One (2002), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Concrete And Gold (2017), and Medicine At Midnight (2021) were all notable chart leaders in the past.
But Here We Are hit the shelves on June 2, and it’s the band’s first album since the tragic passing of their long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins. This album also debuted at no. 8 on the US Billboard 200 chart and hit No. 1 in Australia.
