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Harry Styles has topped the UK album charts for a third time with his latest album, “Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally.” According to BBC News, the record sold more than 183,000 copies after its release last Friday, eclipsing the first week numbers of his previous album, “Harry’s House,” which shifted 113,000 copies in 2022.

Some 66,000 of those albums were sold on vinyl – making it the biggest-selling physical release of the year. The achievements come despite lukewarm reviews for the record, with The Telegraph saying it had “all the emotional heft of a perfume advert,” while NME was more positive, saying Styles sounded “liberated and full of light, even in [his] more melancholy moments.”

Styles’ new album was inspired by his attempt to re-enter the real world after his 22-month “Love On Tour” tour. He described those attempts as “saying yes to everything,” spending time as an audience member and remembering what it felt like to get lost in a crowd, dancing and singing with strangers. He encouraged listeners to have their own experiences and be open to the world.

The album launch included a special concert in Manchester, which was filmed and released as a Netflix special on Sunday. It helped “Kiss All The Time…” achieve the biggest opening week of the year, said the Official Charts Company. It’s also the biggest opening week for a male solo artist in nine years, since Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) in 2017. Alongside his album success, Styles also topped this week’s singles chart with “American Girls,” with two further songs in the top five – “Aperture” at number four and “Ready, Steady, Go!” at five.

His success means that British artists have occupied the number one position on the album charts for each of the first 11 weeks of 2026 – the first time this has happened in a decade. Industry experts are optimistic about the future of British music, with several new releases anticipated soon.