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Classic FM Chart: Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s ‘Inspiration’ holds No. 1
10 June 2018, 18:55
Following a stunning performance at the Royal wedding, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has held onto the top spot in the Classic FM Chart for a second consecutive week.
In a brilliant first year in the music industry, Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s debut album Inspiration, which includes Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto and a cello arrangement of Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’, has had a second bout of success.
Wedding music remains also remains popular again in this week’s chart, as The Royal Wedding album holds at No. 3 and Classic FM – The Wedding Collection drops just two places to No. 9.
The music of film composer John Williams proves ever popular this week, with John Williams: A Life In Music at No. 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story (with John Powell) at No. 4 and three other Star Wars soundtracks further down the top 30.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 4 | JOHN WILLIAMS - A LIFE IN MUSIC, LSO/GREENAWAY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 3 | THE ROYAL WEDDING - OFFICIAL ALBUM 2018, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 2 | SOLO - A STAR WARS STORY, JOHN WILLIAMS/JOHN POWELL Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | 6 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | NEW | STEPHEN HOUGH'S DREAM ALBUM, STEPHEN HOUGH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | 5 | AVENGERS - INFINITY WAR - OST, ALAN SILVESTRI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 9 | ETERNAL LIGHT, ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 7 | CLASSIC FM - THE WEDDING COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 8 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | 11 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | 10 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 13 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 16 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 15 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | 12 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | 17 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 14 | STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 18 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 21 | SCORE, 2CELLOS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | NEW | WAGNER/DAS RHEINGOLD, HALLE/MARK ELDER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 20 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 23 | 23 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 7 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 24 | 19 | STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE - OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | 24 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | NEW | LADIES IN LAVENDER - OST, JOSHUA BELL Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | 27 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | NEW | FOR CAMBODIA AND TIBET, PAVAROTTI & FRIENDS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | 25 | I GIORNI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | 22 | STAR WARS - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK -OST, LSO/WILLIAMS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
