Classic FM Chart: Sheku knocked off top spot by Lord of the Rings
5 August 2018, 18:55
Someone's managed to displace this year's biggest chart success story... but who was expecting it to be a film score from 2002?
After 10 weeks at the top of the chart, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has been toppled by none other than Howard Shore’s score for the second film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, newly repackaged in a special limited edition box set.
Kanneh-Mason’s huge-selling debut falls down to no. 3, behind a non-moving Ludovico Einaudi.
André Rieu springs back into the top 5, climbing a huge 23 places with his Amore album, while the highest new entry on this week’s chart is pianist Steven Osborne’s new Rachmaninov release which arrives at no. 12.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS - OST, HOWARD SHORE Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 2 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 1 | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 27 | AMORE, ANDRE RIEU Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | 9 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 5 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | 10 | GLADIATOR - OST, HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 12 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 11 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 13 | JOHN WILLIAMS - A LIFE IN MUSIC, LSO/GREENAWAY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | 8 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | NEW | RACHMANINOV/ETUDES-TABLEAUX, STEVEN OSBOURNE Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 6 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 14 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 18 | POLDARK - OST, ANNE DUDLEY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | 17 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 17 | 15 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 7 | SCORE, 2CELLOS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 4 | INCREDIBLES 2 - OST, MICHAEL GIACCHINO Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 23 | CLASSICAL CHILLOUT, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 21 | 3 | VIVALDI X2 - DOUBLE CONCERTOS FOR OBOES, LA SERENISSIMA/ADRIAN CHANDLER Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 25 | I GIORNI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | 26 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 24 | 21 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 6 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | RE | MAGIC OF THE MOVIES, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 26 | 22 | GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 7 - OST, RAMIN DJAWADI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | 29 | AVENGERS - INFINITY WAR - OST, ALAN SILVESTRI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | 20 | THE ROYAL WEDDING - OFFICIAL ALBUM 2018, VARIOUS ARTISTS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | 19 | SOLO - A STAR WARS STORY, JOHN WILLIAMS/JOHN POWELL Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | NEW | AND SO IT GOES - SONGS OF FOLK AND LORE, ELORA FESTIVAL SINGERS/EDISON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
