The Lottery Winners are heading in the right direction to safe their second UK Quantity One album with their new file ‘KOKO’.
The group made headlines in 2023 when their third LP ‘Nervousness Alternative Remedy’ reached the summit on the Official UK Albums Chart, and now that file’s follow-up is primed to repeat the achievement.
‘KOKO’ was launched on Friday (March 21), and in accordance with the Official Charts Firm’s Chart Replace on Monday (March 24), it’s heading in the right direction to develop into the band’s second chart-topper.
It’s projected to land the highest spot, simply forward of veteran pop act Deacon Blue’s eleventh album ‘The Nice Western Street’ and Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s ‘I Stated I Love You First’. The Horrors’ new album ‘Evening Life’ additionally makes the Prime 5, together with Sabrina Carpenter’s wildly profitable ‘Quick N’ Candy’.
Official Albums Chart Replace Prime 5:
- The Lottery Winners – ‘KOKO’ (Fashionable Sky)
- Deacon Blue – ‘The Nice Western Street’ (Cooking Vinyl)
- Sabrina Carpenter – ‘Quick N’ Candy’ (Island)
- Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco – ‘I Stated I Love You First’ (Interscope)
- The Horrors – ‘Evening Life’ (Fiction)
Frontman Thom Rylance spoke to NME in December about feeling the stress of getting to repeat the chart success of ‘Nervousness Alternative Remedy’. “In fact the stress is again,” he stated. “Can we ever do that once more? Will we wish to? Sure, so we’ll throw every little thing at getting a second Quantity One album for Leigh. Getting that first Quantity One meant acceptance, that we’d damaged into the business regardless of all of the uphill battles.”
“We appear to be doing OK with the brand new album up to now. Individuals are already getting tattoos of the paintings.”
‘KOKO’, named after the motto ‘carry on conserving on’, options the one ‘Ragdoll’, which features a visitor look from Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, who the band bought to know when they supported the ‘How You Remind Me’ rockers on a UK and European enviornment tour final yr. Different company on the album embody Frank Turner, Shed Seven and Reverend & The Makers.
The Lottery Winners are set to embark on their 2025 ‘Maintain On Retaining On’ UK headline tour subsequent month. Discover any remaining tickets right here. Moreover, the band will hit the UK competition circuit this yr with slots scheduled at Isle Of Wight Pageant, Kendal Calling, Bearded Concept and extra.
They can even be opening for Robbie Williams at his large stadium exhibits within the UK this summer time, in Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Bathtub. Discover tickets right here.
