Pink Floyd have scored the Christmas No. 1 album in the U.K. in 2025 with Wish You Were Here, 50 years after it first topped the chart.
The group recently released their Wish You Were Here 50 reissue on digital and physical editions, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary record. It includes six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos.
This also marks 50 years since Wish You Were Here first topped the Official Albums Chart back in 1975, marking a real full circle moment for the band.
As a result, it achieves the accolade of the longest span between their first No. 1 album to their last No. 1, clocking in at over 50 years, or 2,620 weeks. Floyd overtakes another legendary band in The Beatles and Abbey Road, which previously held the title with 49 years and 252 days between No. 1s, first hitting the summit in 1969 before regaining the top spot in 2019.
This is also Floyd's second No. 1 album of the year after Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, a live album from their 1971 show, turned film in 1972.
Wish You Were Here also tops this week's Official Album Vinyl Chart, shifting the most copies on wax over the past seven days as well hitting the summit on the Official Record Store Chart, crowned the most popular album in U.K. independent record shops this week.
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