Black Sabbath score first UK number one album in nearly 43 years

Black Sabbath have made history by breaking Bob Dylan’s record for the biggest interval between two consecutive number one albums.

The global record had previously stood at 38 years, charting in the U.S, between the singer’s 1970 release New Morning and 2009′s Together Through Life. But now Black Sabbath’s comeback LP 13 has topped it after their second ever album Paranoid made it to the top spot 42 years and 8 months ago.

The album also slashed Rod Stewart’s UK record of 37 years, with Ozzy Osbourne saying of the achievement: ”It’s great! But Rod’s the same as us, we’ve got something other people haven’t got. It’s all manufactured bullshit these days. But the likes of Rod, and Elton John and us have got something different. We know our craft.”

Elsewhere in the charts, last week’s chart-toppers Disclosure drop to number 5 with debut Settle, while Daft Punk drift to fourth spot. The new entry from Boards of Canada, Tomorrow’s Harvest, made it to a whopping 7th place – a major feat for an album with very little mainstream promotion.

Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ stays the UK’s number one single for the third week.