Miley Cyrus Smashes U.K. Charts As 'Wrecking Ball,' 'Bangerz' Open At No. 1

Former “X Factor” contestant Lucy Spraggan’s first album for Columbia/Sony, “Join The Club,” started at No. 7 and Panic At The Disco opened at No. 10 with “Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die” (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen/Warner Music).

Two long-running chart names returned below the top ten, Prefab Sprout’s “Crimson/Red” (Icebreaker) arriving at No. 15 and Korn’s “The Paradigm Shift” (Spinefarm) at No. 16. Prefab Sprout, fronted by Paddy McAloon, first made the U.K. album chart in 1984 with “Swoon,” while Korn’s debut on that survey came in 1996 with “Life Is Peachy.” On the compilation chart, “Now That’s What I Call Music! 85” (Sony Music CG/Virgin EMI/Universal) made it 12 unbroken weeks at No. 1.

“Wrecking Ball” hits the top of the U.K. singles chart just nine weeks after Cyrus achieved that feat for the first time with “We Can’t Stop.” The new hit finished the sales week ahead of Eminem’s “Berzerk” (Interscope/Universal). The rap figurehead’s fellow Interscope act OneRepublic fell back to No. 3 with “Counting Stars” after a week at the peak.

Pop heartthrob Conor Maynard opened at No. 4 with “R U Crazy” (Parlophone/Warner Music), British girl group the Saturdays at No. 5 with “Disco Love” (Polydor/Universal) and there was a No. 6 return for James Blunt with “Bonfire Heart” (Atlantic/Warner Music). John Newman, who topped the chart in July with “Love Me Again,” was back at No. 9 with “Cheating” (Universal Island).