The album follows five previous number one releases with ‘Whatever People Say’ (2006), ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ (2007), ‘Humbug’ (2009), ‘Suck it and See’ (2011) and ‘AM’ (2013). Several tracks from the album have also entered the UK Top 40 singles chart including ‘Four Out of Five’ at number 12 and ‘Star Treatment’ currently at number 13.
‘Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino’, released last Friday, 11 May, has managed to shift 66,000 copies in just three days, with 67 per cent of copies sold on physical CD and vinyl formats. The Official Charts Company have announced that the Sheffield band are currently outselling the rest of the Top 20 combined and are comfortably on course to land the top spot. Arctic Monkeys’ latest release ‘Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino’ is on course to land their sixth successive number one album.
