Lionel Richie tops UK album chart after Glastonbury set

Lionel Richie at Glastonbury. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex Shutterstock

Lionel Richie & The Commodores’ The Definitive Collection has topped the official albums chart after Richie’s performance at the Glastonbury festival.

The album, which reached No 10 on its release in 2003, jumped 103 positions this week. It is Richie’s first UK No 1 album since Back to Front 23 years ago.

He told OfficialCharts.com: “I was overwhelmed performing at Glastonbury in front of all those people and for the fans to make the album No 1 is unbelievable. The UK has always been a special place for me, thank you, I love you all.”

The chart’s Glastonbury theme continued as Florence and the Machine and James Bay were two and three respectively with How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful and Chaos and the Calm. Taylor Swift’s 1989 held firm at No 4, and Ed Sheeran’s X stayed at five.

In the singles chart, Lost Frequencies scored a debut UK No with Are You With Me. The dance track, a remix of country artist Easton Corbin’s original, has previously topped the charts in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and first entered the UK Top 100 at No 97 four weeks ago, before steadily climbing to the top spot.

“When I produced Are You With Me in 2014, I did not expect it to grow this big,” Lost Frequencies – a Belgian DJ/producer whose real name is Felix De Laet – told OfficialCharts.com. “It’s a real honour to reach the No 1 position in one of the leading music markets of the world. You can’t believe how happy and proud I am. Thanks to all those who supported the tune.”

Tinie Tempah’s Not Letting Go featuring Jess Glynne slid one place to no 2, and the week’s highest new entry was Rita Ora’s Poison at three, the singer’s eighth UK top 10 hit.

The most streamed track of the week was Major Lazer’s Lean On, which racked up 2.21m listens in the last seven days.