MUMBAI: Lionel Richie’s highly talked about performance at Glastonbury Festival last week has catapulted the ‘Hello’ singer’s 2003 album ‘The Definitive Collection’ to number one on the UK Charts. The album, which peaked at number 10 on the Official Charts Company at the time of its release, has become his first UK number one album in 23 years, since his 1992 release ‘Back to Front’.

Richie and The Commodores’ ‘The Definitive Collection’ jumped up a whopping 103 places, and recorded a “1763 per cent combined chart sales uplift”, as according to the Official Charts Company. Speaking about topping the UK chart, he said, "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 66 year old singer was not the only act to appear on the UK charts. In second spot was ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’ by Florence and the Machine, who replaced Foo Fighters as headliners at the popular UK festival. Following in third place was James Bay’s ‘Chaos and the Calm’, with Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ in fourth spot and Ed Sheeran’s ‘X’ in fifth.

On the singles front, Belgium DJ- Lost Frequencies registered its debut UK number one with ‘Are You With Me’, while last week’s top single- ‘Not Letting Go’ by Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne, slipped one spot down to second place. In third place was Rita Ora’s ‘Poison’, followed by Walk the Moon’s ‘Shut Up & Dance’ and rounding up the top five was ‘Lean On’ by Major Lazer featuring MO and DJ Snake.