In the same week last year, some 2,402,223 albums were sold, with the Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden taking pole position on sales of 134,080 copies.

Leading the influx, Pink's fifth album Funhouse capitalises on the recent number one success of introductory single So What to provide her with her first number one, on first-week sales of 112,420.

Pink's fourth album, I'm Not Dead, debuted at number three on first week sales of 39,892 in 2006. Try This, opened ...