We are into November, and the seasonal frenzy has started in earnest, with 18 Top 75 debuts and an all-new Top 5 in the artist album chart this week - the sixth in the 63-year history of the list and the first for exactly four years.

The acts filling the top four places have had 12 previous No.1 albums between them – the others have had two each, while Stereophonics have had six, which they now increase to seven as ...