Keane knock Oasis off their perch

Keane's critically acclaimed third album, Perfect Symmetry, has gone straight into the UK album charts at number one, according to the UK Charts Company. The trio now has a perfect hat-trick of chart-topping entries in the charts, having also arrived at the top spot with debut Hopes and Fears in May 2004 and follow-up Under the Iron Sea in June 2006. The group knocked Oasis off the top of the chart with their album Dig out Your Soul relegated to second place. US group Kings Of Leon's album Only By The Night came in at number three. Along with Keane, the only other new entry in the album charts was Irish boy band Boyzone with Back Again - No Matter What, coming in at four. On their website, Keane said they were "completely over-the-moon that Perfect Symmetry has gone to Number One". "The last couple of years have been quite an adventure, and to end up with a third album that we're all fiercely proud of, and that has been a total joy to make, is a great feeling. "To see that album now sitting at the top of the charts is really amazing and the best thing we could possibly have wished for."

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ITN | October 21, 2008

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