Michael Kiwanuka scores his first UK No.1 album

Michael Kiwanuka has topped the charts for the first time.

The soul musician has entered straight at number one with his second record Love & Hate.

Kiwanuka, whose debut album Home Again reached No. 4 in the U.K. in 2012, scooped the top of the charts ahead of Adele’s 25 (XL Recordings).

Michael will follow the release with a UK headline tour: 

6th October – The Art School, Glasgow
7th October – The Liquid Room, Edinburgh
8th October – Wylam Brewery at Palace of Arts, Newcastle
10th October – The Leadmill, Sheffield
11th October – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
14th October – The Limelight, Belfast
17th October – The Trashed, Cardiff
18th October – Phoenix, Exeter
19th October – O2 Academy 1, Oxford
21st October – The Library at The O2 Institute, Birmingham
22nd October – O2 Ritz, Manchester