Overview
- The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which was released on May 29, debuted at Number One on the UK Official Albums Chart this week, giving McCartney a record 24th UK Number One album.
- The Official Charts Company framed the tally as confirmation of McCartney’s unrivalled albums success and its co‑managing directors publicly congratulated him.
- The record is autobiographical and Liverpool‑rooted, named for Dungeon Lane in Speke and built around memory songs such as lead single "The Days We Left Behind," which premiered on BBC Radio Merseyside.
- Promotion for the release included an Amazon short film, TV and streaming appearances, work with producer Andrew Watt, a first duet with Ringo Starr and heavy vinyl sales that also put the album atop the Official Vinyl Albums chart.
- The 24‑album total counts McCartney’s chart‑toppers across his career with the Beatles, Wings, solo releases and collaborations and follows his previous solo Number One, McCartney III, in December 2020, underscoring his decades‑long popular reach.