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		<title>Dave’s Sophmore Album Goes Number 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daves Sophmore album goes number 1. The 23 year olds project titled ‘We are all alone in this together’ shot to number 1 this week. The project outsold  Anne Maries ‘Therapy’ album which charted at second by over 55 thousand album sales, selling 74 thousand albums in the first week. This made it not only [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 23 year olds project titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘We are all alone in this together’ </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">shot to number 1 this week</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The project outsold  Anne Maries ‘Therapy’ album which charted at second by over 55 thousand album sales, selling 74 thousand albums in the first week. This made it not only Dave’s second number 1 album but also the highest first-week sales for a UK rap album in over a decade. </span></p>
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<p><script src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" async=""></script><span style="font-weight: 400;">The album went silver with its first week sales, the only other UK rap album to do this are Tinie Tempah’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Discovery’</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and Stormzys</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ‘Gang Sings and prayers’.</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alongside the album going number 3 tracks found themselves in the top 10, ‘</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clash</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">’ featuring Stormzy charted at second, ‘</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Verdansk’</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at 4 and ‘</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the fire</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">’ with an all-star lineup of Fredo, Meekz, Ghetts and Giggs charting at 6th.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">D</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ave shared the news of his album going number one and gave a shout out to his fans in the caption, saying </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is the work of the people, the best supporters on earth” </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">ending the post with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s our number 1”.</span></i></p>
<p>Dave gave back to his fans while rolling out the album, handing out Jordan 4s in Central London to his fans as well as purchasing one of his fans a Rolex.</p>
<p>While celebrating his accomplishment around friends and family the 23-year-old superstar from Streatham was surprised by fellow UK rap giant, Sttormzy, with a 1 of 1 Audemar Piquet.</p>
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<p>Dave may have just released an album but it seems as though this year has much more for him to achieve, in the intro of his latest project he teased that he may be playing a role in an upcoming movie. As well as this he will headling Manchester Parklife festival.</p>
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