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 Dave’s second number 1 album but also the highest first-week sales for a UK rap album in over a decade. 

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The album went silver with its first week sales, the only other UK rap album to do this are Tinie Tempah’s ‘Discovery’ and Stormzys ‘Gang Sings and prayers’.

Alongside the album going number 3 tracks found themselves in the top 10, ‘Clash’ featuring Stormzy charted at second, ‘Verdansk’ at 4 and ‘In the fire’ with an all-star lineup of Fredo, Meekz, Ghetts and Giggs charting at 6th.

Dave shared the news of his album going number one and gave a shout out to his fans in the caption, saying “This is the work of the people, the best supporters on earth” ending the post with “It’s our number 1”.

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.

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.

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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.

The south London rapper took to his Instagram yesterday night to share the tracklist of his second album with his 2 million followers.

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The features include Stormzy on the already released hit ‘Clash’, singers Snoh Aalegra and James Blake, and Nigerians WizKid and co-founder of the Nigerian Alte movement Boj. The features have amped the excitement as the release date creeps closer, with no other rappers except Stormzy and of course Dave on the project it will be interesting to see the type of music Dave releases on his sophomore album.

Dave went on a 2-year hiatus following the release of his chart-topping debut album ‘Phychodrama’, the project that saw the then 21-year-old win a Mercury Prize as well as a Brit award for album of the year. His Hiatus ended in April of this year when the Streatham rapper released a two-pack titled ‘Titanium & Mercury’, the track ‘Mercury’ featured album mate Kamal who dropped his debut project earlier this year.

During Daves time away from the limelight, the 23-year-old rapper only allowed his fans in with snapshots on his Instagram story or feed. Following the announcement of his album, the talented young artist shared that he will be on his second GQ cover, with the publication dropping a video and print interview with the rapper helping the fans get to know the artist better away from his music.

Dave Sophomore album ‘We are all alone in this together’  is set to release on the 23rd of July and can be preordered here.