Paul McCartney holds a celebratory dance after winning his first number one in 31 years – with the new album McCartney III topping the Billboard chart
Sir Paul McCartney gave a commemorative concert to raise his latest album to the top of the Billboard top selling album chart in the United States.
The 78-year-old musician saw his 18th studio album, McCartney III, debut in first place, marking his first album at the top of the charts since Flowers In The Dirt, released in 1989.
To celebrate the exciting news, Paul went to Twitter to share a video of him showing his best moves for Find My Way, one of the tracks taken from the album.
Number one! Sir Paul McCartney gave a commemorative show to toast his latest album, leading the Billboard top selling album chart in the United States
In the clip, the singer can be seen dancing and waving his hands to the music, while using a special filter that reproduces two colored silhouettes of him side by side.
‘That feeling when your album reaches number one on the US best selling album chart @billboard! #McCartneyIII, ‘he captioned the post.
The Billboard bestselling album sales chart records the best-selling albums of the week in the United States based solely on sales.
Getting into the rhythm: in the clip, the legendary 78-year-old musician can be seen dancing and waving to the music
Good news: Paul’s 18th studio effort, McCartney III, entered the music chart first, marking his first album at the top of the chart since Flowers In The Dirt, released in 1989
McCartney III also debuted on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in second place, behind Taylor Swift’s surprise release Evermore, which is currently enjoying a second week in the first place.
It comes after the new album reached the top of the charts in Paul’s native UK, becoming his first number one album in the country in over 30 years.
The album was confirmed to have reached number one on the afternoon of Christmas Day, and sold 25,000 combined units, according to the Official Charts Company.
Success: McCartney III made it to the top of the charts in Paul’s native UK, becoming his first number one record in the country in over 30 years
On the news, Paul said: ‘I just want to say Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and a big thank you to everyone who helped put my record in 1st place on the album charts.’
The Beatles singer wrote and recorded the album during the blackout period earlier this year, and he recently revealed it was a happy accident.
Speaking to Idris Elba for the BBC, Paul admits that he ‘didn’t realize’ what he was creating when he did it.
Working hard: The Beatles singer wrote and recorded the album during the blocking period earlier this year, and he recently revealed it was a happy accident
He started: ‘[In] lockdown everyone cleaned their cabinets and did all the things they intended to do. So [making an album] it was my equivalent.
‘I wasn’t trying to make an album. So suddenly I had these 10 songs, I thought, what am I going to do with them? It was only 10 because I didn’t know I was making an album. ‘
Paul later explained why he called his album McCartney III.
He continued: ‘I realized, because I played myself, I made McCartney I and McCartney II along the same lines, that this would be McCartney III. So it was like, oh, I understand what I’m doing now.