Kneecap have scored the highest UK chart position for an Irish language album with their new album ’ Fenian ’ and will donate sales profits to charity.

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The West Belfast band’s second studio album was released on May 1, the follow-up to their celebrated debut ‘ Fine Art ’, and it features collaborations with Kae Tempest , Radie Peat and Fawzi.

On its first week of release, ‘Fenian’ has landed at Number Two on the UK Albums Chart, far outstripping the Number 42 that ‘Fine Art’ achieved in 2024, officially making it the highest-charting Irish language album release in UK chart history.

It was only kept off the top spot by ‘ The Essential Michael Jackson ’, the 2005 compilation that is now riding high as the result of the new big-screen biopic Michael .…