Nine years off the Official Albums Chart, and Tinie Tempah is back with two results at once. The Night’s Not Dead is a new entry at No.20 on this week’s Official Albums Chart, and it has gone to No.1 on the Official Dance Albums Chart, Official Charts confirmed on Friday 13 November.

The Official Dance Albums Chart, covering 13 to 19 November, has the album at No.1 after last week’s No.27, in its third week on the list, with a peak of No.1. It is also a re-entry at No.2 on the Official Album Downloads Chart for the same week.

Reacting to the news, Tinie told Official Charts: ‘This Number 1 means so much more to me than a chart position.’ He was speaking about the Dance No.1, not a No.1 on the main albums list, where the record sits at No.20.

‘Returning to music after nine years has been one of the most nerve-racking yet rewarding experiences of my life,’ he said. ‘To achieve this as an independent artist and label makes the moment even sweeter.’

He also told Official Charts he had a point to prove to himself, and a message he believed was worth sharing. ‘It’s a reminder that it’s never too late to start a new chapter, to challenge yourself, to take a risk and to believe in your vision, even when the outcome is uncertain,’ he added.

The Official Charts write-up, by Max Persad — the same piece that had James Blunt’s Airplane Mode at No.1 — is the source for the albums-chart position and for those quotes. The Dance and downloads positions come from this week’s published charts. A nine-year gap is a long time in this game. Last week the album was still down at No.27 on the Dance list; this week it is the one to beat. An independent No.1 on that chart, plus a Top 20 return on the main list, is a proper second act, not a nostalgia lap.

Why this matters: Coming back independently and topping a UK chart after nine years away is a result worth marking on its own terms.