Skindred star celebrates number one with champagne and chips

Welsh band Skindred have reached number one for the first time in their 28-year career.

Singer Benji Webbe told the BBC he celebrated with a dinner of chips, champagne and curry-filled Jamaican patties.

The Newport band, who formed in 1998 and fuse metal with reggae, missed out on the top spot in 2023.

Then, their eighth studio album, Smile, was beaten by Cian Ducrot's Victory.

But their new album, You Got This, held off Jessie Ware's Superbloom to win the chart battle.

Webbe dubbed the news "glorious", saying: "We came close before and got to number two, and I was not sure where we were going to go with this one.

"I was saying to people 'it would be nice to get to number one'.

"It's deserved, but I feel like we have taken the scenic route to get here. We've been going for a long time."

The 59-year-old added: "The chips are going down lovely with the pattie and the champagne is in the fridge.

"I might crack that open and have it in the hot tub."

Webbe, whose band became the only Welsh group to win a Mobo award in 2024, said they worked hard to get the number one.

He revealed the idea for the album title came from a visit to a spin class.

He said: "I was looking for a name for the album and the woman at the gym kept saying 'you got this' and I thought 'what a name!'

"Then I came out of the spin class and a friend of mine, a personal trainer, he said to the fella he was training 'you got this' and I went 'we are going to the call the album You Got This'."

Webbe can be heard in inteview on BBC Introducing with Adam Walton on BBC Sounds.