Michael Bublé leads frantic albums chart battle

Michael Bublé leads frantic albums chart battle

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and we could be in for one of the closest albums chart battles of the year so far.

Michael Bublé is leading the way thanks to 45,364 sales of new album Love, while Music Week cover stars Mumford & Sons are at No.2 with Delta (42,533 sales). Little Mix are new in at No.3 with LM5 (39,331 sales). A significant margin separates the Top 3 from the rest of the chart, with Boyzone’s Thank You & Goodnight (15,405 sales) and The Greatest Showman (11,000 sales) at Nos. 4 and 5 respectively.

Ariana Grande rules the roost in the singles chart, with Thank U, Next at No.1 with 23,271 sales. Little Mix’s Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj) is at No.2 with 13,979 sales, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper are at No.3 with Shallow (12,962 sales) and Rita Ora’s Let You Love Me is in fourth spot with 11,766 sales. Jess Glynne’s Thursday completes the Top 5 with 11,286 sales.

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

3

3

2

WOMAN LIKE ME

LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/SYCO MUSIC

6

2

3

SHALLOW

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

8

4

4

LET YOU LOVE ME

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

9

7

5

THURSDAY

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

6

5

6

FUNKY FRIDAY

DAVE FT FREDO

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

7

6

7

WITHOUT ME

HALSEY

CAPITOL

7

36

8

A MILLION DREAMS

PINK

ATLANTIC

4

8

9

SUNFLOWER

POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

5

13

10

POLAROID

JONAS BLUE/LIAM PAYNE/LENNON

POSITIVA

7

10

11

ZEZE

KODAK BLACK/SCOTT/OFFSET

ATLANTIC

6

9

12

LOST WITHOUT YOU

FREYA RIDINGS

GOOD SOLDIER

19

NEW

13

REWRITE THE STARS

JAMES ARTHUR & ANNE-MARIE

ATLANTIC

1

12

14

BACK & FORTH

MK/JONAS BLUE/BECKY HILL

COLUMBIA

11

14

15

RUIN MY LIFE

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

5

17

16

1999

CHARLI XCX FT TROYE SIVAN

ATLANTIC

7

15

17

TAKI TAKI

DJ SNAKE/GOMEZ/CARDI B/OZUNA

INTERSCOPE

8

32

18

SWEET BUT PSYCHO

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

5

16

19

BETTER

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

10

NEW

20

STRIP

LITTLE MIX FT SHARAYA J

SYCO MUSIC

1

18

21

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

14

21

22

NO STYLIST

FRENCH MONTANA FT DRAKE

BLACK BUTTER/CASH MONEY

9

22

23

EMPTY SPACE

JAMES ARTHUR

SYCO MUSIC

5

20

24

ARMS AROUND YOU

XXXTENTACION/PUMP/MALUMA/SWAE

WARNER BROS

4

30

25

CLOSE TO ME

ELLIE GOULDING/DIPLO/SWAE LEE

POLYDOR/RCA

4

24

26

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE

POSITIVA

14

91

27

THE GREATEST SHOW

PANIC AT THE DISCO

ATLANTIC

3

29

28

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

5

38

29

BABY

CLEAN BANDIT/MARINA/LUIS FONSI

ATLANTIC

3

27

30

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE/RIGHT HAND MUSIC

19

31

31

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

35

28

32

MIA

BAD BUNNY FT DRAKE

WARNER BROS

6

37

33

ADVICE

CADET & DENO DRIZ

UNDERRATED LEGENDS

9

47

34

HOLD MY GIRL

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

6

35

35

I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

7

11

36

JUST GOT PAID

SIGALA/EYRE/TRAINOR FT MONTANA

MINISTRY OF SOUND

11

25

37

BMT

FREDO

SINCE 93

2

34

38

ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY

LADY GAGA

INTERSCOPE

7

26

39

GOODBYE

DERULO/GUETTA/MINAJ/WILLIAM

WARNER BROS

13

40

40

I FOUND YOU

BENNY BLANCO & CALVIN HARRIS

COLUMBIA/INTERSCOPE

3

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

LOVE

MICHAEL BUBLE

REPRISE

1

NEW

2

DELTA

MUMFORD & SONS

GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/ISLAND

1

NEW

3

LM5

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

1

NEW

4

THANK YOU & GOODNIGHT

BOYZONE

RHINO

1

3

5

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

49

NEW

6

THE LAST KING OF POP

PAUL HEATON

EMI

1

11

7

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

5

NEW

8

DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER

MARK KNOPFLER

EMI

1

NEW

9

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

1

6

10

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

7

7

11

SI

ANDREA BOCELLI

DECCA/SUGAR

4

2

12

YOU KNOW I KNOW

OLLY MURS

RCA

2

5

13

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

349

NEW

14

TRUE LOVE WAYS

BUDDY HOLLY/RPO

DECCA

1

14

15

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

35

10

16

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

6

8

17

IN HARMONY

ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON

BMG

2

12

18

CHRISTMAS

MICHAEL BUBLE

REPRISE

75

13

19

BLOOD RED ROSES

ROD STEWART

DECCA

8

15

20

I'LL REMEMBER YOU

D-DAY DARLINGS

SONY MUSIC CG

2

NEW

21

THE ARCHITECT

PALOMA FAITH

RCA

45

1

22

SIMULATION THEORY

MUSE

HELIUM 3/WARNER BROS

2

NEW

23

EQUINOXE INFINITY

JEAN MICHEL JARRE

RCA

1

NEW

24

MERRIE LAND

GOOD THE BAD & THE QUEEN

STUDIO 13

1

4

25

THE BEATLES

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

57

NEW

26

WITH THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

CILLA BLACK

RHINO

1

17

27

WALLS

BARBRA STREISAND

SONY MUSIC CG

3

21

28

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

19

16

29

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

14

48

30

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

54

NEW

31

CAUTION

MARIAH CAREY

EPIC

1

NEW

32

SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT - VOL 1

SMASHING PUMPKINS

NAPALM

1

NEW

33

REMASTERED - PT 1

KATE BUSH

RHINO

1

22

34

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

90

9

35

ORIGINS

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

2

20

36

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

77

23

37

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

12

26

38

THE CAPITOL STUDIOS SESSIONS

JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE SNITZER OR

DECCA

2

34

39

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

869

27

40

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

21



For more stories like this, and to keep up to date with all our market leading news, features and analysis, sign up to receive our daily Morning Briefing newsletter

subscribe link free-trial link

follow us...