Extending its reign atop the album chart to four weeks – the longest since Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project put in an identical shift in 2019 – Adele’s 30 remains well clear of the chasing pack, albeit with sales off 6.93% week-on-week at 68,139 (53,427 CDs, 4,430 vinyl, 1,326 digital sales and 28 cassettes).

In an unchanged top three Ed Sheeran’s = (2-2, 35,938 sales) sees a marginal (0.36%) decline in sales, while ABBA’s Voyage (3-3, 27,792 sales) is ...