BTS storm clear in albums chart race

BTS storm clear in albums chart race

K-pop kings BTS are in pole position to claim their first UK No.1 album with Map Of The Soul: Persona. 

The LP has sold 17,104 copies to date, according to the Official Charts Company midweeks, putting it well clear of another new entry, No Geography (6,864 sales) by The Chemical Brothers, which is at No.2, and last week's chart-topper When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (No.3, 6,248 sales) by Billie Eilish. 

The Top 10 also features new entries by Dogrel (No.4, 5,214 sales) by Fontaines DC, My Happy Place (No.5, 4,227 sales) by Emma Bunton and Dreamboats And Petticoats Presents: The Very Best Of Marty Wilde (No.7, 4,043 sales). 

Elsewhere, Lewis Capaldi's seven-week reign at the top of the singles chart could be coming to an end as Lil Nas X's Old Town Road (24,678 sales) holds a narrow lead over Someone You Loved (23,023 sales). 

Keisha & Becky by Russ & Tion Wayne surges 30-7 with sales of 12,567, while BTS & Halsey's Boy With Luv (11,729 sales) and SOS (9,648 sales) by the late Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc are new entries at No.8 and No.10 respectively. 

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

SINGLES:

2 1 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X LIL NAS X 4
1 2 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 16
3 3 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 3
5 4 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS POLYDOR 5
6 5 JUST YOU AND I TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 14
4 6 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN COLUMBIA 14
30 7 KEISHA & BECKY RUSS & TION WAYNE VIRGIN 4
NEW 8 BOY WITH LUV BTS & HALSEY ASTRALWERKS/BIGHIT ENT 1
7 9 SUCKER JONAS BROTHERS REPUBLIC RECORDS 7
NEW 10 SOS AVICII FT ALOE BLACC VIRGIN 1
8 11 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD 6
11 12 HERE WITH ME MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES JOYTIME/POSITIVA 6
9 13 TALK KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 10
16 14 SO AM I AVA MAX ATLANTIC 6
13 15 BOASTY WILEY/STEFFLON DON/SEAN PAUL BMG 9
12 16 FASHION WEEK STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER BROS 4
17 17 WALK ME HOME PINK RCA 8
14 18 I'M SO TIRED LAUV & TROYE SIVAN LAUV 12
10 19 BURY A FRIEND BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 11
18 20 YOUR MRS JAY1 GRM 3
25 21 ALL DAY AND NIGHT JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER POLYDOR 3
20 22 DON'T FEEL LIKE CRYING SIGRID ISLAND 10
19 23 OPTIONS NSG FT TION WAYNE NSG 16
22 24 DON'T CALL ME UP MABEL POLYDOR 13
27 25 GRACE LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 23
31 26 DANCING WITH A STRANGER SAM SMITH & NORMANI CAPITOL 14
28 27 SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX ATLANTIC 26
34 28 SHALLOW LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER INTERSCOPE 29
23 29 MONOPOLY ARIANA GRANDE & VICTORIA MONET REPUBLIC RECORDS 3
26 30 WOW. POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 17
24 31 DISASTER DAVE FT J HUS BLACK BUTTER/DAVE NBOURHOOD 6
29 32 SWERVIN A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE/6IX9INE ATLANTIC 16
21 33 WISH YOU WERE GAY BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 7
37 34 PRETTY SHINING PEOPLE GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 12
36 35 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY ALEC BENJAMIN ATLANTIC 12
38 36 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 56
35 37 MURDER ON MY MIND YNW MELLY 300 ENTERTAINMENT 9
42 38 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE REPUBLIC RECORDS 26
46 39 WHO DO YOU LOVE CHAINSMOKERS FT 5 SECONDS OF DISRUPTOR 10
15 40 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND I'M BORED ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 10

ALBUMS:

NEW 1 MAP OF THE SOUL PERSONA BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 1
NEW 2 NO GEOGRAPHY CHEMICAL BROTHERS VIRGIN 1
1 3 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 3
NEW 4 DOGREL FONTAINES DC PARTISAN 1
NEW 5 MY HAPPY PLACE EMMA BUNTON BMG 1
4 6 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 7
NEW 7 DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS PTS THE VERY MARTY WILDE UMOD 1
3 8 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 70
6 9 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN VIRGIN 26
5 10 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 56
2 11 FREE SPIRIT KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 2
NEW 12 UTOPIA M HUNCHO ISLAND 1
NEW 13 NEW AGE RANDOLPH & KSI KSI & RANDOLPH 1
11 14 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING INTERSCOPE 28
8 15 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 10
NEW 16 PIN UPS DAVID BOWIE PARLOPHONE 10
NEW 17 LOVE IS ALL YOU LOVE BAND OF SKULLS SO RECORDINGS 1
9 18 PSYCHODRAMA DAVE DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD 6
NEW 19 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - ORIGINAL NEW YORK BOB DYLAN SONY MUSIC CG 1
14 20 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION QUEEN VIRGIN 370
NEW 21 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS PINK FLOYD RHINO 1
NEW 22 COLOURS WALKING ON CARS VIRGIN 1
12 23 SINGING TO STRANGERS JACK SAVORETTI BMG 5
13 24 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 50
16 25 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 27
15 26 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 111
17 27 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO 22
20 28 COMING HOME TO YOU MICHAEL BALL DECCA 4
NEW 29 VENTURA ANDERSON PAAK AFTERMATH/12 TONE MUSIC 1
NEW 30 LIVE AT THE BORDERLINE 1991 BINGO HAND JOB CONCORD/UMC 1
18 31 SCORPION DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 42
19 32 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA WARNER BROS 98
NEW 33 FALCON COURTEENERS A&M 20
NEW 34 HIS MAJESTY'S POP LIFE/THE PURPLE MIX PRINCE RHINO 1
NEW 35 LABRINTH SIA & DIPLO PRESENT LSD LSD FT SIA/DIPLO/LABRINTH SYCO MUSIC 1
21 36 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 51
28 37 STILL ON MY MIND DIDO BMG 6
58 38 ODYSSEY TAKE THAT POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG 21
NEW 39 WOODSTOCK 1994 GREEN DAY WARNER BROS 1
NEW 40 THE MIGHTY BOOSH COMPLETE RADIO SERIES ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING DEMON RECORDS 1


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