New Skepta album heads for Top 3

New Skepta album heads for Top 3

Skepta's new album is one of three new entries in the midweek album charts Top 5.

The MC's fifth studio LP Ignorance Is Bliss (6,890 sales) is straight in at No.3, narrowly behind Richard Hawley's new LP Further (No.2, 7,518 sales), with Lewis Capaldi's Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent still out in front on combined sales of 12,217, according to the Official Charts Company. 

Susan Boyle's Ten (4,402) is new at No.4, while Rory Gallagher's Blues (2,696 sales) and Rtrn II Jungle (2,678 sales) by Chase & Status are new at No.9 and No.10, respectively.

In the battle for the singles chart No.1, Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber's I Don't Care leads Lil Nas X's Old Town Road by 27,863 sales to 25,728 in an unchanged Top 5.

Katy Perry's Never Really Over (9,850 sales) is the highest new entry at No.11. In a busy week for fresh music there are also new entries for What Do You Mean (No.14, 8,751 sales) by Skepta ft J Hus, Shine Girl (No.15, 8,624 sales) by Mostack ft Stormzy, Mother's Daughter (No.34, 5,107 sales) by Miley Cyrus, Let You (No.36, 4,986 sales) by Cheryl, Press (No.37, 4,985 sales) by Cardi B and Find U Again (No.39, 4,707 sales) by Mark Ronson ft Camila Cabello.

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

SINGLES:

1 1 I DON'T CARE ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER ASYLUM/DEF JAM 4
2 2 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X LIL NAS X 11
3 3 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 23
4 4 VOSSI BOP STORMZY MERKY/ATLANTIC 6
5 5 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 10
6 6 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS POLYDOR 12
7 7 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 5
8 8 SOS AVICII FT ALOE BLACC POSITIVA 8
9 9 CROSS ME ED SHEERAN/CHANCE/PNB ROCK ASYLUM 2
10 10 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU SHAWN MENDES EMI 5
NEW 11 NEVER REALLY OVER KATY PERRY VIRGIN 1
11 12 ALL DAY AND NIGHT JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER POLYDOR 10
12 13 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD 13
NEW 14 WHAT DO YOU MEAN SKEPTA FT J HUS BOY BETTER KNOW 1
NEW 15 SHINE GIRL MOSTACK FT STORMZY VIRGIN 1
13 16 ME TAYLOR SWIFT FT BRENDON URIE EMI 6
*** 17 BRUISES LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 14
47 18 GREAZE MODE SKEPTA & NAFE SMALLZ BOY BETTER KNOW 4
16 19 HERE WITH ME MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES JOYTIME/POSITIVA 13
15 20 KEISHA & BECKY RUSS & TION WAYNE VIRGIN 11
21 21 SIXTEEN ELLIE GOULDING POLYDOR 8
19 22 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU JONAS BLUE FT THERESA REX POSITIVA 11
35 23 FALLING LIKE THE STARS JAMES ARTHUR COLUMBIA 4
39 24 WISH YOU WELL SIGALA & BECKY HILL MINISTRY OF SOUND 2
31 25 ONE TOUCH JESS GLYNNE & JAX JONES ATLANTIC 2
26 26 CARRY ON KYGO & RITA ORA COLUMBIA 7
18 27 THE LONDON YOUNG THUG/J COLE/TRAVIS SCOTT ATLANTIC 2
22 28 TALK KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 17
68 29 BULLET FROM A GUN SKEPTA BOY BETTER KNOW 4
17 30 OT BOP NSG NSG 2
23 31 GUTEN TAG HARDY CAPRIO & DIGDAT VIRGIN 5
30 32 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS MARK RONSON FT LYKKE LI COLUMBIA 8
27 33 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN COLUMBIA 21
NEW 34 MOTHER'S DAUGHTER MILEY CYRUS RCA 1
25 35 SO AM I AVA MAX ATLANTIC 13
NEW 36 LET YOU CHERYL 3 BEAT 1
NEW 37 PRESS CARDI B ATLANTIC 1
20 38 SUCKER JONAS BROTHERS REPUBLIC RECORDS 14
NEW 39 FIND U AGAIN MARK RONSON FT CAMILA CABELLO COLUMBIA 1
28 40 FASHION WEEK STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER RECORDS 11

ALBUMS:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 3
NEW 2 FURTHER RICHARD HAWLEY BMG 1
NEW 3 IGNORANCE IS BLISS SKEPTA BOY BETTER KNOW 1
NEW 4 TEN SUSAN BOYLE SYCO MUSIC 1
2 5 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 10
3 6 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 77
6 7 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN MERCURY/UMC 82
5 8 ROCKETMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING EMI 2
NEW 9 BLUES RORY GALLAGHER UMC 1
NEW 10 RTRN II JUNGLE CHASE & STATUS VIRGIN 1
8 11 HURTS 2B HUMAN PINK RCA 6
7 12 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN VIRGIN 33
10 13 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 63
15 14 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 14
NEW 15 SHE IS COMING MILEY CYRUS RCA 1
14 16 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 34
24 17 GREATEST HITS SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 65
11 18 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 118
NEW 19 DON'T WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW YONAKA ASYLUM 1
22 20 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING INTERSCOPE 35
31 21 MAP OF THE SOUL - PERSONA BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 8
NEW 22 THE LAST BROADCAST DOVES HEAVENLY 71
NEW 23 LOST SOULS DOVES HEAVENLY 86
4 24 CALIFORNIA SON MORRISSEY BMG 2
26 25 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION QUEEN VIRGIN 377
12 26 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ KHALED BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST 3
19 27 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO 29
17 28 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 57
16 29 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 17
NEW 30 BOAT PIP BLOM HEAVENLY 1
28 31 ODYSSEY TAKE THAT POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG 28
20 32 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA WARNER RECORDS 105
30 33 SINGING TO STRANGERS JACK SAVORETTI BMG 12
13 34 IGOR TYLER THE CREATOR COLUMBIA 3
23 35 RAMMSTEIN RAMMSTEIN SPINEFARM 3
NEW 36 THE TRAVELER KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND PROVOGUE 1
43 37 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO/WARNER RECORDS 578
NEW 38 OLD STAR DARKTHRONE PEACEVILLE 1
39 39 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA POLYDOR 1211
33 40 THE BALANCE CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN ISLAND 6


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