Pet Shop Boys set early albums chart pace

Pet Shop Boys set early albums chart pace

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Pet Shop Boys are in a race with J Hus for albums glory.

Pet Shop Boys have taken an early lead, with 12,525 copies of Hotspot shifted so far. J Hus is at No.2 with Big Conspiracy on 9,312 sales. Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By (6,234 sales), Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (5,968 sales) and M Huncho’s Hunchloni In The 1st (5,892 sales) complete the Top 5.

Lewis Capaldi is setting the pace in the singles chart thanks to 21,730 sales of Before You Go. The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights (20,847 sales), Eminem’s Godzilla (feat. Juice Wrld, 17,142 sales), Roddy Ricch’s The Box (16,537 sales) and Stormzy’s Own It (feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy, 16,419) make up the rest of the Top 5.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

5

1

BEFORE YOU GO

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

11

4

2

BLINDING LIGHTS

WEEKND

REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO

9

1

3

GODZILLA

EMINEM FT JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE

2

2

4

THE BOX

RODDY RICCH

ATLANTIC

6

3

5

OWN IT

STORMZY/ED SHEERAN/BURNA BOY

ATLANTIC/MERKY

10

7

6

DON'T START NOW

DUA LIPA

WARNER RECORDS

13

11

7

EVERYTHING I WANTED

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

11

8

8

ROXANNE

ARIZONA ZERVAS

COLUMBIA

13

10

9

SOMEONE YOU LOVED

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

57

6

10

LIFE IS GOOD

FUTURE FT DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/RCA

3

14

11

DANCE MONKEY

TONES & I

PARLOPHONE

26

NEW

12

PLAY PLAY

J HUS FT BURNA BOY

BLACK BUTTER

1

18

13

MEMORIES

MAROON 5

INTERSCOPE

19

19

14

PUMP IT UP

ENDOR

DEFECTED

16

13

15

YUMMY

JUSTIN BIEBER

DEF JAM

4

NEW

16

BIG CONSPIRACY

J HUS FT ICEE TGM

BLACK BUTTER

1

15

17

ADORE YOU

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

8

16

18

BRUISES

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

35

NEW

19

REPEAT

J HUS FT KOFFEE

BLACK BUTTER

1

20

20

LOSE CONTROL

MEDUZA/BECKY HILL/GOODBOYS

POLYDOR

16

9

21

EI8HT MILE

DIGDAT FT AITCH

COLUMBIA/SINCE 93

2

22

22

THIS IS REAL

JAX JONES FT ELLA HENDERSON

POLYDOR

19

23

23

MY OH MY

CAMILA CABELLO FT DABABY

SYCO MUSIC

8

21

24

RIDE IT

REGARD

MINISTRY OF SOUND

24

24

25

FALLING

TREVOR DANIEL

ALAMO

10

26

26

YOU SHOULD BE SAD

HALSEY

CAPITOL

3

12

27

THOSE KINDA NIGHTS

EMINEM FT ED SHEERAN

INTERSCOPE

2

27

28

LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

15

25

29

CIRCLES

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

22

28

30

BAD GUY

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

44

NEW

31

PEE PEE

M HUNCHO

ISLAND

1

29

32

GANGSTA

DARKOO & ONE ACEN

VIRGIN

12

33

33

WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO

JONAS BROTHERS

POLYDOR

2

31

34

DON'T RUSH

YOUNG T & BUGSEY FT HEADIE ONE

BLACK BUTTER

12

17

35

DARKNESS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

2

34

36

VOSSI BOP

STORMZY

ATLANTIC/MERKY

37

38

37

LADBROKE GROVE

AJ TRACEY

AJ TRACEY

47

42

38

OUTNUMBERED

DERMOT KENNEDY

ISLAND

30

39

39

WATERMELON SUGAR

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

11

63

40

BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU

BECKY HILL FT SHIFT K3Y

POLYDOR

3

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

COMPANY

WKS

NEW

1

HOTSPOT

PET SHOP BOYS

X2

X2

1

NEW

2

BIG CONSPIRACY

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

BLACK BUTTER

1

1

3

MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

POLYDOR

2

3

4

DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

VIRGIN EMI

37

NEW

5

HUNCHOLINI THE 1ST

M HUNCHO

ISLAND

ISLAND

1

5

6

HEAVY IS THE HEAD

STORMZY

ATLANTIC/MERKY

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

7

NEW

7

POWER

TWIN ATLANTIC

VIRGIN

VIRGIN EMI

1

NEW

8

ALL THE HITS

DAVE CLARK FIVE

BMG

BMG

1

7

9

NO 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

29

10

10

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

POLYDOR

44

9

11

FINE LINE

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

8

49

12

ONCE UPON A MIND

JAMES BLUNT

ATLANTIC

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

14

14

13

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

RELENTLESS

48

NEW

14

LIGHT MY BYRE

PEAT & DIESEL

WEE STUDIO

WEE STUDIO

1

NEW

15

THE STRANGE ONES - 1994-2008

SUPERGRASS

ECHO

BMG

1

18

16

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

VIRGIN EMI

915

21

17

EVERYDAY LIFE

COLDPLAY

PARLOPHONE

PARLOPHONE

10

6

18

MANIC

HALSEY

CAPITOL

VIRGIN EMI

2

13

19

HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

ISLAND

21

22

20

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

VIRGIN EMI

116

20

21

DON'T SMILE AT ME

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

POLYDOR

91

19

22

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

152

4

23

EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GONE WRONG

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

MMM

CAROLINE/ISLAND

2

25

24

YOU'RE IN MY HEART

ROD STEWART

RHINO

RHINO (WARNERS)

10

26

25

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

RHINO (WARNERS)

63

NEW

26

GOLD

JOHN DENVER

CRIMSON

SONY MUSIC CG

1

17

27

KIWANUKA

MICHAEL KIWANUKA

POLYDOR

POLYDOR

13

32

28

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER RECORDS

RHINO (WARNERS)

612

15

29

PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL

RODDY RICCH

ATLANTIC

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

8

16

30

RARE

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

POLYDOR

3

31

31

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

POLYDOR

599

38

32

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

97

28

33

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER RECORDS

WARNER RECORDS

139

2

34

MORE. AGAIN. FOREVER.

COURTEENERS

IGNITION

IGNITION

2

12

35

EI8HT MILE

DIGDAT

COLUMBIA

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

2

NEW

36

MIND HIVE

WIRE

PINK FLAG

PINK FLAG

1

30

37

WITHOUT FEAR

DERMOT KENNEDY

ISLAND

ISLAND

17

8

38

CIRCLES

MAC MILLER

PARLOPHONE

PARLOPHONE

2

29

39

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

MABEL

POLYDOR

POLYDOR

26

41

40

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

VIRGIN EMI

411



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