Vampire Weekend start strongly with Father Of The Bride

Vampire Weekend start strongly with Father Of The Bride

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Vampire Weekend begin the frame in pole position in the albums chart. 

Father Of The Bride, the group’s first album for Columbia, has 10,844 sales and a marginal lead over Pink’s Hurts 2B Human (10,401 sales). Elsewhere, two new rock entries dent the Top 5, with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ End Of Suffering (6,975 sales) at No.3 and the Wildhearts’ Renaissance Men (4,494 sales) at No.5. Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (6,194 sales) is at No.4.

In the singles chart, Stormzy’s Vossi Bop (39,583 sales) and Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road (37,147 sales) look set to fight it out for top spot. Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved (30,860 sales) is at No.3, with his follow-up Hold Me While You Wait (29,472 sales) starting well at No.4. Billie Eilish completes the Top 5 with Bad Guy (24,713 sales).

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

VOSSI BOP

STORMZY

MERKY/ATLANTIC

2

2

2

OLD TOWN ROAD

LIL NAS X

LIL NAS X

7

4

3

SOMEONE YOU LOVED

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

19

NEW

4

HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

1

6

5

BAD GUY

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

6

5

6

PIECE OF YOUR HEART

MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS

POLYDOR

8

3

7

ME

TAYLOR SWIFT FT BRENDON URIE

EMI

2

NEW

8

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

1

7

9

SOS

AVICII FT ALOE BLACC

POSITIVA

4

8

10

JUST YOU AND I

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

17

NEW

11

HOMICIDE

LOGIC FT EMINEM

DEF JAM

1

9

12

KEISHA & BECKY

RUSS & TION WAYNE

VIRGIN

7

10

13

LOCATION

DAVE FT BURNA BOY

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

9

12

14

ALL DAY AND NIGHT

JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER

POLYDOR

6

11

15

HERE WITH ME

MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES

JOYTIME/POSITIVA

9

13

16

SUCKER

JONAS BROTHERS

REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

15

17

BOASTY

WILEY/STEFFLON DON/SEAN PAUL

BMG

12

NEW

18

GUTEN TAG

HARDY CAPRIO & DIGDAT

VIRGIN

1

17

19

SO AM I

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

9

14

20

TALK

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

13

16

21

WALK ME HOME

PINK

RCA

11

22

22

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU

JONAS BLUE FT THERESA REX

POSITIVA

7

24

23

GIANT

CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN

COLUMBIA

17

21

24

EARTH

LIL DICKY

BMG/COMMISSION

3

19

25

FASHION WEEK

STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK

GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER BROS

7

28

26

GRACE

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

26

20

27

NO DIET

DIGGA D

CGM

3

23

28

YOUR MRS

JAY1

GRM

6

25

29

DON'T FEEL LIKE CRYING

SIGRID

ISLAND

13

27

30

DON'T CALL ME UP

MABEL

POLYDOR

16

36

31

SIXTEEN

ELLIE GOULDING

POLYDOR

4

30

32

CARRY ON

KYGO & RITA ORA

COLUMBIA

3

26

33

I'M SO TIRED

LAUV & TROYE SIVAN

LAUV

15

94

34

M.E.N. II

BUGZY MALONE

ILL GOTTEN

2

18

35

LET NATURE SING

RSPB

THE RSPB

2

31

36

SWERVIN

A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE/6IX9INE

ATLANTIC

19

32

37

SWEET BUT PSYCHO

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

29

NEW

38

WILD

MOSTACK

VIRGIN

1

34

39

DON'T WORRY BOUT ME

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

6

29

40

BOY WITH LUV

BTS & HALSEY

ASTRALWERKS/BIGHIT ENT

4

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

FATHER OF THE BRIDE

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

COLUMBIA

1

1

2

HURTS 2B HUMAN

PINK

RCA

2

NEW

3

END OF SUFFERING

FRANK CARTER/THE RATTLESNAKES

INTERNATIONAL DEATH CULT

1

3

4

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

6

NEW

5

RENAISSANCE MEN

WILDHEARTS

GRAPHITE

1

4

6

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

73

6

7

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

10

NEW

8

TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY

LUCY SPRAGGAN

COOKING VINYL

1

2

9

THE BALANCE

CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN

ISLAND

2

7

10

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

29

8

11

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

59

11

12

MAP OF THE SOUL - PERSONA

BTS

BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT

4

NEW

13

BERSERKER

AMON AMARTH

MUSIC FOR NATIONS

1

14

14

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

13

15

15

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

31

19

16

SINGING TO STRANGERS

JACK SAVORETTI

BMG

8

22

17

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

373

16

18

PSYCHODRAMA

DAVE

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

9

NEW

19

TEN TONNES

TEN TONNES

WARNER BROS

1

20

20

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

114

17

21

DON'T SMILE AT ME

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

53

24

22

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

25

18

23

FREE SPIRIT

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

5

23

24

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

101

28

25

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

30

38

26

ODYSSEY

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG

24

12

27

LEMONADE

BEYONCE

COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT

58

26

28

GOLD

SHOWADDYWADDY

CRIMSON

3

NEW

29

U F O F

BIG THIEF

4AD

1

NEW

30

GO GENTLE INTO THE LIGHT

GUY CHAMBERS

BMG

1

31

31

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

54

10

32

IN THE END

CRANBERRIES

BMG

2

32

33

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

45

34

34

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

43

39

35

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

78

21

36

NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING

LOYLE CARNER

EMI

3

30

37

UTOPIA

M HUNCHO

ISLAND

4

37

38

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1207

43

39

YOU KNOW I KNOW

OLLY MURS

RCA

26

29

40

DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS PTS THE VERY

MARTY WILDE

UMOD

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