Following his incredibly emotional Super Bowl LX halftime show last night, in which he also invited Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin to perform, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS currently sits at Number 7 midweek. The record previously peaked at Number 13 on its release last January.
Olivia Dean bids to make it seven weeks at the top with The Art of Loving, as she faces off against main competitors Joji and IST IST.
Regaining top spot last week, it’s now been five months since The Art of Loving entered into the Official Albums Chart, remaining in the Top 5 ever since. Can Olivia make it lucky number seven come Friday?
Japanese singer-songwriter Joji is eyeing his first-ever Number 1, as his brand-new release Piss In The Wind currently sits in second place. His fourth LP, while also battling for the prestigious albums crown, is also on track to earn Joji his highest-charting project to date.
Post-punk Manchester rockers IST IST also throw their name into the ring with DAGGER (3). Again, this would mark Adam Houghton, Mat Peters, Andy Keating and Joel Kay’s highest-performing album to date, usurping 2024 release Light A Bigger Fire landed at Number 25.
J.Cole’s seventh and final-ever studio album The Fall-Off could land the rapper and record producer a fifth Top 10 accolade (4).
French composer Lorien Testard’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks to re-enter the chart and bag a new Number 5 best. Peaking at Number 13 in May 2025, the soundtrack was released as an exclusive deluxe double vinyl last week.
English progressive rock outfit Big Big Train are on course for a first Top 10 with Woodcut (8).
2026 has been kind to Djo. His hit single End of Beginning secured Number 1 in January, and now the deluxe version of his most recent album The Crux is set to break the Top 20 following its release on vinyl last week (11).
South Coast indie band Crystal Tides are in pursuit of an Official Albums Chart Top 40 debut with Toothpaste (18).
Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa and his celebratory album B.B King’s Blues Summit 100 could clinch him an impressive 18th Top 40 record (31).
Rounding of this midweek update, Hayley Williams’ Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party could pierce the Top 40 once more (39), as De La Soul’s Cabin In The Sky (40) is on course to secure the eminent hip-hop group their first Top 40 LP since 2016’s and the Anonymous Nobody….
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