Midweek Charts: Bastille aiming to give Universal chart-topping first

Paul Williams

South London band Bastille are presently poised to become the first Virgin Records act under Universal ownership to debut at No 1 on the UK artist albums chart.

The group's introductory set Bad Blood leads the latest midweeks by around 6,000 sales with new albums from Stereophonics and Dido in second and fourth places, according to the Official Charts Company. Its success follows their single Pompeii charting at No 2 last Sunday.

If Bastille's album does remain at the top by the time the ...

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