Weller's newly-issued Island set was around 7,000 sales ahead of Decca's Military Wives album In My Dreams up to the end of business on Tuesday with David Guetta's Positiva/Virgin-issued Nothing But The Beat a few hundred sales further behind in third place, according to Official Charts Company data.

Katy Perry has mounted a similar lead in the singles market with her brand new Virgin single Part Of Me, which heads what is currently a top three made up entirely of ...