The Reprise/Warner Bros album, which was number two on last Sunday's chart, has now overtaken Island's Amy Winehouse album Lioness - Hidden Treasures to be the new chart week's biggest seller, according to the Official Charts Company. Up to the end of business on Monday, it had sold 78,227 copies, around 29,000 sales ahead of Lioness sitting in second place.

As the penultimate chart before the Christmas Day one starts to take shape, Parlopone's Coldplay are also in the ascendance. ...