Eminem races ahead of Paul McCartney in albums battle

Eminem races ahead of Paul McCartney in albums battle

Eminem is closing in on another week at the top of the albums chart, with Kamikaze outselling Paul McCartney's Egypt Station by more than 2:1.

The rapper's 10th studio LP has sold a further 25,866 copies this week according to the latest midweek charts flash. McCartney has moved 12,622 units so far to sit at No.2. It holds a slender lead over No.3 The Greatest Showman OST (11,320 sales). 

T. Rex's Gold (4,976 sales) is straight in at No.7, while there are other new entries in the Top 10 for Paul Simon's In The Blue Light (No.9, 4,564 sales) and Spiritualized's And Nothing Hurt (No.10, 4,338 sales).

In the singles chart, Promises by Calvin Harris & Sam Smith is well placed to remain in the top spot, selling 40,763 copies to lead former chart-topper Eastside (33,863 sales) by Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid. 

The highest new entry is I Love It by Kanye West & Lil Pump at No.4 on sales of 25,646, while Mark Ronson and Diplo's new project Silk City debut at No.15 with Electricity (16,202 sales), which features Dua Lipa.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 PROMISES CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH COLUMBIA 4
           
2 2 EASTSIDE BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID INTERSCOPE 9
           
5 3 BODY LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO ALL AROUND THE WORLD 15
           
NEW 4 I LOVE IT KANYE WEST & LIL PUMP DEF JAM 1
           
8 5 TASTE TYGA FT OFFSET LAST KINGS MUSIC 17
           
9 6 FALL EMINEM INTERSCOPE 2
           
10 7 GIRLS LIKE YOU MAROON 5 FT CARDI B INTERSCOPE 15
           
15 8 HAPPIER MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE POSITIVA 4
           
6 9 LUCKY YOU EMINEM FT JOYNER LUCAS INTERSCOPE 2
           
4 10 THE RINGER EMINEM INTERSCOPE 2
           
14 11 ALL I AM JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 4
           
12 12 GOD IS A WOMAN ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 9
           
16 13 IN MY MIND DYNORO & GIGI D'AGOSTINO MINISTRY OF SOUND 7
           
11 14 NO BRAINER DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE BLACK BUTTER/DEF JAM 7
           
NEW 15 ELECTRICITY SILK CITY FT DUA LIPA COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS 1
           
3 16 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 25
           
13 17 LUCID DREAMS JUICE WRLD INTERSCOPE 16
           
17 18 BREATHIN ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 4
           
18 19 SICKO MODE TRAVIS SCOTT CASH MONEY/EPIC/REPUBLIC 6
           
20 20 NEVERMIND DENNIS LLOYD PARLOPHONE 22
           
19 21 DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE DAVID GUETTA FT ANNE-MARIE PARLOPHONE 7
           
7 22 IN MY FEELINGS DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 10
           
*** *** GREATEST EMINEM INTERSCOPE 0
           
21 23 HIGH HOPES PANIC AT THE DISCO DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 13
           
*** *** NOT ALIKE EMINEM FT ROYCE DA 5'9 INTERSCOPE 0
           
22 24 THUNDERCLOUDS LSD FT SIA/DIPLO/LABRINTH RECORDS 5
           
29 25 LOST WITHOUT YOU FREYA RIDINGS GOOD SOLDIER 9
           
*** *** KAMIKAZE EMINEM INTERSCOPE 0
           
23 26 079ME B YOUNG COLUMBIA 12
           
25 27 YOUNGBLOOD 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER CAPITOL 22
           
27 28 BEST LIFE HARDY CAPRIO FT ONE ACEN VIRGIN 11
           
26 29 FEFE 6IX9INE/MINAJ/MURDA BEATZ TENTHOUSAND PROJECTS 8
           
24 30 RISE JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK POSITIVA 16
           
35 31 BE ALRIGHT DEAN LEWIS ISLAND 6
           
*** *** NORMAL EMINEM INTERSCOPE 0
           
*** *** STEPPING STONE EMINEM INTERSCOPE 0
           
32 32 BABY SHARK PINKFONG SMART STUDY 5
           
30 33 PANIC ROOM AU/RA & CAMELPHAT RCA 16
           
*** *** VENOM EMINEM INTERSCOPE 0
           
31 34 ONE KISS CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS 23
           
28 35 SOLO CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO ATLANTIC 17
           
*** *** GOOD GUY EMINEM FT JESSIE REYEZ INTERSCOPE 0
           
36 36 BEAUTIFUL BAZZI FT CAMILA CABELLO ATLANTIC 6
           
42 37 THIS IS ME SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS ATLANTIC 37
           
33 38 JACKIE CHAN TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE POSITIVA 17
           
34 39 IF YOU'RE OVER ME YEARS & YEARS POLYDOR 18
           
43 40 AY CARAMBA LIZZY/FREDO/YOUNG T & BUGSEY ISLAND 7

ALBUMS:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 KAMIKAZE EMINEM INTERSCOPE 2
           
NEW 2 EGYPT STATION PAUL MCCARTNEY CAPITOL 1
           
3 3 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 39
           
2 4 MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING POLYDOR 9
           
4 5 SWEETENER ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 4
           
7 6 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 25
           
NEW 7 GOLD T-REX CRIMSON 1
           
8 8 SCORPION DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 11
           
NEW 9 IN THE BLUE LIGHT PAUL SIMON SONY MUSIC CG 1
           
NEW 10 AND NOTHING HURT SPIRITUALIZED BELLA UNION 1
           
11 11 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 80
           
NEW 12 BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS CLUTCH WEATHERMAKER 1
           
NEW 13 LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ALTER BRIDGE FT PARALLAX OR NAPALM 1
           
12 14 MAMMA MIA MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING POLYDOR 15
           
NEW 15 RAISE VIBRATION LENNY KRAVITZ BMG 1
           
13 16 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 20
           
15 17 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA POLYDOR 1173
           
NEW 18 SWIMMING MAC MILLER PARLOPHONE 3
           
16 19 LOVE YOURSELF - ANSWER BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 3
           
14 20 ASTROWORLD TRAVIS SCOTT EPIC 6
           
23 21 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM INTERSCOPE 527
           
18 22 QUEEN NICKI MINAJ CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 5
           
5 23 JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE IDLES PARTISAN 2
           
NEW 24 THESE DAYS PAUL CARRACK CARRACK UK 1
           
NEW 25 KINGDOMS IN COLOUR MARIBOU STATE COUNTER 1
           
NEW 26 THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME LED ZEPPELIN RHINO 4
           
6 27 RUNAWAY PASSENGER BLACK CROW 2
           
21 28 SPEAK YOUR MIND ANNE-MARIE ASYLUM 20
           
NEW 29 FAMILY OF ALIENS TELEMAN MOSHI MOSHI 1
           
26 30 QUESTION MARK XXXTENTACION BAD VIBES FOREVER 26
           
17 31 30 GREATEST HITS ARETHA FRANKLIN ATLANTIC 4
           
27 32 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC WSM 558
           
20 33 PRAY FOR THE WICKED PANIC AT THE DISCO DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 12
           
29 34 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS TUFF GONG 1082
           
31 35 X ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 221
           
34 36 GREATEST HITS QUEEN VIRGIN 859
           
49 37 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS 18
           
32 38 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS BIG BROTHER 388
           
47 39 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS 262
           
33 40 I CRY WHEN I LAUGH JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 160


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