Foo Fighters race towards albums chart No.1

Foo Fighters race towards albums chart No.1

Foo Fighters are off to a strong start in the albums chart this week, with ninth album Concrete And Gold straight in at No.1 on 42,851 sales. Meanwhile, Sam Smith continues at the top of the singles chart. 

Too Good At Goodbyes (17,010 sales) is at No.1 ahead of Dua Lipa’s New Rules (15,158 sales) and Pink’s What About Us (12,725 sales). Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do (11,541 sales) is at No.4, while CNCO & Little Mix complete the Top 5 with Reggaeton Lento (Remix), which is on 9,319 sales. 

Behind Foo Fighters in the album chart on 11,108 sales is Gary Numan’s new entry, Savage (Songs From A Broken World). Ed Sheeran’s ÷ is at No.3 on 4,404 sales, Prophets Of Rage’s self-titled LP is at No.4 on 4,133 and The Script’s Freedom Child is at No.5 on 3,524.

Sampha’s debut album Process rockets 152-6 thanks to its Hyundai Mercury Prize win. It has sold 3,276 copies so far this week. 

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

TOO GOOD AT GOODBYES

SAM SMITH

CAPITOL

2

2

2

NEW RULES

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

12

4

3

WHAT ABOUT US

PINK

RCA

7

3

4

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

TAYLOR SWIFT

EMI

4

7

5

REGGAETON LENTO (REMIX)

CNCO & LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

5

6

6

FRIENDS

JUSTIN BIEBER & BLOODPOP

DEF JAM/POLYDOR/REPUBLIC

5

10

7

HAVANA

CAMILA CABELLO FT YOUNG THUG

EPIC/SYCO MUSIC

7

21

8

LONELY TOGETHER

AVICII FT RITA ORA

POSITIVA

6

8

9

MORE THAN FRIENDS

JAMES HYPE FT KELLI-LEIGH

ONE MORE TUNE/WARNER BROS

8

5

10

DUSK TILL DAWN

ZAYN FT SIA

RCA

2

13

11

QUESTIONS

CHRIS BROWN

RCA

5

15

12

BACK TO YOU

TOMLINSON/REXHA/DIGITAL FARM

SYCO MUSIC

9

11

13

MI GENTE

J BALVIN/WILLY WILLIAM

UMLE

11

NEW

14

TOO MUCH TO ASK

NIALL HORAN

CAPITOL

1

NEW

15

ROCKSTAR

POST MALONE FT 21 SAVAGE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

17

16

BESTIE

YUNGEN FT YXNG BANE

RCA

14

12

17

SORRY NOT SORRY

DEMI LOVATO

HOLLYWOOD

11

19

18

RAIN

SCRIPT

COLUMBIA

10

22

19

SWISH SWISH

KATY PERRY FT NICKI MINAJ

VIRGIN

18

18

20

YOUR SONG

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

17

20

21

DESPACITO (REMIX)

LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER

DEF JAM/RBMG/REPUBLIC/UMLE

26

16

22

1-800-273-8255

LOGIC/ALESSIA CARA/KHALID

DEF JAM

13

9

23

READY FOR IT

TAYLOR SWIFT

EMI

3

28

24

HURTIN' ME

STEFFLON DON & FRENCH MONTANA

POLYDOR

6

25

25

SUBEME LA RADIO

IGLESIAS/PAUL/TERRY

RCA

9

23

26

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

24

26

27

FEELS

HARRIS/PHARRELL/PERRY/BIG SEAN

COLUMBIA

14

24

28

WHAT LOVERS DO

MAROON 5 FT SZA

INTERSCOPE

3

14

29

SUN COMES UP

RUDIMENTAL FT JAMES ARTHUR

ASYLUM

12

NEW

30

HEARTLINE

CRAIG DAVID

SPEAKERBOX RECORDINGS

1

32

31

WILD THOUGHTS

DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

14

33

32

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

37

34

33

SILENCE

MARSHMELLO FT KHALID

MINISTRY OF SOUND

6

31

34

XO TOUR LLIF3

LIL UZI VERT

ATLANTIC

25

29

35

GLORIOUS

MACKLEMORE FT SKYLAR GREY

BENDO

8

30

36

IF I'M LUCKY

JASON DERULO

WARNER BROS

3

37

37

BOYS

CHARLI XCX

ATLANTIC

8

36

38

SPIRIT

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

11

40

39

CAME HERE FOR LOVE

SIGALA & ELLA EYRE

MINISTRY OF SOUND

15

38

40

MAMA

JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE

POSITIVA

20

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

CONCRETE AND GOLD

FOO FIGHTERS

COLUMBIA

1

NEW

2

SAVAGE (SONGS FROM A BROKEN WORLD)

GARY NUMAN

BMG

1

3

3

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

29

NEW

4

PROPHETS OF RAGE

PROPHETS OF RAGE

CAROLINE

1

5

5

FREEDOM CHILD

SCRIPT

COLUMBIA

3

152

6

PROCESS

SAMPHA

YOUNG TURKS RECORDINGS

12

4

7

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

33

NEW

8

FAVOURITE PLEASURES

GUN

CLOBURN MUSIC

1

1

9

SLEEP WELL BEAST

NATIONAL

4AD

2

NEW

10

THE LAUGHING APPLE

YUSUF CAT STEVENS

DECCA

1

9

11

VILLAINS

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

MATADOR

4

NEW

12

REBEL HEART TOUR

MADONNA

EAGLE

1

10

13

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

16

13

14

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

42

15

15

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

44

17

16

THE 50 GREATEST HITS

ELVIS PRESLEY

SONY MUSIC CG

55

2

17

BROKEN MACHINE

NOTHING BUT THIEVES

RCA

2

19

18

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

170

14

19

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

476

NEW

20

MELANCHOLIA HYMNS

ARCANE ROOTS

EASY LIFE

1

29

21

GREATEST HITS

FOO FIGHTERS

COLUMBIA

404

24

22

TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

LONDON GRAMMAR

MINISTRY OF SOUND

15

11

23

SLEEP NO MORE

JACK SAVORETTI

BMG

32

23

24

ADIOS

GLEN CAMPBELL

UMC

15

34

25

HOW DID WE GET SO DARK

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

14

NEW

26

LEMONADE

BEYONCE

COLUMBIA/PARKWOOD ENT

53

12

27

AMERICAN DREAM

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

COLUMBIA/DFA

3

NEW

28

THE SINGLES

DOORS

RHINO

1

21

29

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

19

20

30

IN THE LONELY HOUR

SAM SMITH

CAPITOL

164

30

31

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER

STORMZY

MERKY

30

18

32

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

27

26

33

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

337

45

34

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1031

32

35

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1122

35

36

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

489

NEW

37

MARERIDT

MYRKUR

RELAPSE

1

41

38

GREATEST HITS - SO FAR

PINK

LAFACE

238

38

39

TROLLS

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

RCA/VILLA 40

49

42

40

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

507



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