Lewis Capaldi tears out of the blocks as debut album flies

Lewis Capaldi tears out of the blocks as debut album flies

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in and Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent could be on course to become the fastest selling debut album of the year so far.

With 55,575 sales so far, Capaldi’s debut is outstripping the competition, with new releases making up the entire Top 5. Behind Capaldi are: The National’s I Am Easy To Find (9,611 sales), Rammstein’s self-titled release (8,871 sales) Tyler The Creator’s Igor (5,392 sales) and DJ Khaled’s Father Of Asahd (3,893 sales).

In the singles chart, Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber are still on top with 35,350 sales. Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road and Stormzy’s Vossi Bop (22,784 sales) are in second and fourth spot respectively, while Lewis Capaldi is at No.3 with Someone You Loved (26,338 sales) and No.5 with Hold Me While You Wait (19,261 sales). Capaldi’s Grace (12,013 sales) is at No.9, while the singer has a further nine tracks ‘starred out’ of the chart.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

I DON'T CARE

ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER

ASYLUM/DEF JAM

2

2

2

OLD TOWN ROAD

LIL NAS X

LIL NAS X

9

4

3

SOMEONE YOU LOVED

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

21

3

4

VOSSI BOP

STORMZY

MERKY/ATLANTIC

4

8

5

HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

3

6

6

BAD GUY

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

8

5

7

PIECE OF YOUR HEART

MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS

POLYDOR

10

7

8

SOS

AVICII FT ALOE BLACC

POSITIVA

6

28

9

GRACE

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

28

11

10

ALL DAY AND NIGHT

JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER

POLYDOR

8

9

11

ME

TAYLOR SWIFT FT BRENDON URIE

EMI

4

12

12

LOCATION

DAVE FT BURNA BOY

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

11

10

13

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

3

13

14

KEISHA & BECKY

RUSS & TION WAYNE

VIRGIN

9

15

15

HERE WITH ME

MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES

JOYTIME/POSITIVA

11

19

16

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU

JONAS BLUE FT THERESA REX

POSITIVA

9

NEW

17

EARFQUAKE

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

1

16

18

SUCKER

JONAS BROTHERS

REPUBLIC RECORDS

12

18

19

SO AM I

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

11

25

20

SIXTEEN

ELLIE GOULDING

POLYDOR

6

21

21

GUTEN TAG

HARDY CAPRIO & DIGDAT

VIRGIN

3

20

22

TALK

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

15

29

23

GIANT

CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN

COLUMBIA

19

NEW

24

NIGHTMARE

HALSEY

CAPITOL

1

33

25

NO DIET

DIGGA D

CGM

5

23

26

FASHION WEEK

STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK

GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER BROS

9

24

27

WALK ME HOME

PINK

RCA

13

NEW

28

I THINK

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

1

14

29

JUST YOU AND I

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

19

NEW

30

IGOR'S THEME

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

1

27

31

CARRY ON

KYGO & RITA ORA

COLUMBIA

5

39

32

LATE NIGHT FEELINGS

MARK RONSON FT LYKKE LI

COLUMBIA

6

31

33

EARTH

LIL DICKY

BMG/COMMISSION

5

NEW

34

JEALOUS

DJ KHALED/BROWN/LIL WAYNE

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

1

NEW

35

HIGHER

DJ KHALED/NIPSEY HUSSLE/LEGEND

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

1

22

36

GREAZE MODE

SKEPTA & NAFE SMALLZ

BOY BETTER KNOW

2

35

37

MOTOROLA

DA BEATFREAKZ/SWARMZ/DENO

COLUMBIA

2

32

38

YOUR MRS

JAY1

GRM

8

26

39

HOMICIDE

LOGIC FT EMINEM

DEF JAM/INTERSCOPE

3

36

40

DON'T CALL ME UP

MABEL

POLYDOR

18

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

1

NEW

2

I AM EASY TO FIND

NATIONAL

4AD

1

NEW

3

RAMMSTEIN

RAMMSTEIN

SPINEFARM

1

NEW

4

IGOR

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

1

NEW

5

FATHER OF ASAHD

DJ KHALED

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

1

1

6

HURTS 2B HUMAN

PINK

RCA

4

2

7

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

8

3

8

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

75

NEW

9

NOTHING GREAT ABOUT BRITAIN

SLOWTHAI

METHOD

1

NEW

10

DOUBLE TAP DIARIES

DIGGA D

MIXTAPE MADNESS

1

6

11

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

12

4

12

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

31

5

13

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

61

NEW

14

GRAND TOUR

BIG BIG TRAIN

BIG BIG TRAIN

1

NEW

15

DEDICATED

CARLY RAE JEPSEN

INTERSCOPE

1

8

16

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

116

30

17

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

80

22

18

SINGING TO STRANGERS

JACK SAVORETTI

BMG

10

16

19

PSYCHODRAMA

DAVE

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

11

17

20

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

33

9

21

FATHER OF THE BRIDE

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

COLUMBIA

3

20

22

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

375

10

23

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

15

21

24

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

32

NEW

25

SMALL WORLD TURNING

THEA GILMORE

SHAMELESS

1

NEW

26

BALANCE NOT SYMMETRY - OST

BIFFY CLYRO

WARNER BROS

1

18

27

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

27

15

28

DON'T SMILE AT ME

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

55

14

29

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

103

11

30

THE BALANCE

CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN

ISLAND

4

25

31

MAP OF THE SOUL - PERSONA

BTS

BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT

6

31

32

ODYSSEY

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG

26

NEW

33

CLAREVILLE GROVE DEMOS

DAVID BOWIE/JOHN HUTCHINSON

PARLOPHONE

1

29

34

GOLD

BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

CRIMSON

2

NEW

35

A FINE MESS

INTERPOL

MATADOR

1

19

36

FREE SPIRIT

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

7

27

37

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

47

24

38

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

56

32

39

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

424

35

40

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1209



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