Today’s Official Charts Midweek Sales Flash is in.
2012 X Factor winner James Arthur is looking likely to take the No.1 spot on Friday, with his track Say You Won’t Let Go currently topping the singles chart on sales of 53,399. He is followed by last week’s chart toppers Chainsmokers, with their track Closer on sales of 47,362.
New at No.3 is Weekend feat. Daft Punk’s Starboy with sales of 36,308, while Calvin Harris’ My Way has registered sales of 31,140 at No.4. Completing the Top 5 is DJ Snake feat’ Justin Bieber’s Let Me Love You, which has sales of 30,282.
In the albums chart, the Top 4 is made up entirely of new entries. Bruce Springsteen’s retrospective Chapter and Verse looks set to debut at No. 1 on sales of 14,959, while Passenger is straight in at No.2 with Young As The Morning Old As The Sea, which boasts sales of 14,267.
Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate is in at No.3 with sales of 12,495, followed by Marillion’s FEAR on sales of 9,518. Last week’s chart topper, Bastille’s Wild World, slips to No.5 on sales of 6,649.
See below for the official Top 40 singles and albums charts.
Singles
LW POSN |
POSN |
TITLE |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
WKS |
2 |
1 |
SAY YOU WON'T LET GO |
JAMES ARTHUR |
SYCO MUSIC |
3 |
1 |
2 |
CLOSER |
CHAINSMOKERS FT HALSEY |
DISRUPTOR |
9 |
NEW |
3 |
STARBOY |
WEEKND FT DAFT PUNK |
REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO |
1 |
5 |
4 |
MY WAY |
CALVIN HARRIS |
COLUMBIA |
2 |
3 |
5 |
LET ME LOVE YOU |
DJ SNAKE FT JUSTIN BIEBER |
INTERSCOPE |
8 |
4 |
6 |
COLD WATER |
MAJOR LAZER/JUSTIN BIEBER/MO |
BECAUSE MUSIC |
10 |
6 |
7 |
SIDE TO SIDE |
ARIANA GRANDE FT NICKI MINAJ |
REPUBLIC RECORDS |
7 |
7 |
8 |
THE GREATEST |
SIA FT KENDRICK LAMAR |
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA |
4 |
8 |
9 |
DANCING ON MY OWN |
CALUM SCOTT |
CAPITOL |
27 |
10 |
10 |
IN THE NAME OF LOVE |
MARTIN GARRIX & BEBE REXHA |
COLUMBIA |
9 |
12 |
11 |
STILL FALLING FOR YOU |
ELLIE GOULDING |
POLYDOR |
6 |
9 |
12 |
HEATHENS |
TWENTY ONE PILOTS |
ATLANTIC |
15 |
13 |
13 |
TREAT YOU BETTER |
SHAWN MENDES |
EMI |
17 |
11 |
14 |
DON'T LET ME DOWN |
CHAINSMOKERS FT DAYA |
DISRUPTOR |
29 |
15 |
15 |
SUCKER FOR PAIN |
LIL WAYNE/WIZ KHALIFA/IMAGINE |
ATLANTIC |
13 |
16 |
16 |
PERFECT STRANGERS |
JONAS BLUE FT JP COOPER |
POSITIVA |
17 |
14 |
17 |
ONE DANCE |
DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA |
CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS |
26 |
19 |
18 |
ALARM |
ANNE-MARIE |
ASYLUM/MAJOR TOM'S |
19 |
20 |
19 |
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR |
CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA |
COLUMBIA |
22 |
17 |
20 |
TOO GOOD |
DRAKE FT RIHANNA |
CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS |
22 |
21 |
21 |
THIS GIRL |
KUNGS VS COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS |
3 BEAT |
20 |
22 |
22 |
HURTS |
EMELI SANDE |
VIRGIN |
2 |
26 |
23 |
AIN'T MY FAULT |
ZARA LARSSON |
BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN |
4 |
24 |
24 |
IS THIS LOVE (REMIX) |
BOB MARLEY FT LVNDSCAPE/BOLIER |
ISLAND |
14 |
25 |
25 |
MILLIONAIRE |
DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS/CASH CASH |
SYCO MUSIC |
11 |
NEW |
26 |
YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG |
TEDDY MAC THE SONGAMINUTE MAN |
DECCA |
1 |
18 |
27 |
YOU DON'T KNOW LOVE |
OLLY MURS |
RCA |
12 |
29 |
28 |
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING |
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
RCA |
21 |
Albums
LW POSN |
POSN |
TITLE |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
WKS |
NEW |
1 |
CHAPTER AND VERSE |
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
COLUMBIA |
1 |
NEW |
2 |
YOUNG AS THE MORNING OLD AS THE SEA |
PASSENGER |
BLACK CROW |
1 |
NEW |
3 |
ILLUMINATE |
SHAWN MENDES |
EMI |
1 |
NEW |
4 |
F E A R |
MARILLION |
EAR MUSIC |
1 |
1 |
5 |
WILD WORLD |
BASTILLE |
VIRGIN |
3 |
NEW |
6 |
BREAKIN' OUTTA HELL |
AIRBOURNE |
SPINEFARM |
1 |
NEW |
7 |
THE BLACK PARADE/LIVING WITH GHOSTS |
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE |
REPRISE |
1 |
9 |
8 |
LEGEND |
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS |
TUFF GONG |
980 |
NEW |
9 |
HEADS UP |
WARPAINT |
ROUGH TRADE |
1 |
NEW |
10 |
LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE |
JOE BONAMASSA |
PROVOGUE |
1 |
8 |
11 |
BLURRYFACE |
TWENTY ONE PILOTS |
ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN |
72 |
6 |
12 |
VIEWS |
DRAKE |
CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS |
22 |
2 |
13 |
SKELETON TREE |
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS |
BAD SEED |
3 |
5 |
14 |
CARTWHEELS |
WARD THOMAS |
SONY MUSIC CG/WTW |
4 |
16 |
15 |
PURPOSE |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
DEF JAM |
46 |
17 |
16 |
ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF |
ELO |
EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS |
326 |
11 |
17 |
25 |
ADELE |
XL RECORDINGS |
45 |
NEW |
18 |
WHO CAN I BE NOW - 1974-1976 |
DAVID BOWIE |
PARLOPHONE |
1 |
4 |
19 |
LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL |
BEATLES |
APPLE CORPS |
3 |
NEW |
20 |
SHINE A LIGHT - FIELD RECORDINGS FROM |
BILLY BRAGG & JOE HENRY |
COOKING VINYL |
1 |
21 |
21 |
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS |
COLDPLAY |
PARLOPHONE |
43 |
14 |
22 |
BRAVER THAN WE ARE |
MEAT LOAF |
SAVOY |
3 |
20 |
23 |
X |
ED SHEERAN |
ASYLUM |
119 |
10 |
24 |
CHALEUR HUMAINE |
CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS |
BECAUSE MUSIC |
21 |
23 |
25 |
50 |
RICK ASTLEY |
BMG |
16 |
12 |
26 |
THE NATION'S FAVOURITE CARPENTERS SONGS |
CARPENTERS |
POLYDOR/UMC |
4 |
15 |
27 |
ENCORE - MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY |
BARBRA STREISAND |
COLUMBIA |
5 |
25 |
28 |
I CRY WHEN I LAUGH |
JESS GLYNNE |
ATLANTIC |
58 |
24 |
29 |
CHAOS AND THE CALM |
JAMES BAY |
REPUBLIC RECORDS |
80 |
19 |
30 |
BLONDE |
FRANK OCEAN |
BOYS DON'T CRY |
6 |
13 |
31 |
KONNICHIWA |
SKEPTA |
BOY BETTER KNOW |
21 |
30 |
32 |
THIS IS ACTING |
SIA |
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA |
35 |
NEW |
33 |
MIRAGE |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
RHINO |
3 |
NEW |
34 |
ROSETTA |
VANGELIS |
DECCA |
1 |
29 |
35 |
DANGEROUS WOMAN |
ARIANA GRANDE |
REPUBLIC RECORDS |
19 |
26 |
36 |
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR YOU ARE SO |
1975 |
DIRTY HIT/POLYDOR |
31 |
27 |
37 |
PURE & SIMPLE |
DOLLY PARTON |
RCA NASHVILLE |
6 |
NEW |
38 |
WRITING OF BLUES AND YELLOWS |
BILLIE MARTEN |
CHESS CLUB/RCA VICTOR |
1 |
NEW |
39 |
A BETTER WORLD |
CHRIS DE BURGH |
BUTLER |
1 |
55 |
40 |
BAD BLOOD |
BASTILLE |
VIRGIN |
172 |