Skepta makes mark on singles and album charts with Ignorance Is Bliss

Skepta makes mark on singles and album charts with Ignorance Is Bliss

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in and Skepta is making his mark on both the singles and albums charts.

The rapper’s Ignorance Is Bliss (10,029 sales) has passed the 10,000 mark, while Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent has 19,423 sales. Richard Hawley’s Further (8,762 sales), Susan Boyle’s Ten (6,628 sales) and Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (6,317 sales) complete the Top 5.

In the singles chart, Ed Sheeran’s Justin Bieber collaboration I Don’t Care (46,647 sales) is sitting pretty at No.1, ahead of Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road (43,962 sales) and Capaldi’s Someone You Loved (35,229 sales). Stormzy’s Vossi Bop (30,409 sales) and Eilish’s Bad Guy (28,681 sales) round out the Top 5.

Skepta’s What Do You Mean (feat. J Hus), Greaze Mode and Bullet From A Gun are on course to chart in the singles Top 40.

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

4

2

2

OLD TOWN ROAD

LIL NAS X

LIL NAS X

11

3

3

SOMEONE YOU LOVED

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

23

4

4

VOSSI BOP

STORMZY

MERKY/ATLANTIC

6

5

5

BAD GUY

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

10

6

6

PIECE OF YOUR HEART

MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS

POLYDOR

12

7

7

HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

5

8

8

SOS

AVICII FT ALOE BLACC

POSITIVA

8

9

9

CROSS ME

ED SHEERAN/CHANCE/PNB ROCK

ASYLUM

2

10

10

IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

5

11

11

ALL DAY AND NIGHT

JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER

POLYDOR

10

NEW

12

NEVER REALLY OVER

KATY PERRY

VIRGIN

1

12

13

LOCATION

DAVE FT BURNA BOY

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

13

NEW

14

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

SKEPTA FT J HUS

BOY BETTER KNOW

1

NEW

15

SHINE GIRL

MOSTACK FT STORMZY

VIRGIN

1

13

16

ME

TAYLOR SWIFT FT BRENDON URIE

EMI

6

47

18

GREAZE MODE

SKEPTA & NAFE SMALLZ

BOY BETTER KNOW

4

15

19

KEISHA & BECKY

RUSS & TION WAYNE

VIRGIN

11

16

20

HERE WITH ME

MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES

JOYTIME/POSITIVA

13

21

21

SIXTEEN

ELLIE GOULDING

POLYDOR

8

19

22

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU

JONAS BLUE FT THERESA REX

POSITIVA

11

35

23

FALLING LIKE THE STARS

JAMES ARTHUR

COLUMBIA

4

39

24

WISH YOU WELL

SIGALA & BECKY HILL

MINISTRY OF SOUND

2

18

25

THE LONDON

YOUNG THUG/J COLE/TRAVIS SCOTT

ATLANTIC

2

26

26

CARRY ON

KYGO & RITA ORA

COLUMBIA

7

17

27

OT BOP

NSG

NSG

2

31

28

ONE TOUCH

JESS GLYNNE & JAX JONES

ATLANTIC

2

22

29

TALK

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

17

23

30

GUTEN TAG

HARDY CAPRIO & DIGDAT

VIRGIN

5

68

31

BULLET FROM A GUN

SKEPTA

BOY BETTER KNOW

4

NEW

32

MOTHER'S DAUGHTER

MILEY CYRUS

RCA

1

30

33

LATE NIGHT FEELINGS

MARK RONSON FT LYKKE LI

COLUMBIA

8

28

34

FASHION WEEK

STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK

GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER RECORDS

11

27

35

GIANT

CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN

COLUMBIA

21

25

36

SO AM I

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

13

29

37

EASIER

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

POLYDOR

2

24

38

EARFQUAKE

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

3

33

39

3 NIGHTS

DOMINIC FIKE

COLUMBIA

5

20

40

SUCKER

JONAS BROTHERS

REPUBLIC RECORDS

14

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT

LEWIS CAPALDI

EMI

3

NEW

2

IGNORANCE IS BLISS

SKEPTA

BOY BETTER KNOW

1

NEW

3

FURTHER

RICHARD HAWLEY

BMG

1

NEW

4

TEN

SUSAN BOYLE

SYCO MUSIC

1

2

5

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

10

3

6

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

77

6

7

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

82

5

8

ROCKETMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

EMI

2

8

9

HURTS 2B HUMAN

PINK

RCA

6

7

10

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

33

NEW

11

RTRN II JUNGLE

CHASE & STATUS

VIRGIN

1

NEW

12

BLUES

RORY GALLAGHER

UMC

1

10

13

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

63

15

14

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

14

11

15

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

118

14

16

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

34

24

17

GREATEST HITS

SPICE GIRLS

VIRGIN

65

NEW

18

SHE IS COMING

MILEY CYRUS

RCA

1

22

19

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

35

31

20

MAP OF THE SOUL - PERSONA

BTS

BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT

8

19

21

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

29

17

22

DON'T SMILE AT ME

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

57

12

23

FATHER OF ASAHD

DJ KHALED

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

3

16

24

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

17

26

25

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

377

20

26

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER RECORDS

105

NEW

27

DON'T WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW

YONAKA

ASYLUM

1

4

28

CALIFORNIA SON

MORRISSEY

BMG

2

13

29

IGOR

TYLER THE CREATOR

COLUMBIA

3

28

30

ODYSSEY

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG

28

30

31

SINGING TO STRANGERS

JACK SAVORETTI

BMG

12

NEW

32

LOST SOULS

DOVES

HEAVENLY

86

29

33

PSYCHODRAMA

DAVE

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

13

33

34

THE BALANCE

CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN

ISLAND

6

35

35

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

58

NEW

36

THE LAST BROADCAST

DOVES

HEAVENLY

71

34

37

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

49

23

38

RAMMSTEIN

RAMMSTEIN

SPINEFARM

3

43

39

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER RECORDS

578

32

40

FREE SPIRIT

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

9



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