The Wombats challenge The Greatest Showman in albums chart race

The Wombats challenge The Greatest Showman in albums chart race

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and The Wombats have made a strong start in the albums chart. 

The indie trio have sold 9,275 copies of Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, and sit at No.2 behind The Greatest Showman (20,522 sales). Franz Ferdinand are at No.3 with Always Ascending (5,956 sales), ahead of Birmingham rapper Mist’s Diamond In The Dirt (5,544 sales) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (5,525 sales).

In the singles chart, Drake remains on top with God’s Plan (19,127 sales) with Rudimental’s These Days (17,745 sales) at No.2. Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman ensemble are at No.3 with This Is Me (13,462 sales), ahead of Portugal The Man’s Feel It Still (12,157 sales) and Ramz’s Barking (11,822 sales).

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

GOD'S PLAN

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

2

2

THESE DAYS

RUDIMENTAL/GLYNNE/MACKLEMORE

ASYLUM

4

6

3

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

7

9

4

FEEL IT STILL

PORTUGAL THE MAN

ATLANTIC

29

3

5

BARKING

RAMZ

POLYDOR

11

4

6

IDGAF

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

7

18

7

FOR YOU (FIFTY SHADES FREED)

LIAM PAYNE/RITA ORA

CAPITOL

6

5

8

RIVER

EMINEM FT ED SHEERAN

INTERSCOPE

9

7

9

FINESSE

BRUNO MARS & CARDI B

ATLANTIC

6

11

10

BREATHE

JAX JONES FT INA WROLDSEN

POLYDOR

11

10

11

NEVER BE THE SAME

CAMILA CABELLO

SYCO MUSIC

10

8

12

TIP TOE

JASON DERULO FT FRENCH MONTANA

WARNER BROS

14

15

13

PRAY FOR ME

WEEKND/KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE/REPUBLIC/XO

2

13

14

STRANGERS

SIGRID

ISLAND

6

28

15

ALL THE STARS

KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA

INTERSCOPE

6

14

16

MY LOVER

NOT3S

RELENTLESS

16

17

17

FINE LINE

MABEL FT NOT3S

POLYDOR

4

12

18

I KNOW YOU

CRAIG DAVID FT BASTILLE

SPEAKERBOX RECORDINGS

12

16

19

REWRITE THE STARS

ZAC EFRON & ZENDAYA

ATLANTIC

7

19

20

PERFECT

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

40

21

21

THE GREATEST SHOW

JACKMAN/SETTLE/EFRON/ZENDAYA

ATLANTIC

7

NEW

22

FRIENDS

MARSHMELLO & ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM/ATLANTIC

1

22

23

HIM & I

G-EAZY & HALSEY

ASTRALWERKS/RCA

11

NEW

24

LOOK ALIVE

BLOCBOY JB FT DRAKE

WARNER BROS

1

27

25

JUMANJI

B YOUNG

COLUMBIA

6

24

26

SAY SOMETHING

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT STAPLETON

RCA

3

25

27

HAVANA

CAMILA CABELLO FT YOUNG THUG

SYCO MUSIC

28

***

***

A MILLION DREAMS

ZIV ZAIFMAN/JACKMAN/WILLIAMS

ATLANTIC

0

***

***

NEVER ENOUGH

LOREN ALLRED

ATLANTIC

0

39

28

LET ME GO

HAILEE STEINFELD/ALESSO/WATT

REPUBLIC RECORDS

17

32

29

ANYWHERE

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

17

26

30

BOUFF DADDY

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

16

***

***

THE OTHER SIDE

HUGH JACKMAN & ZAC EFRON

ATLANTIC

0

29

31

BAD

STEEL BANGLEZ/YUNGEN/MOSTACK

WARNER BROS

12

NEW

32

WILD LOVE

JAMES BAY

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

31

33

I MISS YOU

CLEAN BANDIT FT JULIA MICHAELS

ATLANTIC/POLYDOR/REPUBLIC

16

44

34

GAME CHANGER

MIST

SICKMADE

3

33

35

CHECK

KOJO FUNDS FT RAYE

ATLANTIC

2

NEW

36

BLACK PANTHER

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

1

38

37

17

MK

COLUMBIA

23

36

38

NEW RULES

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

33

***

***

COME ALIVE

HUGH JACKMAN/GREATEST SHOWMAN

ATLANTIC

0

37

39

ROCKSTAR

POST MALONE FT 21 SAVAGE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

22

35

40

LET YOU DOWN

NF

EMI

17

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

9

NEW

2

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE

WOMBATS

THE WOMBATS

1

NEW

3

ALWAYS ASCENDING

FRANZ FERDINAND

DOMINO RECORDINGS

1

NEW

4

DIAMOND IN THE DIRT

MIST

SICKMADE

1

3

5

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

50

NEW

6

TABLES TURN

FREDO

RCA

1

NEW

7

SLEEPWALKERS

BRIAN FALLON

EMI

1

6

8

REVIVAL

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

9

2

9

MAN OF THE WOODS

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

RCA

2

8

10

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

37

9

11

BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA

PINK

RCA

18

7

12

THE THRILL OF IT ALL

SAM SMITH

CAPITOL

15

11

13

THE ARCHITECT

PALOMA FAITH

RCA

13

13

14

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

54

NEW

15

LITTLE DARK AGE

MGMT

COLUMBIA

1

10

16

CAMILA

CAMILA CABELLO

SYCO MUSIC

5

4

17

WALK BETWEEN WORLDS

SIMPLE MINDS

BMG

2

28

18

WHO BUILT THE MOON

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING

SOUR MASH

12

14

19

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

65

17

20

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

191

NEW

21

TRANSANGELIC EXODUS

EZRA FURMAN

BELLA UNION

1

16

22

REPUTATION

TAYLOR SWIFT

EMI

14

12

23

CULTURE II

MIGOS

VIRGIN

3

27

24

LEGACY

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

66

21

25

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

497

19

26

RUINS

FIRST AID KIT

COLUMBIA

4

NEW

27

DAMNED DEVOTION

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN

PLAY IT AGAIN SAM

1

NEW

28

40 TRIPS AROUND THE SUN

TOTO

SONY MUSIC CG

1

23

29

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

528

15

30

THE TIME IS NOW

CRAIG DAVID

SPEAKERBOX RECORDINGS

3

33

31

AS YOU WERE

LIAM GALLAGHER

WARNER BROS

19

35

32

DAMN.

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

44

25

33

24K MAGIC

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

65

NEW

34

A HUMDRUM STAR

GOGO PENGUIN

BLUE NOTE

1

NEW

35

100

HUNNA

HIGH TIME

9

31

36

IN THE LONELY HOUR

SAM SMITH

CAPITOL

185

39

37

NEVERMIND

NIRVANA

GEFFEN

686

22

38

STONEY

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

62

26

39

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

40

34

40

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

14



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