Drake sets up camp in the charts with Scorpion

Drake sets up camp in the charts with Scorpion

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Drake is setting up camp in the charts, with new album Scorpion making a big first impression.

George Ezra’s Shotgun is still No.1 with 26,371 sales, but Drake’s Nonstop surges to No.2 with 21,186 sales. The Toronto rapper has two more tracks in the Top 5 – Don’t Matter To Me (No.3, 20,428 sales) and Emotionless (No.5, 18,401 sales). Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato nestle at No.4 with Solo (19,906 sales).

New chart rules mean they won’t be visible in the final chart, but the 20 other tracks from the 25-song Scorpion can be found in what would have been the Top 25.

Unsurprisingly, Scorpion currently sits at No.1 in the albums chart, but its 30,545 sales are only marginally more than Florence + The Machine’s 29,572 for High As Hope. The Greatest Showman sits in third spot with 11,599 sales, while Gorillaz’s The Now Now (11,445 sales) and George Ezra’s Staying At Tamara’s (9,345 sales) complete the Top 5.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

15

NEW

2

NONSTOP

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

NEW

3

DON'T MATTER TO ME

DRAKE FT MICHAEL JACKSON

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

2

4

SOLO

CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO

ATLANTIC

7

NEW

5

EMOTIONLESS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

NEW

***

SURVIVAL

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

ELEVATE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

8 OUT OF 10

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

3

6

2002

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

11

NEW

***

MOB TIES

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

4

7

I'LL BE THERE

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

9

53

***

I'M UPSET

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

5

6

8

IF YOU'RE OVER ME

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

8

NEW

***

CAN'T TAKE A JOKE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

8

9

I LIKE IT

CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN

ATLANTIC

13

NEW

***

IN MY FEELINGS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

TALK UP

DRAKE FT JAY Z

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

12

10

RISE

JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK

POSITIVA

6

9

11

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

17

NEW

***

SANDRA'S ROSE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

13

12

GIRLS LIKE YOU

MAROON 5 FT CARDI B

INTERSCOPE

5

10

13

ONE KISS

CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

13

5

14

SAD

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

13

NEW

***

SUMMER GAMES

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

7

15

BETTER NOW

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

25

***

NICE FOR WHAT

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

12

11

16

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

12

NEW

***

PEAK

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

IS THERE MORE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

JADED

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

BLUE TINT

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

20

17

JACKIE CHAN

TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE

POSITIVA

7

NEW

***

FINESSE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

NEW

***

AFTER DARK

DRAKE/STATIC MAJOR/TY DOLLA

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

14

18

FAMILIAR

LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN

CAPITOL

11

16

19

BACK TO YOU

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

8

61

***

GOD'S PLAN

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

23

NEW

***

RATCHET HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

18

20

LUCID DREAMS

JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE

6

24

21

FIRST TIME

M-22 FT MEDINA

3 BEAT

17

15

22

GERMAN

EO

COLUMBIA

13

19

23

PRAISE THE LORD (DA SHINE)

ASAP ROCKY FT SKEPTA

ASAP WORLDWIDE/POLO/RCA

6

NEW

***

FINAL FANTASY

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

29

24

PARADISE

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

24

NEW

***

MARCH 14

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

0

21

25

BUTTERFLIES

AJ TRACEY & NOT3S

AJ TRACEY

5

23

26

NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

11

26

27

FLAMES

DAVID GUETTA FT SIA

PARLOPHONE

15

35

28

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

27

31

29

OH MY

DAPPY FT AY EM

POLYDOR

7

28

30

MAN DOWN

SHAKKA FT ALUNAGEORGE

PARLOPHONE

16

17

31

MOONLIGHT

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

8

27

32

GIRLS

RITA ORA/CARDI B/REXHA/CHARLI

ATLANTIC

8

71

33

HUNGER

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

EMI

9

34

34

TASTE

TYGA FT OFFSET

LAST KINGS MUSIC

7

39

35

NEVERMIND

DENNIS LLOYD

PARLOPHONE

12

30

36

BED

NICKI MINAJ FT ARIANA GRANDE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

3

36

37

APES**T

CARTERS

RCA/ROC NATION

3

40

38

RING RING

JAX JONES/MABEL/RICH THE KID

POLYDOR

2

22

39

CHANGES

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

6

41

40

THESE DAYS

RUDIMENTAL/GLYNNE/MACKLEMORE

ASYLUM

24

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

NEW

2

HIGH AS HOPE

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

EMI

1

1

3

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

29

NEW

4

THE NOW NOW

GORILLAZ

PARLOPHONE

1

3

5

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

15

NEW

6

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

GUNS N' ROSES

POLYDOR/UMC

555

NEW

7

GRAVITY

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

SEARCH AND DESTROY/SPINEFARM

1

NEW

8

BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ONCE - THE LOST ALBUM

JOHN COLTRANE

IMPULSE

1

6

9

CRUISING WITH

JANE MCDONALD

CHANNEL 5

2

2

10

PRAY FOR THE WICKED

PANIC AT THE DISCO

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN

2

NEW

11

WELCOME TO THE BLACKOUT

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

1

5

12

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

70

8

13

THE BEACH BOYS WITH THE ROYAL

BEACH BOYS/RPO

UMC

4

9

14

SPEAK YOUR MIND

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

10

7

15

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

NEW

16

OVER THE YEARS

GRAHAM NASH

RHINO

1

NEW

17

FREE SPIRIT

PAUL RODGERS

QUARTO VALLEY

1

4

18

QUESTION MARK

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

16

NEW

19

REMEMBER

MILITARY WIVES CHOIRS

MILITARY WIVES CHOIRS

1

NEW

20

I'M ALL EARS

LET'S EAT GRANDMA

TRANSGRESSIVE

1

10

21

EVERYTHING IS LOVE

CARTERS

RCA/ROC NATION

3

25

22

WANTED ON VOYAGE

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

163

14

23

SHAWN MENDES

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

6

24

24

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1072

18

25

WILDNESS

SNOW PATROL

POLYDOR

6

NEW

26

OUR COUNTRY - AMERICANA ACT 2

RAY DAVIES

LEGACY RECORDINGS

1

21

27

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1163

17

28

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

211

30

29

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

378

23

30

TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO

ARCTIC MONKEYS

DOMINO RECORDINGS

8

11

31

17

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

44

60

32

LUNGS

FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

ISLAND

243

27

33

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

57

NEW

34

THE REWORKS

PENDULUM

EARSTORM

1

15

35

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

3

NEW

36

THE RE-UP

K-TRAP

JUST JAM

1

20

37

LOST & FOUND

JORJA SMITH

FAMM

4

52

38

MAMMA MIA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

5

29

39

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

548

37

40

THE ARCHITECT

PALOMA FAITH

RCA

33



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