Idles make strong start in albums chart

Idles make strong start in albums chart

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Idles have made a strong start with second album Joy As An Act Of Resistance.

The Bristol band, featured in the new issue of Music Week, have sold 7,438 units so far and are behind only Eminem – whose Kamikaze has moved 27,635 – in the albums chart. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (7,360 sales), The Greatest Showman (6,790 sales) and Passenger’s Runaway (6,731 sales) make up the Top 5.

In the singles chart Calvin Harris & Sam Smith are top of the pile thanks to 23,009 sales of Promises, while Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid drop to No.2 with Eastside (20,326 sales). George Ezra’s Shotgun (17,892 sales), Eminem’s The Ringer (17,524 sales) and Loud Luxury’s Body (feat. Brando, 16,432 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

2

1

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

3

1

2

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE

8

3

3

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

24

NEW

4

THE RINGER

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

1

5

5

BODY

LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

14

4

6

IN MY FEELINGS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

9

NEW

7

LUCKY YOU

EMINEM FT JOYNER LUCAS

INTERSCOPE

1

9

8

TASTE

TYGA FT OFFSET

LAST KINGS MUSIC

16

NEW

9

GREATEST

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

1

7

10

GIRLS LIKE YOU

MAROON 5 FT CARDI B

INTERSCOPE

14

8

11

NO BRAINER

DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE

BLACK BUTTER/DEF JAM

6

NEW

***

FALL

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

6

12

GOD IS A WOMAN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

8

NEW

***

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

10

13

LUCID DREAMS

JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE

15

12

14

ALL I AM

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

3

NEW

***

NOT ALIKE

EMINEM FT ROYCE DA 5'9

INTERSCOPE

0

15

15

IN MY MIND

DYNORO & GIGI D'AGOSTINO

MINISTRY OF SOUND

6

NEW

***

NORMAL

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

NEW

***

STEPPING STONE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

16

16

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE

POSITIVA

3

11

17

BREATHIN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

3

NEW

***

VENOM

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

NEW

***

PAUL

EMINEM FT PAUL ROSENBERG

INTERSCOPE

0

20

18

DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE

DAVID GUETTA FT ANNE-MARIE

PARLOPHONE

6

13

19

SICKO MODE

TRAVIS SCOTT

CASH MONEY/EPIC/REPUBLIC

5

17

20

NEVERMIND

DENNIS LLOYD

PARLOPHONE

21

NEW

***

EM CALLS PAUL

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

0

NEW

***

GOOD GUY

EMINEM FT JESSIE REYEZ

INTERSCOPE

0

NEW

***

NICE GUY

EMINEM FT JESSIE REYEZ

INTERSCOPE

0

25

21

HIGH HOPES

PANIC AT THE DISCO

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN

12

47

22

THUNDERCLOUDS

LSD FT SIA/DIPLO/LABRINTH

RECORDS

4

18

23

YOUNGBLOOD

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

CAPITOL

21

19

24

RISE

JONAS BLUE FT JACK & JACK

POSITIVA

15

24

25

079ME

B YOUNG

COLUMBIA

11

36

26

LOST WITHOUT YOU

FREYA RIDINGS

GOOD SOLDIER

8

23

27

FEFE

6IX9INE/MINAJ/MURDA BEATZ

TENTHOUSAND PROJECTS

7

22

28

SOLO

CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO

ATLANTIC

16

26

29

BEST LIFE

HARDY CAPRIO FT ONE ACEN

VIRGIN

10

37

30

BABY SHARK

PINKFONG

SMART STUDY

4

33

31

PANIC ROOM

AU/RA & CAMELPHAT

RCA

15

28

32

ONE KISS

CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

22

27

33

JACKIE CHAN

TIESTO/DZEKO/PREME/POST MALONE

POSITIVA

16

32

34

IF YOU'RE OVER ME

YEARS & YEARS

POLYDOR

17

38

35

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

36

40

36

ONLY YOU

CHEAT CODES & LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

11

NEW

37

LO(V/S)ER

AJ TRACEY

AJ TRACEY

1

35

38

NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

19

14

39

RING RING

JAX JONES/MABEL/RICH THE KID

POLYDOR

11

34

40

2002

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

20

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

1

NEW

2

JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE

IDLES

PARTISAN

1

1

3

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

8

2

4

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

38

NEW

5

RUNAWAY

PASSENGER

BLACK CROW

1

3

6

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

3

NEW

7

LET'S GO SUNSHINE

KOOKS

LONELY CAT

1

NEW

8

BLOOM

TROYE SIVAN

POLYDOR

1

4

9

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

24

5

10

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

NEW

11

ROAD TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL

COLLABRO

PEAK PRODUCTIONS

1

NEW

12

HUNTER

ANNA CALVI

DOMINO RECORDINGS

1

7

13

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

79

8

14

MAMMA MIA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

14

NEW

15

VILLAINS

EMMA BLACKERY

RWG

1

NEW

16

8 LETTERS

WHY DON'T WE

ATLANTIC

1

NEW

17

DISSOLUTION

PINEAPPLE THIEF

KSCOPE

1

18

18

30 GREATEST HITS

ARETHA FRANKLIN

ATLANTIC

3

10

19

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

19

NEW

20

EVOLUTION

ALEXIS FFRENCH

SONY CLASSICAL

1

13

21

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1172

11

22

QUEEN

NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

12

23

ASTROWORLD

TRAVIS SCOTT

EPIC

5

NEW

24

KIN - OST

MOGWAI

ROCK ACTION

1

19

25

PRAY FOR THE WICKED

PANIC AT THE DISCO

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN

11

14

26

LOVE YOURSELF - ANSWER

BTS

BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT

2

NEW

27

IS THIS THING CURSED

ALKALINE TRIO

EPITAPH

1

NEW

28

BEHAVIOUR

PET SHOP BOYS

RHINO

2

16

29

SPEAK YOUR MIND

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

19

27

30

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

526

NEW

31

A PARANORMAL EVENING AT THE OLYMPIA

ALICE COOPER

EAR MUSIC

1

NEW

32

VERY

PET SHOP BOYS

RHINO

19

15

33

B. INSPIRED

BUGZY MALONE

BSOMEBODY

3

22

34

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1081

NEW

35

BILINGUAL

PET SHOP BOYS

RHINO

24

NEW

36

UNATTENDED LUGGAGE

NICK MASON

RHINO

1

21

37

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

557

17

38

QUESTION MARK

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

25

NEW

39

CLARE BOWEN

CLARE BOWEN

BMG

1

24

40

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

387



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