Mumford & Sons and Little Mix duke it out in albums chart race

Mumford & Sons and Little Mix duke it out in albums chart race

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Mumford & Sons and Little Mix are locked in a battle to finish second behind Michael Bublé in the albums chart.

The Canadian looks odds on to finish in pole position, with new release Love on 57,106 sales. Mumford & Sons’ Delta is on 49,365 sales at No.2 with Little Mix’s LM5 at No.3 on 48,069. Boyzone’s Thank You & Goodnight is in fourth spot thanks to 18,543 sales, while The Greatest Showman (18,370 sales) completes the Top 5.

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next has 38,939 sales for the week so far and is at No.1 in the singles list, ahead of Little Mix’s Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj, 24,682 sales) and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s Shallow (22,415 sales). Rita Ora’s Let You Love Me (20,388 sales) and Jess Glynne’s Thursday (20,215 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

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

3

3

2

WOMAN LIKE ME

LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/SYCO MUSIC

6

2

3

SHALLOW

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

8

4

4

LET YOU LOVE ME

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

9

7

5

THURSDAY

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

6

6

6

WITHOUT ME

HALSEY

CAPITOL

7

5

7

FUNKY FRIDAY

DAVE FT FREDO

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

7

8

8

SUNFLOWER

POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

5

9

9

LOST WITHOUT YOU

FREYA RIDINGS

GOOD SOLDIER

19

36

10

A MILLION DREAMS

PINK

ATLANTIC

4

13

11

POLAROID

JONAS BLUE/LIAM PAYNE/LENNON

POSITIVA

7

10

12

ZEZE

KODAK BLACK/SCOTT/OFFSET

ATLANTIC

6

NEW

13

REWRITE THE STARS

JAMES ARTHUR & ANNE-MARIE

ATLANTIC

1

12

14

BACK & FORTH

MK/JONAS BLUE/BECKY HILL

COLUMBIA

11

14

15

RUIN MY LIFE

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

5

17

16

1999

CHARLI XCX FT TROYE SIVAN

ATLANTIC

7

32

17

SWEET BUT PSYCHO

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

5

15

18

TAKI TAKI

DJ SNAKE/GOMEZ/CARDI B/OZUNA

INTERSCOPE

8

16

19

BETTER

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

10

18

20

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

14

NEW

21

STRIP

LITTLE MIX FT SHARAYA J

SYCO MUSIC

1

20

22

ARMS AROUND YOU

XXXTENTACION/PUMP/MALUMA/SWAE

WARNER BROS

4

21

23

NO STYLIST

FRENCH MONTANA FT DRAKE

BLACK BUTTER/CASH MONEY

9

30

24

CLOSE TO ME

ELLIE GOULDING/DIPLO/SWAE LEE

POLYDOR/RCA

4

22

25

EMPTY SPACE

JAMES ARTHUR

SYCO MUSIC

5

29

26

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

5

31

27

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

35

24

28

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE

POSITIVA

14

62

29

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

47

27

30

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE/RIGHT HAND MUSIC

19

38

31

BABY

CLEAN BANDIT/MARINA/LUIS FONSI

ATLANTIC

3

33

32

BABY SHARK

PINKFONG

RELENTLESS

15

47

33

HOLD MY GIRL

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

6

28

34

MIA

BAD BUNNY FT DRAKE

WARNER BROS

6

57

35

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

TOM WALKER

RELENTLESS

34

91

36

THE GREATEST SHOW

PANIC AT THE DISCO

ATLANTIC

3

37

37

ADVICE

CADET & DENO DRIZ

UNDERRATED LEGENDS

9

34

38

ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY

LADY GAGA

INTERSCOPE

7

26

39

GOODBYE

DERULO/GUETTA/MINAJ/WILLIAM

WARNER BROS

13

11

40

JUST GOT PAID

SIGALA/EYRE/TRAINOR FT MONTANA

MINISTRY OF SOUND

11

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

LOVE

MICHAEL BUBLE

REPRISE

1

NEW

2

DELTA

MUMFORD & SONS

GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/ISLAND

1

NEW

3

LM5

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

1

NEW

4

THANK YOU & GOODNIGHT

BOYZONE

RHINO

1

3

5

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

49

11

6

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

5

NEW

7

THE LAST KING OF POP

PAUL HEATON

EMI

1

6

8

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

7

7

9

SI

ANDREA BOCELLI

DECCA/SUGAR

4

2

10

YOU KNOW I KNOW

OLLY MURS

RCA

2

NEW

11

DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER

MARK KNOPFLER

EMI

1

5

12

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

349

NEW

13

50 YEARS - DON'T STOP

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO

1

NEW

14

TRUE LOVE WAYS

BUDDY HOLLY/RPO

DECCA

1

14

15

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

35

10

16

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

6

8

17

IN HARMONY

ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON

BMG

2

12

18

CHRISTMAS

MICHAEL BUBLE

REPRISE

75

13

19

BLOOD RED ROSES

ROD STEWART

DECCA

8

1

20

SIMULATION THEORY

MUSE

HELIUM 3/WARNER BROS

2

15

21

I'LL REMEMBER YOU

D-DAY DARLINGS

SONY MUSIC CG

2

NEW

22

THE ARCHITECT

PALOMA FAITH

RCA

45

4

23

THE BEATLES

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

57

NEW

24

WITH THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

CILLA BLACK

RHINO

1

21

25

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

19

17

26

WALLS

BARBRA STREISAND

SONY MUSIC CG

3

NEW

27

MERRIE LAND

GOOD THE BAD & THE QUEEN

STUDIO 13

1

16

28

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

14

NEW

29

EQUINOXE INFINITY

JEAN MICHEL JARRE

RCA

1

48

30

DIAMONDS

ELTON JOHN

MERCURY/UMC

54

22

31

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

90

20

32

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

77

23

33

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

12

9

34

ORIGINS

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

2

NEW

35

CAUTION

MARIAH CAREY

EPIC

1

NEW

36

SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT - VOL 1

SMASHING PUMPKINS

NAPALM

1

27

37

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

21

34

38

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

869

26

39

THE CAPITOL STUDIOS SESSIONS

JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE SNITZER OR

DECCA

2

29

40

STAND BY ME

KINGDOM CHOIR

SONY MUSIC CG

4



For more stories like this, and to keep up to date with all our market leading news, features and analysis, sign up to receive our daily Morning Briefing newsletter

subscribe link free-trial link

follow us...