Richard Ashcroft takes early lead in albums chart

Richard Ashcroft takes early lead in albums chart

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Richard Ashcroft enters at No.1 with his fifth solo album Natural Rebel.

The former Verve singer has shifted 12,846 copies of Natural Rebel, which puts it in top spot ahead of the A Star Is Born soundtrack (10,558 sales). Jess Glynne’s Always In Between (7,530 sales), Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody OST (7,245 sales) and The Greatest Showman (7,092 sales) complete the Top 5. Disturbed’s Evolution (6,206 sales) lands at No.6. 

In the singles chart, Calvin Harris & Sam Smith are on top with Promises (18,106 sales), with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s Shallow (17,481 sales) in second place. Dave and Fredo’s Funky Friday (15,961 sales), Marshmello’s Happier (feat. Bastille, 15,204 sales) and Let You Love Me (14,363 sales) by Rita Ora round out the Top 5. Post Malone has a new entry in the Top 10, with Sunflower (feat. Swae Lee) at No.8 on 10,983 sales.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

10

4

2

SHALLOW

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

4

2

3

FUNKY FRIDAY

DAVE FT FREDO

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

3

3

4

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE

POSITIVA

10

6

5

LET YOU LOVE ME

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

5

5

6

WOMAN LIKE ME

LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/SYCO MUSIC

2

9

7

ELECTRICITY

SILK CITY FT DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

7

NEW

8

SUNFLOWER

POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

1

11

9

ZEZE

KODAK BLACK/SCOTT/OFFSET

ATLANTIC

2

8

10

IN MY MIND

DYNORO & GIGI D'AGOSTINO

MINISTRY OF SOUND

13

7

11

I LOVE IT

KANYE WEST & LIL PUMP

DEF JAM/WARNER BROS

7

14

12

JUST GOT PAID

SIGALA/EYRE/TRAINOR FT MONTANA

MINISTRY OF SOUND

7

10

13

ALL I AM

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

10

12

14

LOST WITHOUT YOU

FREYA RIDINGS

GOOD SOLDIER

15

17

15

BACK & FORTH

MK/JONAS BLUE/BECKY HILL

COLUMBIA

7

15

16

BE ALRIGHT

DEAN LEWIS

ISLAND

12

16

17

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE/RIGHT HAND MUSIC

15

18

18

HIGH HOPES

PANIC AT THE DISCO

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN

19

22

19

BETTER

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

6

19

20

NO STYLIST

FRENCH MONTANA FT DRAKE

BLACK BUTTER/CASH MONEY

5

13

21

MIA

BAD BUNNY FT DRAKE

WARNER BROS

2

24

22

THURSDAY

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

2

20

23

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

31

21

24

TAKI TAKI

DJ SNAKE/GOMEZ/CARDI B/OZUNA

INTERSCOPE

4

34

25

I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

3

31

26

ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY

LADY GAGA

INTERSCOPE

3

25

27

GIRLS LIKE YOU

MAROON 5 FT CARDI B

INTERSCOPE

21

27

28

WITHOUT ME

HALSEY

CAPITOL

3

NEW

29

EMPTY SPACE

JAMES ARTHUR

COLUMBIA

1

23

30

VENOM

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

3

30

31

BODY

LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO

ALL AROUND THE WORLD

21

28

32

GOODBYE

DERULO/GUETTA/MINAJ/WILLIAM

WARNER BROS

9

29

33

THUNDERCLOUDS

LSD FT SIA/DIPLO/LABRINTH

SYCO MUSIC

11

32

34

AY CARAMBA

LIZZY/FREDO/YOUNG T & BUGSEY

ISLAND

13

NEW

35

IT'S NOT LIVING (IF IT'S NOT WITH YOU)

1975

DIRTY HIT/POLYDOR

1

NEW

36

KISS AND MAKE UP

DUA LIPA & BLACKPINK

WARNER BROS

1

NEW

37

RUIN MY LIFE

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

1

NEW

38

NASSTY

D-BLOCK EUROPE/ADZ/LIL PINO/LB

D-BLOCK EUROPE

1

38

39

TASTE

TYGA FT OFFSET

LAST KINGS MUSIC

23

46

40

THIS IS ME

SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS

ATLANTIC

43

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

NATURAL REBEL

RICHARD ASHCROFT

BMG

1

2

2

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

3

1

3

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

2

NEW

4

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

1

3

5

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

45

NEW

6

EVOLUTION

DISTURBED

REPRISE

1

NEW

7

THE OVERTONES

OVERTONES

GAMBLING MAN

1

NEW

8

ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY

GRETA VAN FLEET

EMI

1

4

9

BLOOD RED ROSES

ROD STEWART

DECCA

4

5

10

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

8

56

11

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

73

6

12

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

31

10

13

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

15

7

14

PIANO ODYSSEY

RICK WAKEMAN

SONY CLASSICAL

2

11

15

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

10

13

16

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

86

8

17

TRENCH

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN

3

12

18

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

17

9

19

DANCING QUEEN

CHER

WARNER BROS

4

42

20

CHRIS

CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS

BECAUSE MUSIC

5

NEW

21

WRLD ON DRUGS

FUTURE & JUICE WRLD

INTERSCOPE/RCA

1

15

22

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

26

NEW

23

AT THE BBC

REM

CONCORD

1

23

24

TRUE MEANINGS

PAUL WELLER

PARLOPHONE

6

20

25

GOLD

CHAS & DAVE

CRIMSON

4

34

26

ASTROWORLD

TRAVIS SCOTT

EPIC

12

25

27

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1179

32

28

GOLD

T-REX

CRIMSON

7

NEW

29

LAWS OF MOTION

KARINE POLWART/POLWART/THOMSON

HUDSON

1

NEW

30

DOCTOR WHO - ZYGON HUNT

ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING

DEMON RECORDS

1

26

31

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

533

36

32

MAMMA MIA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

21

22

33

QUESTION MARK

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

32

27

34

LOVE YOURSELF - ANSWER

BTS

BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT

9

NEW

35

BROKEN POLITICS

NENEH CHERRY

SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND AWAL

1

28

36

SPEAK YOUR MIND

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM

26

29

37

7

DAVID GUETTA

PARLOPHONE

6

31

38

THE VERY BEST OF

FLEETWOOD MAC

WSM

564

18

39

ELLA MAI

ELLA MAI

INTERSCOPE

2

NEW

40

HALLOWEEN - OST

JOHN CARPENTER

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