Royal Blood take an early lead in albums chart race

Royal Blood take an early lead in albums chart race

Royal Blood have taken an early lead in the race for No.1 spot in the albums chart, while Luis Fonsi continues to hold firm in the singles list. 

Fonsi & Daddy Yankee’s Despacito (41,488 sales) sits in top spot ahead of Liam Payne’s Strip That Down (18,343 sales) and Wild Thoughts (18,116 sales), a new entry at No.3 from DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller). Ariana Grande’s One Last Time drops 2-4, while French Montana rounds out the Top 5 with Unforgettable (feat/ Swae Lee). 

Royal Blood’s How Did We Get So Dark? (36,805 sales) looks in a healthy position ahead of Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (13,396 sales), with Nickelback’s Feed The Machine a new entry at No.3 with 12,135 sales. Rag’N’Bone Man’s Human (11,084 sales) is at No.4, ahead of Lorde’s new release, Melodrama, which completes the Top 5 on 10,826 sales.

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

SINGLES:


LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DESPACITO (REMIX)

LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER

DEF JAM/RBMG/REPUBLIC/UMLE

13

4

2

STRIP THAT DOWN

LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO

CAPITOL

5

NEW

3

WILD THOUGHTS

DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

1

2

4

ONE LAST TIME

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

52

3

5

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

11

6

6

MAMA

JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE

POSITIVA

7

5

7

2U

DAVID GUETTA FT JUSTIN BIEBER

DEF JAM/PARLOPHONE

2

13

8

POWER

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

5

9

9

SLOW HANDS

NIALL HORAN

CAPITOL

7

10

10

ATTENTION

CHARLIE PUTH

ATLANTIC

9

7

11

I'M THE ONE

DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE

BLACK BUTTER/DEF JAM

8

15

12

YOUR SONG

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

4

8

13

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDIN' ME BACK

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

10

12

14

SYMPHONY

CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON

ATLANTIC

14

11

15

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

24

14

16

PRETTY GIRL

MAGGIE LINDEMANN

300 ENTERTAINMENT/PARLOPHONE

10

17

17

SWALLA

JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY

WARNER BROS

17

16

18

MALIBU

MILEY CYRUS

RCA

6

23

19

CRYING IN THE CLUB

CAMILA CABELLO

EPIC/SYCO MUSIC

5

NEW

20

FEELS

CALVIN HARRIS

COLUMBIA

1

18

21

DID YOU SEE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

16

21

22

ON MY MIND

DISCIPLES

PARLOPHONE

13

26

23

CAME HERE FOR LOVE

SIGALA FT ELLA EYRE

MINISTRY OF SOUND

2

20

24

GALWAY GIRL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

16

19

25

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

DISRUPTOR/PARLOPHONE

18

24

26

NO PROMISES

CHEAT CODES FT DEMI LOVATO

PARLOPHONE

12

22

27

MASK OFF

FUTURE

RCA

18

28

28

SOLO DANCE

MARTIN JENSEN

3 BEAT

23

25

29

CASTLE ON THE HILL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

24

33

30

PLACES

MARTIN SOLVEIG & INA WROLDSEN

POSITIVA

21

27

31

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

20

53

32

BAD LIAR

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

5

29

33

STAY

ZEDD & ALESSIA CARA

INTERSCOPE

17

34

34

SKIN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

21

35

35

KNOW NO BETTER

MAJOR LAZER FT SCOTT/CABELLO

BECAUSE MUSIC

3

40

36

SLIDE

CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS

COLUMBIA

17

NEW

37

INSTRUCTION

JAX JONES/DEMI LOVATO/STEFFLON

POLYDOR

1

38

38

THUNDER

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

8

NEW

39

THE QUEEN IS DEAD

SMITHS

RHINO

1

30

40

SIGN OF THE TIMES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

11

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

HOW DID WE GET SO DARK

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

1

2

2

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

16

NEW

3

FEED THE MACHINE

NICKELBACK

BMG

1

4

4

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

20

NEW

5

MELODRAMA

LORDE

VIRGIN

1

3

6

ADIOS

GLEN CAMPBELL

UMC

2

1

7

TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

LONDON GRAMMAR

MINISTRY OF SOUND

2

NEW

8

CRACK-UP

FLEET FOXES

NONESUCH

1

7

9

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

424

5

10

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/CHRISTINE MCVIE

BUCKINGHAM/MCVIE

EAST WEST/RHINO

2

NEW

11

WEATHER DIARIES

RIDE

WICHITA RECORDINGS

1

NEW

12

OTHER

ALISON MOYET

COOKING VINYL

1

71

13

ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF

ELO

EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS

364

12

14

WITHOUT A WORD

HANK MARVIN

DMG TV

3

NEW

15

CRACKED ACTOR - LIVE IN LOS ANGELES '74

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

1

NEW

16

THE NASHVILLE SOUND

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT

SOUTHEASTERN

1

9

17

CHUCK

CHUCK BERRY

DECCA

2

NEW

18

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

109

8

19

IS THIS THE LIFE WE REALLY WANT

ROGER WATERS

COLUMBIA

3

11

20

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

31

17

21

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1018

6

22

WITNESS

KATY PERRY

VIRGIN

2

13

23

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

324

10

24

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

3

18

25

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

157

25

26

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

KASABIAN

COLUMBIA

7

15

27

HARRY STYLES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

6

NEW

28

THE JOURNEY MAN

GOLDIE

METALHEADZ

1

NEW

29

FAKE SUGAR

BETH DITTO

CAPITOL

1

45

30

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

476

NEW

31

LIVIN' THE DREAM

NATHAN CARTER

SHARPE MUSIC

1

16

32

MY EVERYTHING

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

129

19

33

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

14

NEW

34

SO YOU WANNABE AN OUTLAW

STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES

WARNER BROS

1

74

35

GREATEST HITS

GUNS N' ROSES

GEFFEN

597

22

36

WONDERLAND

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR

13

20

37

DANGEROUS WOMAN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

57

26

38

WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

635

52

39

A KIND REVOLUTION

PAUL WELLER

PARLOPHONE

6

21

40

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

6

 

 



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