Singles chart battle heads for photo finish

Singles chart battle heads for photo finish

The race to the UK singles summit is going down to the wire, with Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber's reigning No.1 I Don't Care maintaining its slender advantage over Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.

I Don't Care has sales of 52,796 so far this week compared to Old Town Road's 51,935, according to the latest midweeks from the Official Charts Company. Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved (3-3, 41,298 sales), Stormzy's Vossi Bop (4-4, 37,467 sales) and Bad Guy (6-5, 33,430) complete the Top 5. 

There are three new entries in the Top 20: Cross Me (22,777 sales) by Sheeran, Chance The Rapper and PNB Rock at No.9, OT Bop (14,784 sales) by NSG at No.17 and The London (14,714 sales) by Young Thug, J Cole & Travis Scott at No.18. 

Lewis Capaldi is all but assured of another week as the UK's top album. Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (27,390 sales) is outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined. California Son (7,831 sales) is a new entry for Morrissey at No.2 and Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (6,938 sales) jumps 5-3, while Rocketman (5,894 sales), the soundtrack to the new Elton John biopic, is new at No.4.

There are also new entries in the Top 10 for Future Dust (No.8, 4,290 sales) by The Amazons and Maximum Rock'N'Roll - The Singles (No.10, 3,406 sales) by Primal Scream. 

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

SINGLES:

1 1 I DON'T CARE ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER ASYLUM/DEF JAM 3
2 2 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X LIL NAS X 10
3 3 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 22
4 4 VOSSI BOP STORMZY MERKY/ATLANTIC 5
6 5 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 9
7 6 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS POLYDOR 11
5 7 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 4
8 8 SOS AVICII FT ALOE BLACC POSITIVA 7
NEW 9 CROSS ME ED SHEERAN/CHANCE/PNB ROCK ASYLUM 1
13 10 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU SHAWN MENDES EMI 4
10 11 ALL DAY AND NIGHT JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER POLYDOR 9
12 12 ME TAYLOR SWIFT FT BRENDON URIE EMI 5
11 13 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD 12
9 14 GRACE LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 29
14 15 KEISHA & BECKY RUSS & TION WAYNE VIRGIN 10
15 16 HERE WITH ME MARSHMELLO FT CHVRCHES JOYTIME/POSITIVA 12
NEW 17 OT BOP NSG NSG 1
NEW 18 THE LONDON YOUNG THUG/J COLE/TRAVIS SCOTT ATLANTIC 1
16 19 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU JONAS BLUE FT THERESA REX POSITIVA 10
18 20 SUCKER JONAS BROTHERS REPUBLIC RECORDS 13
21 21 SIXTEEN ELLIE GOULDING POLYDOR 7
22 22 TALK KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 16
20 23 GUTEN TAG HARDY CAPRIO & DIGDAT VIRGIN 4
24 24 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN COLUMBIA 20
19 25 SO AM I AVA MAX ATLANTIC 12
17 26 EARFQUAKE TYLER THE CREATOR COLUMBIA 2
NEW 27 EASIER 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER POLYDOR 1
28 28 CARRY ON KYGO & RITA ORA COLUMBIA 6
33 29 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS MARK RONSON FT LYKKE LI COLUMBIA 7
23 30 FASHION WEEK STEEL BANGLEZ/TRACEY/MOSTACK GIFTED MUSIC/WARNER BROS 10
NEW 31 ONE TOUCH JESS GLYNNE & JAX JONES ATLANTIC 1
25 32 NO DIET DIGGA D CGM 6
29 33 JUST YOU AND I TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 20
39 34 3 NIGHTS DOMINIC FIKE COLUMBIA 4
36 35 SUMMER DAYS MARTIN GARRIX/MACKLEMORE/STUMP COLUMBIA 4
34 36 YOUR MRS JAY1 GRM 9
58 37 STAY (DON'T GO AWAY) DAVID GUETTA FT RAYE PARLOPHONE 3
31 38 EARTH LIL DICKY BMG/COMMISSION 6
32 39 MOTOROLA DA BEATFREAKZ/SWARMZ/DENO COLUMBIA 3
47 40 FALLING LIKE THE STARS JAMES ARTHUR COLUMBIA 3

ALBUMS:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI EMI 2
NEW 2 CALIFORNIA SON MORRISSEY BMG 1
5 3 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 9
NEW 4 ROCKETMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING EMI 1
7 5 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 76
15 6 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN MERCURY/UMC 81
8 7 HURTS 2B HUMAN PINK RCA 5
NEW 8 FUTURE DUST AMAZONS FICTION 1
10 9 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN VIRGIN 32
NEW 10 MAXIMUM ROCK 'N' ROLL - THE SINGLES PRIMAL SCREAM SONY MUSIC CG 1
12 11 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 62
6 12 FATHER OF ASAHD DJ KHALED BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST 2
13 13 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 13
14 14 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 117
4 15 IGOR TYLER THE CREATOR COLUMBIA 2
20 16 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 33
NEW 17 WHERE THE ACTION IS WATERBOYS COOKING VINYL 1
NEW 18 MY SONGS STING INTERSCOPE 1
NEW 19 FLAMAGRA FLYING LOTUS WARP 1
16 20 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 16
18 21 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH INTERSCOPE 56
3 22 RAMMSTEIN RAMMSTEIN SPINEFARM 2
21 23 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC RHINO 28
22 24 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING INTERSCOPE 34
19 25 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA WARNER BROS 104
23 26 SINGING TO STRANGERS JACK SAVORETTI BMG 11
24 27 THE PLATINUM COLLECTION QUEEN VIRGIN 376
31 28 ODYSSEY TAKE THAT POLYDOR/SONY MUSIC CG 27
107 29 GREATEST HITS SPICE GIRLS VIRGIN 64
27 30 FATHER OF THE BRIDE VAMPIRE WEEKEND COLUMBIA 4
2 31 I AM EASY TO FIND NATIONAL 4AD 2
17 32 PSYCHODRAMA DAVE DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD 12
34 33 MAP OF THE SOUL - PERSONA BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 7
25 34 THE BALANCE CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN ISLAND 5
NEW 35 GOLD KIKI DEE CRIMSON 1
28 36 FREE SPIRIT KHALID RIGHT HAND MUSIC 8
NEW 37 40 STRAY CATS MASCOT 1
30 38 SCORPION DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 48
37 39 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA POLYDOR 1210
29 40 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 57


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