The Greatest Showman leads James Bay in albums chart race

The Greatest Showman leads James Bay in albums chart race

The Greatest Showman looks set to regain its place at the albums chart summit, with the OST holding a healthy lead over closest challenger James Bay.

The soundtrack has sold a further 15,266 copies this week, compared to Bay's 9,769 for sophomore LP Electric Light. Last week's No.1, Arctic Monkeys' Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, dips to No.3 on sales of 6,433, according to the Official Charts Company.

Five Finger Death Punch are a new entry at No.4 with And Justice For None (5,153 sales), while there are also Top 10 new entries for Love Yourself - Tear by BTS (No.7, 3,762 sales), Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett (No.8, 3,738 sales) and Islands by Ash (No.10, 2,673 sales).

Over in the singles chart, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are on course for another week at the top with One Kiss (19,433 sales). Ariana Grande's No Tears Left To Cry (No.2, 14,062 sales) and Drake's Nice For What (No.3, 13,596 sales) swap places, and Jess Glynne's I'll Be There (9,304 sales) surges 13-7. Solo by Clean Bandit ft Demi Lovato (6,891 sales) is the highest new entry at No.13. 

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
1 1 ONE KISS CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS 7
           
3 2 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC RECORDS 5
           
2 3 NICE FOR WHAT DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 7
           
5 4 2002 ANNE-MARIE ASYLUM 5
           
7 5 ANSWERPHONE BANX & RANX/ELLA EYRE/BANE PARLOPHONE 10
           
9 6 FLAMES DAVID GUETTA FT SIA PARLOPHONE 9
           
13 7 I'LL BE THERE JESS GLYNNE ATLANTIC 3
           
8 8 PARADISE GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 18
           
6 9 THIS IS AMERICA CHILDISH GAMBINO COLUMBIA 3
           
12 10 LULLABY SIGALA & PALOMA FAITH MINISTRY OF SOUND 13
           
4 11 FREAKY FRIDAY LIL DICKY FT CHRIS BROWN BMG/COMMISSION 10
           
11 12 BETTER NOW POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 4
           
NEW 13 SOLO CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO ATLANTIC 1
           
10 14 IN MY BLOOD SHAWN MENDES EMI 9
           
15 15 GERMAN EO COLUMBIA 7
           
17 16 THE MIDDLE ZEDD/MAREN MORRIS/GREY INTERSCOPE 17
           
14 17 PSYCHO POST MALONE FT TY DOLLA SIGN REPUBLIC RECORDS 13
           
25 18 THIS IS ME SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS ATLANTIC 21
           
20 19 FAMILIAR LIAM PAYNE & J BALVIN CAPITOL 5
           
16 20 LOVE LIES KHALID & NORMANI COLUMBIA 14
           
19 21 I LIKE IT CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN ATLANTIC 7
           
21 22 BAD VIBE M O/LOTTO BOYZZ/MR EAZI OPERATOR 17
           
24 23 THESE DAYS RUDIMENTAL/GLYNNE/MACKLEMORE ASYLUM 18
           
22 24 GIRLS RITA ORA/CARDI B/REXHA/CHARLI ATLANTIC 2
           
33 25 FIRST TIME M-22 FT MEDINA 3 BEAT 11
           
38 26 IF YOU'RE OVER ME YEARS & YEARS POLYDOR 2
           
29 27 FRIENDS MARSHMELLO & ANNE-MARIE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC 15
           
30 28 GOD'S PLAN DRAKE CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS 18
           
NEW 29 FAKE LOVE BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 1
           
43 30 MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC PALOMA FAITH RCA 7
           
32 31 VROOM YXNG BANE DISTURBING LONDON 10
           
36 32 MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA FT FLORIDA GEORGIA PARLOPHONE 17
           
40 33 MAN DOWN SHAKKA FT ALUNAGEORGE PARLOPHONE 10
           
41 34 A MILLION DREAMS ZIV ZAIFMAN/JACKMAN/WILLIAMS ATLANTIC 11
           
35 35 LIKE I DO GUETTA/GARRIX/BROOKS PARLOPHONE 12
           
68 36 LEAVE A LIGHT ON TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 11
           
45 37 NEVER ENOUGH LOREN ALLRED ATLANTIC 11
           
34 38 FEEL IT STILL PORTUGAL THE MAN ATLANTIC 43
           
39 39 BACK TO YOU SELENA GOMEZ INTERSCOPE 2
           
37 40 LOOK ALIVE BLOCBOY JB FT DRAKE WARNER BROS 15

ALBUMS:

LW POSN POSN TITLE ARTIST LABEL WKS
2 1 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING ATLANTIC 23
           
NEW 2 ELECTRIC LIGHT JAMES BAY REPUBLIC RECORDS 1
           
1 3 TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS 2
           
NEW 4 AND JUSTICE FOR NONE FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH ELEVEN SEVEN 1
           
3 5 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE REPUBLIC RECORDS 4
           
5 6 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA 9
           
NEW 7 LOVE YOURSELF - TEAR BTS BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 1
           
NEW 8 TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL COURTNEY BARNETT MARATHON ARTISTS 1
           
6 9 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 64
           
NEW 10 ISLANDS ASH INFECTIOUS MUSIC 1
           
NEW 11 BRITISH BLUES EXPLOSION - LIVE JOE BONAMASSA PROVOGUE 1
           
7 12 SPEAK YOUR MIND ANNE-MARIE ASYLUM 4
           
12 13 THE ARCHITECT PALOMA FAITH RCA 27
           
8 14 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA WARNER BROS 51
           
4 15 VOICENOTES CHARLIE PUTH ATLANTIC 2
           
NEW 16 PART OF THE LIGHT RAY LAMONTAGNE RCA 1
           
NEW 17 NO-ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR CREATIVE HUB SO HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT PROBE PLUS 1
           
77 18 GOOD THING LEON BRIDGES COLUMBIA 3
           
NEW 19 INSPIRATION SHEKU KANNEH-MASON DECCA 5
           
NEW 20 WIDE AWAAAAAKE PARQUET COURTS ROUGH TRADE 1
           
15 21 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA POLYDOR 1157
           
21 22 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS TUFF GONG 1066
           
NEW 23 PULSE PINK FLOYD RHINO 55
           
14 24 X ED SHEERAN ASYLUM 205
           
13 25 GOLDEN KYLIE MINOGUE BMG 7
           
9 26 INVASION OF PRIVACY CARDI B ATLANTIC 7
           
NEW 27 RECKLESS NAV REPUBLIC RECORDS 1
           
NEW 28 SPARKLE HARD STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS DOMINO RECORDINGS 1
           
33 29 LEGACY DAVID BOWIE PARLOPHONE 80
           
26 30 TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 OASIS BIG BROTHER 372
           
11 31 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS 246
           
47 32 HUMAN RAG'N'BONE MAN BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA 68
           
23 33 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM INTERSCOPE 511
           
NEW 34 DANCING WITH THE BEAST GRETCHEN PETERS PROPER 1
           
25 35 THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC WSM 542
           
19 36 COOL LIKE YOU BLOSSOMS EMI 4
           
35 37 THE THRILL OF IT ALL SAM SMITH CAPITOL 29
           
36 38 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA PINK RCA 32
           
24 39 JOHN WILLIAMS - A LIFE IN MUSIC LSO/GREENAWAY DECCA 3
           
18 40 WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO RECORDINGS 459


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