The Script lead LCD Soundsystem in albums chart race

The Script lead LCD Soundsystem in albums chart race

The Script have taken an early lead in the race for No.1 in the albums chart this week, while Taylor Swift remains in top spot in the singles list.

Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do (18,116 sales) is ahead of Dua Lipa’s New Rules (14,484 sales) and Pink’s What About Us (12,776 sales). Justin Bieber and Bloodpop are at No.4 with Friends (9,868 sales) and James Hype’s More Than Friends (feat. Kelli-Leigh) completes the Top 5 on 9,063 sales.

In the albums chart, The Script’s Freedom Child begins in top spot with 22,244 sales. It’s ahead of fellow new entries from LCD Soundsystem, American Dream (8,077 sales) and OMD, The Punishment Of Luxury (7,922 sales). Ed Sheeran’s ÷ is at No.4 with 5,104 sales, while Mogwai’s new release, Every Country’s Sun, completes the Top 5 with 4,753 sales.

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

 SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO

TAYLOR SWIFT

EMI

2

2

2

NEW RULES

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

10

3

3

WHAT ABOUT US

PINK

RCA

5

5

4

FRIENDS

JUSTIN BIEBER & BLOODPOP

DEF JAM/POLYDOR/REPUBLIC

3

8

5

MORE THAN FRIENDS

JAMES HYPE FT KELLI-LEIGH

ONE MORE TUNE/WARNER BROS

6

7

6

REGGAETON LENTO (REMIX)

CNCO & LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

3

9

7

MI GENTE

J BALVIN/WILLY WILLIAM

UMLE

9

10

8

DESPACITO (REMIX)

LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER

DEF JAM/RBMG/REPUBLIC/UMLE

24

6

9

SUN COMES UP

RUDIMENTAL FT JAMES ARTHUR

ASYLUM

10

12

10

SORRY NOT SORRY

DEMI LOVATO

HOLLYWOOD

9

14

11

YOUR SONG

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

15

11

12

BACK TO YOU

TOMLINSON/REXHA/DIGITAL FARM

SYCO MUSIC

7

18

13

RAIN

SCRIPT

COLUMBIA

8

24

14

HAVANA

CAMILA CABELLO FT YOUNG THUG

EPIC/SYCO MUSIC

5

4

15

FEELS

HARRIS/PHARRELL/PERRY/BIG SEAN

COLUMBIA

12

15

16

SUBEME LA RADIO

IGLESIAS/PAUL/TERRY

RCA

7

16

17

INSTRUCTION

JAX JONES/DEMI LOVATO/STEFFLON

POLYDOR

12

19

18

QUESTIONS

CHRIS BROWN

RCA

3

17

19

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

22

29

20

SWISH SWISH

KATY PERRY FT NICKI MINAJ

VIRGIN

16

20

21

BESTIE

YUNGEN FT YXNG BANE

RCA

12

NEW

22

WHAT LOVERS DO

MAROON 5 FT SZA

INTERSCOPE

1

21

23

WILD THOUGHTS

DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

12

22

24

CHASING HIGHS

ALMA

VIRGIN

20

NEW

25

READY FOR IT

TAYLOR SWIFT

EMI

1

13

26

CAME HERE FOR LOVE

SIGALA & ELLA EYRE

MINISTRY OF SOUND

13

28

27

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

35

36

28

BOYS

CHARLI XCX

ATLANTIC

6

26

29

MAMA

JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE

POSITIVA

18

NEW

30

IF I'M LUCKY

JASON DERULO

WARNER BROS

1

23

31

GLORIOUS

MACKLEMORE FT SKYLAR GREY

BENDO

6

25

32

XO TOUR LLIF3

LIL UZI VERT

ATLANTIC

23

27

33

POWER

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

16

30

34

MORE THAN YOU KNOW

AXWELL & INGROSSO

VIRGIN

12

34

35

PRETTY GIRL

MAGGIE LINDEMANN

300 ENTERTAINMENT/PARLOPHONE

21

32

36

STRIP THAT DOWN

LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO

CAPITOL

16

39

37

SPIRIT

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

9

NEW

38

ISSUES

JULIA MICHAELS

POLYDOR

27

37

39

LONELY TOGETHER

AVICII FT RITA ORA

POSITIVA

4

33

40

CONGRATULATIONS

POST MALONE & QUAVO

REPUBLIC RECORDS

29

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

FREEDOM CHILD

SCRIPT

COLUMBIA

1

NEW

2

AMERICAN DREAM

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

COLUMBIA/DFA RECORDS

1

NEW

3

THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY

OMD

100 PERCENT RECORDS

1

2

4

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

27

NEW

5

EVERY COUNTRY'S SUN

MOGWAI

ROCK ACTION

1

1

6

VILLAINS

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

MATADOR

2

NEW

7

HEARTS THAT STRAIN

JAKE BUGG

EMI

1

NEW

8

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

NEWTON FAULKNER

BATTENBERG

1

NEW

9

UNDER COVER

MOTORHEAD

MOTORHEAD MUSIC

1

7

10

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

31

NEW

11

ALL THIS LIFE

STARSAILOR

COOKING VINYL

1

6

12

THE 50 GREATEST HITS

ELVIS PRESLEY

SONY MUSIC CG

53

3

13

A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

WAR ON DRUGS

ATLANTIC

2

NEW

14

BICEP

BICEP

NINJA TUNE

1

9

15

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

14

11

16

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

40

NEW

17

GREATEST HITS LIVE

STEVE WINWOOD

WINCRAFT

1

13

18

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

42

NEW

19

URBAN HYMNS

VERVE

UMC/VIRGIN

342

8

20

ADIOS

GLEN CAMPBELL

UMC

13

18

21

CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

474

NEW

22

MEDUSA

PARADISE LOST

NUCLEAR BLAST

1

5

23

LOVE ALWAYS

SHANE FILAN

OCEAN WAVE

2

15

24

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

168

NEW

25

REMIXES

T-REX

EDSEL

1

NEW

26

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

WALTER TROUT

PROVOGUE

1

22

27

TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

LONDON GRAMMAR

MINISTRY OF SOUND

13

17

28

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

25

30

29

HOW DID WE GET SO DARK

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

12

36

30

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

KASABIAN

COLUMBIA

18

NEW

31

TRAILS & TRIBULATIONS

MARTIN SIMPSON

TOPIC

1

67

32

HARRY STYLES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

17

24

33

GREATEST HITS

FOO FIGHTERS

COLUMBIA

402

19

34

LUST FOR LIFE

LANA DEL REY

POLYDOR

7

NEW

35

BRAVE

BEAU DERMOTT

DECCA

1

21

36

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

17

33

37

TROLLS

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

RCA/VILLA 40

47

29

38

HYBRID THEORY

LINKIN PARK

WARNER BROS

317

23

39

DAMN.

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

21

76

40

GOLD - GREATEST HITS

ABBA

POLYDOR

1120



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