U.K. Top 10

THE ANGLO FILES: A big shout-out to all our friends across the Briny; may your plates overflow with scones. Ed Sheeran debuts atop the U.K. album chart this week, while Sam Smith holds tough at #2 in his fifth week and last week’s champ, Lana Del Rey, slips down to #3. The Top 10’s only other debut is from Reprise’s Mastodon.

1. Ed Sheeran, x (Asylum)
2. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (Capitol)
3. Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence (Polydor)
4. Coldplay, Ghost Stories (Parlophone)
5. Paolo Nutini, Caustic Love (Atlantic)
6. Kasabian, 48:13 (Columbia)
7. Dolly Parton, Blue Smoke: The Best of (Masterworks)
8. Linkin Park, The Hunting Party (Warner Bros.)
9. Paloma Faith, A Perfect Contradiction (RCA)
10. Mastodon, Once More ’Round the Sun (Reprise)

Further down the chart, Columbia's John Legend is trending Top 15 and Arcade Fire (Sonovox) are reactivated, jumping into the Top 25. (6/30a)