U.K MIDWEEKS: 1975 HEADING FOR #1

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U.K MIDWEEKS: 1975 HEADING FOR #1

10/17/22

The 1975 lead an all-new Top 7 on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart while Sam Smith and Kim Petras look set for another week at #1 on singles.

Being Funny in a Foreign Language (Dirty Hit) could become The 1975's fifth U.K. chart-topper.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are #2 with Return of the Dream Canteen (Warner Records), while Alter Bridge’s Pawns & Kings (Napalm) is #3.

Lil Baby could score a solo best with It's Only Me (Motown/Quality Control) at #4 and a reissue of Dexys Midnight Runners’ 1982 set, Too-Rye-Ay (Mercury) rounds out the Top 5.

The Big Moon’s Here is Everything (Fiction) is new at #6, while Lightning Seeds are back with their first new album in 13 years, See You in the Stars (BMG), at #7.

On the U.K.’s Official Singles list, Smith and Petras’ “Unholy” (Capitol) is heading for a fourth week at #1.

“PSYCHO” (Atlantic) by Anne-Marie and Aitch has risen again, up five places to #4 at today’s midweek point.

Stormzy’s “Hide & Seek” (Def Jam 0207) is the week’s highest new entry, starting at #9; it’s the first official single from the rapper’s upcoming third album.

Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz collaboration, “Miss You” (Atlantic), looks set to break the Top 20 for the first time, rising 16 spots to #12. The newly reunited blink-182 could return to the Top 20 with “EDGING” (Columbia) starting at #15, while Central Cee’s self-released “One Up” is new at #17.