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MUSIC'S MOST BEWILDERING NIGHT
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TOP 50: A LITTLE SZA, A WHOLE LOTTA CHRISTMAS
The final album chart of the year (12/27a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
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Blighty Beat
U.K. MIDWEEKS: RYDER'S THE DRIVER
12/12/22

Sam Ryder looks set to hit #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with his debut, There’s Nothing But Space, Man! (Parlophone). Over on singles, there’s a three-way battle among holiday tunes for the top.

Ryder, who scored a long-awaited victory for the U.K. at Eurovision earlier this year by coming in second, is outselling his closest competition at today’s halfway point by almost 2:1.

The competition is SZA’s SOS (RCA/Top Dawg), starting at #2.

Sam Fender could land two Top 10 LPs this week: new live album, Live From Finsbury Park (Polydor), debuts at #7 while his former chart-topper, Seventeen Going Under, looks set to rise 34 places to #9.

On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, less than 1k sales separates the Top 3. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) leads the race at #1, followed by Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (Epic) at #2 and “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic/EMI) by Ed Sheeran and Elton John at #3.

Stormzy’s “Firebabe” (0207 Def Jam) looks set to climb four to #5. Lizzo could score her third U.K. Top 10 with her take on Stevie Wonder’s “Someday at Christmas”—an Amazon Original—rising 22 places to #9.

Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree” (RCA) could earn its highest-ever peak in the U.K. this week at #14.