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Tom Grennan leads the race for #1 on the Official Albums Chart with What Ifs & Maybes (Insanity), while at singles, Little Mix star Leigh-Anne looks set to be this week’s highest new entry.
The Bedford-born singer-songwriter looks set to score his second chart-topping LP with his third studio album.
At #2, Queens of the Stone Age’s In Times New Roman… (Matador) is in line to be their sixth Top 10 album. Pet Shop Boys could register their 18th Top 10 album with SMASH: The Singles 1985-2020 (Parlophone), #3 at the midway point.
Far From Saints—a trio of Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones and Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker of The Wind and The Wave—are eyeing a #4 debut with their eponymous Ignition LP.
THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW (KG) from ATEEZ is on course to be the K-pop group’s Top 10 album; it’s #6.
Rounding out the Top 10 are Texas’ The Very Best Of—1989-2023 ([PIAS]) at #7 and Ben Howard’s Is It? (Island) at #8.
At singles, Leigh-Anne is eyeing a #3 debut with her first solo release, “Don’t Say Love” (Warner).
It’s behind Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding’s “Miracle” (Columbia), which is heading toward a ninth non-consecutive week at #1, and Dave & Central Cee’s “Sprinter” (Live Yours/Neighbourhood) at #2.
New peaks are in store for Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam” (BMG) at #7, Hannah Laing & RoRo’s “Good Love” (Polydor) at #11, and Jorja Smith’s “Little Things” (FAMM) at #15. DJ and producer Peggy Gou could claim her first-ever Top 40 single with “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL) at #18.