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The final album chart of the year (12/27a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
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WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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Anne-Marie and Travis Scott are battling for this week’s U.K. Official Albums #1. Over on singles, might Billie Eilish displace Dave & Central Cee from the top?
Anne-Marie’s UNHEALTHY (Atlantic) is leading Scott’s UTOPIA (Epic) by just 100 chart sales at the midweek.
Post Malone’s AUSTIN (Island) is expected to bow at #3, while Dexys are at #4 with The Feminine Divine (100 Percent Records).
Just outside the Top 10, Joni Mitchell’s first live concert performance in 22 years—her 2022 appearance at Newport Folk Festival—Joni Mitchell at Newport (Rhino) starts at #11.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, “What Was I Made For” (Interscope) by Eilish for the Barbie soundtrack is just 1.5k sales behind Dave & Central Cee’s long-running #1, “Sprinter” (Live Yours/Neighbourhood).
Following the release of Utopia, Scott has three tracks in today’s Top 10: “Meltdown” at #6, “Hyaena” at #7 and “Fein” at #9.
Following the news of Sinead O’Connor’s death, her biggest hit, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (Chrysalis), has re-entered the Top 40 at #12.
Aphex Twin could score a chart peak with “Blackbox Life Recorder 21F” (Warp) starting at #14, while “Desire” (Sony) by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith is set to debut at #15.