The first collaboration between former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Stone Roses guitarist John Squire is off to an early lead at the midweek mark on the Official Albums Chart as RAYE’s BRIT Awards wins have an immediate effect. Beyoncé, meanwhile has competition at singles from Benson Boone.

Liam Gallagher & John Squire (Warner) sits at #1 and, should it hold, would become Gallagher’s sixth #1 LP under his own name and Squire’s first. It leads a Top 5 of all new arrivals.

Iron Maiden leader singer Bruce Dickinson’s seventh solo record, The Mandrake Project (Duelist/BMG), holds the #2 slot and should easily become his first Top 10 entry. Kaiser Chiefs’ Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album (Kaiser Chiefs/V2) is #3; all of their previous efforts have landed in the U.K. Top 10.

Yard Act’s second album, Where’s My Utopia? (Island), sits at #4, one slot ahead of Everything Everything’s sixth album, Mountainhead (BMG). Skrapz’s fourth full-length, Reflection (1&Only/EGA), is currently #8 and vying to become the rapper’s first Top 10 entry.

Following six wins at Saturday’s BRIT Awards, RAYE’s My 21st Century Blues (Human Re Sources) rises 96 spots to hit #7 at the midweek mark.

At singles, Boone’s “Beautiful Things” (Warner) could reach a new peak as it challenges b’s “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” (Parkwood/Columbia) for the top slot. “Beautiful Things” previous peak was #2.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's “Carnival” (YZY) looks to rise three to #6 while Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man's “Lovers in a Past Life” (Columbia) is expected to crack the Top 10 for the first time.

Olly Alexander's Eurovision entry “Dizzy” (Polydor) is on track to make a Top 20 debut at #13.