U.K. CHARTS: REX RUNS WILD

With WHO CARES? (Columbia), Rex Orange County has scored his first U.K. Official Albums #1, while Dave secures the biggest audio-stream week of the year at singles.

Rex OC’s fourth album, WHO CARES? beats the #5 peak of his previous release, 2019’s Pony.

IMPERA (Loma Vista), from Swedish group Ghost, is new at #2 today, followed by Bryan Adams’ So Happy It Hurts (BMG) at #3. The Shires’ 10 Year Plan (BMG) enters at #5 as Lil Durk’s 7220 (Alamo) scores him his highest peak in the U.K. to date, #6.

Franz Ferdinand’s greatest-hits collection, Hits to the Head (Domino), is new at #7, followed by Ella Henderson’s Everything I Didn’t Say (Asylum) at #8.

Liverpool's The Mysterines score a Top 10 debut at #9 with Reeling (Universal).

On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, Dave’s “Starlight” (NBR) remains at #1 for a second week after earning the biggest week of audio streams of the year, with 6.5m.

Aitch has today’s highest new entry, at #2, with "Baby" (Capitol), which samples Ashanti’s ’00s hit “Rock Wit U." Jax Jones and MNEK’s “Where Did You Go” (Polydor) is on the rise again, jumping three places to #7.

Dove Cameron has her first U.K. Top 10 single, with “Boyfriend” (Columbia) jumping five to #9, as does Cat Burns, whose “Go” (RCA) rises nine to #10.