U.K. MIDWEEKS: EMINEM VS. BEYONCÉ

Eminem and Beyoncé are battling it out for the U.K.’s Official Albums #1 this week in an extremely tight race. Over on singles, KSI and Tom Grennan’s collaboration is gunning for the top.

At the halfway point, there are fewer than 100 units separating Eminem’s Curtain Call 2 (Interscope) and Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE (Parkwood/Columbia), last week’s #1/today’s leader.

Calvin Harris is also eyeing a Top 5 entry, with Fun Wav Bounces Vol. 2 (Columbia).

ABBA’s ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits (Polar) has a midweek boost, rising to #6 thanks to the announcement of its 30th anniversary edition, set to arrive on 9/23.

Becky Hill’s Only Honest on the Weekend (Polydor) is up 16 places to #10 following her performance at the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro Final Show.

On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, KSI and Grennan could score their first #1s with collab “Not Over Yet” (Atlantic). Despite its midweek lead, however, the track still has strong competition from long-running #1 “Afraid To Feel" (Warner), by LF System, which sits less than 1k in sales behind at #2.

Harry Styles’ “Late Night Talking” (Columbia) is back in the Top 10, rising to #4 from #13.

With the finale of Neighbours on U.K. TV, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s 1988 #1 single, “Especially for You” (PAL), could re-enter the Top 40 at #15.