Blur on track for UK No.1 with 'Live At Wembley Stadium'

Two live albums enter the UK chart race, with Blur taking pole position.

Based on mid-week sales and streaming data released by Official chart companythe Britpop legends lead the way Live at Wembley Stadium (Parlophone), cut over two summer nights in 2023.

If he keeps his course, Live at Wembley Stadium will give Damon Albarn and Co. an eighth UK chart topper, seven of which were studio recordings.

The square formed by London led to the official UK album chart Parklife (1994), THE GREAT ESCAPE (1995), blur (1997), 13 (1999), Think tank (2003), The Magic Whip (2015) and The Ballad of Darren (2023).
These performances last July at England's national stadium are captured in a concert film, also titled Live at Wembley Stadiumin theaters September 6.

It's close behind Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista), the soundtrack to the Ghost concert film of the same name. The Swedish heavy metal recorded the project at Los Angeles' Kia Forum in September 2023. When the Official Chart is released late on Friday, August 2, Rite Here Rite It should now give the rockers a fourth UK top 10 since 2018 Prequel (No. 10 top), 2022's IMPERA (No. 2) and of 2023 Ghost (No. 8).

Meanwhile, Eminem's two-week stay at No. 1 is about to come to an end. The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) (via Interscope) sinks 1-3 in midweek.

Also new to the Chart Update is English singer Sam Tompkins hi, my name is unsafe (Island), set for a No. 5 start. This would give the singer-songwriter a career high, following the 2022 release Who do you pray to? reached No. 7.

Céline Dion's catalog is getting love from her UK fans after her stunning Eiffel Tower performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony The Canadian superstar's 2016 release My Love – The Essential Collection (Columbia) climbs 40 places on the midweek chart and is projected to return to the top 40 at No. 29. The Canadian superstar singer performed Édith Piaf's “Hymne A L'Amour,” marking her first public appearance since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome in 2022.