Taylor Swift is on track for a second week at No.1 in the UK with Department of Tormented Poets (via EMI).
Unlike last week when Tormented Poets beefed up the competition en route to her 12th UK No.1, TayTay has a challenger — in the form of Pet Shop Boys' new album However (Parlophone).
Based on mid-week sales and streaming data recorded by Official Charts Compy However sits at No. 2, about 1,000 chart units behind TayTay's double album.
However is the veteran British electronic pop outfit's 15th studio album and is predicted to become Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's 19th UK top 10 hit. If he maintains his position, However it would become the duo's highest-charting studio album since Very topped the chart in 1993, one of the pair's four No.1s.
by Swift Tormented poets Last Friday, April 26, it completed the chart cycle with the biggest opening week in seven years, TayTay's brightest start in the UK and the fastest-selling album of 2024 so far. She also now joins Madonna as the solo female artist with the most all-time UK album chart leaders and is level with Bruce Springsteen on the all-time leaderboard.
The Zutons are expected to take a podium place with The Great Decider (Icepop). It's new at No.3 on the Official Chart Update and is set to become the British band's first Top 5 LP in 18 years.
Also in the top 10 debus is St. Vincent, with the seventh LP of the same production All Born Screaming (No. 4 via Total Pleasure), Jess Glynne's third album JESS (No. 5 via EMI), the new EP from 5 Seconds of Summer member Luke Hemmings Boy (No. 6 via RCA), and French electronic duo Justice with their fourth LP Hyperdrama (No. 10 via Because Music).
All will be revealed when the Official UK Albums Chart is released on Friday 3rd May.
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