Swings Both Ways on track to become the UK's 1,000th Number 1 album with Robbie to equal Elvis Presley's chart record!

Robbie Williams looks set to knock Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP from the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend with Swings Both Ways. If successful, it will secure the Take That star the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 album!

After performing some of the tracks from Swings Both Ways with Miss Piggy and Lily Allen at his London Palladium show earlier this month, Robbie’s follow-up to his 2001 swing album Swing When You’re Winning will also become his 11th solo album to reach the top spot, and will equal chart legend Elvis Presley’s tally of UK Number 1 albums. According to the Official Chart Company’s latest sales data, Swings Both Ways is currently outselling Jake Bugg’s Shangri La (Number 2) by three copies to one.

Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is down one place to Number 3, while JLS’ Goodbye – The Greatest Hits is new in at Number 3. The album features all 12 of the X Factor alumni’s six years of back-flipping through the Official Singles Chart. Celine Dion’s Loved Me Back To Life completes today’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5.

1 SWINGS BOTH WAYS ROBBIE WILLIAMS
2 SHANGRI LA JAKE BUGG
3 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 EMINEM
4 GOODBYE - THE GREATEST HITS JLS
5 LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE CELINE DION
6 THE NATION'S FAVOURITE ELVIS SONGS ELVIS PRESLEY
7 SALUTE LITTLE MIX
8 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR
9 ARTPOP LADY GAGA
10 JAMES ARTHUR JAMES ARTHUR

*Notice both Little MIx and Celine released in the same week of Gaga.