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SINGLES
X Factor winner Louisa Johnson is on course to make a big entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart with her brand new collaboration with Clean Bandit.
The track, called Tears, starts at Number 5 on today’s Official Chart Update following its release last Friday (May 27) and a performance on the Britain’s Got Talent final on Saturday. The song is her first release since her X Factor winner’s single, a cover of Bob Dylan’s Forever Young, which peaked at Number 9 last Christmas.
Meanwhile, Drake’s One Dance continues to lead the way at Number 1, closely followed by Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling at 2, currently just 900 chart sales apart.
Producer Kungs and Australian trio Cookin’ On 3 Burners are set to make a huge leap on this week’s tally with This Girl, up 19 places to Number 10 on today’s update, and OneRepublic’s new single Wherever I Go leaps nine spots to Number 37.
Finally, Adele’s new single Send My Love (To Your New Lover) could crack the Top 40 this Friday, currently up 25 places from last week at 39.
ALBUMS
Catfish and the Bottlemen are racing ahead on the Official Albums Chart with their new album The Ride.
The BRIT Award winning group are Number 1 at the midweek stage, an impressive 20,000 chart sales ahead of Beyoncé's Lemonade at 2. The Welsh four-piece's debut album The Balcony peaked at Number 10, so they're sure to reach a new high on the Official Albums Chart.
A new entry at Number 3 this week are ABC with The Lexicon of Love II. The new wave group's eighth studio album will be their highest charting album in 26 years if it manages to stay above Number 7 by Friday.
Twice chart topper Drake's Views slides two places to Number 4 and Fifth Harmony land at 5 with 7/27. Their second collection featuring the Number 2 hit Work from Home follows their debut album Reflection, which hit Number 18 in 2015.
Albums set for a big climb this week include Little Mix's Get Weird, which is up eight to Number 8, Sia's This Is Acting is currently up seven spots to Number 12, and the self-titled global debut album from Lukas Graham, which rockets 14 places to Number 16. A new entry between the rebounding records is Architects’ All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, which starts at Number 14.
Blurryface from Twenty One Pilots ascends eight spots to Number 18, and Flume is right behind them with Skin, a new entry at 19. Band of Skulls are also new at 25 with By Default, as are Lacuna Coil with Delirium (26). Beth Orton is on course to debut at 28 with her seventh studio offering Kidsticks.
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