I want Justin to get it because that'll annoy everyone who complains about the X Factor winners getting it every year even more than Louisa getting it.
I want Justin to get it because that'll annoy everyone who complains about the X Factor winners getting it every year even more than Louisa getting it.
Louisa may or may not repeak as she slipped on the midweeks again
Having already made chart history with 25 – now the fastest 2 million-selling album in the UK ever – Adele continues to hold on to her Number 1 position, shifting massive units.
Three days into the chart week, the singer has shifted another 160,000 copies of the record-breaking collection.
There’s little change in the remainder of today’s Update Top 5, made up of Elvis Presley’s If I Can Dream (2), Justin Bieber’s Purpose (3), Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams (4) and Jess Glynne’s I Cry When I Laugh (5).
New entries and high climbers
Outside the Top 10, Chris Brown’s new album Royalty debuts at Number 14 today. The singer’s seventh solo studio collection follows his collaborative Fan Of A Fan record with Tyga, which hit Number 7 back in March this year.
Following its record-breaking opening weekend at the box office, Star Wars’ The Force Awakens OST – helmed by legendary composer John Williams - goes straight in at Number 15.
Elsewhere, two Christmas albums make gains on today’s Update: Michael Buble’s Christmas jumps from 15 to 12, and Kylie Minogue’s Christmas leaps up four places from 22 to 18.
The race for this year's Official Christmas Number 1 is going right down to the wire, as the NHS Choir is now just a handful of sales behind Justin Bieber in today's sales flash, Official Charts can reveal.
The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir's A Bridge Over You has closed the gap overnight and as of today (December 23), is just 662 combined sales behind Justin's Love Yourself.
The battle is now the closest festive chart race in years, since Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name took on Joe McElderry's The Climb in 2009 and ultimately won.
And with two days remaining until this year's Official Christmas Number 1 is announced, there's every chance they could bag it at the last minute.
Martin Talbot, Chief Executive, Official Charts Company, comments: "As well as climaxing on Christmas Day for just the fourth time in history, this year’s race for the festive Number 1 is looking like one of the closest ever. With just two days to go, it really is too close to call – possibly the most exciting battle since Joe McElderry took on Rage Against The Machine in 2009."
The NHS Choir's A Bridge Over You is being released in support of the hard work done by doctors, nurses, midwives and many others in the NHS. Proceeds from the single are going to charities including Carers UK and Mind.
