Lady Gaga is on course for her third UK Number 1 album this weekend, the Official Charts Company can reveal.
The US singer looks set to knock reigning Official Albums Chart king Eminem off the top spot with her latest studio full-length, ARTPOP.
Counting sales up to midnight last night, ARTPOP has sold nearly 47,000 in its first two days of release in the UK. It currently has a lead of more than 17,000 copies on its closest competitor - Celine Dion’s Loved Me Back To Life (Number 2).
Eminem slides two places to Number 3 with The Marshall Mathers LP 2, while 2011 X Factor winners Little Mix are new in at Number 4 with their second album, Salute.
This week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5 is completed by The Killers’ Best Of album, Direct Hits (5).
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