GaGa's Interscope/Polydor album attracted 94,125 buyers at the start of this week while Adele's XL album sold 12,748 copies, according to OCC data, making it extremely likely that Born This Way will top the UK artist albums chart this coming weekend.

If that happens it will be only the second week since 21's release 18 weeks ago when the Adele album has not been number one. Up until now, only Foo Fighters' Columbia-handled album Wasted Light has outsold 21, when ...