The XL album currently has a lead of 5,453 units to head the artist albums market at this stage of the week, according to the Official Charts Company, with Elektra/Atlantic act Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans in second place.

It has previously spent 18 non-consecutive weeks at number one, equalling the uninterrupted run of the original soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever between May and September 1978, but will go one better if it climbs back to the top this weekend. ...