Muse lead Olly Murs in albums chart race

Muse lead Olly Murs in albums chart race

The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Muse are ahead of Olly Murs in the albums chart. 

Muse’s eighth album, Simulation Theory, has 34,038 sales for the week so far, and has already opened up a lead over Olly Murs’ new release You Know I Know (23,866 sales). The Beatles is in at No.3 with 14,874 sales, A Star Is Born is in fourth spot with 8,419 sales and Queen compilation The Platinum Collection (8,261 sales) is at No.5.

In the singles chart, Ariana Grande opens in pole position with 35,470 sales for Thank U, Next. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper are at No.2 with Shallow (15,757 sales), ahead of Little Mix’s Woman Like Me (feat. Nicki Minaj, 13,705 sales). Rita Ora’s Let You Love Me (12,799 sales) and Dave’s Funky Friday (feat. Fredo, 11,793 sales) complete the Top 5.

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

THANK U NEXT

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

2

2

SHALLOW

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

7

3

3

WOMAN LIKE ME

LITTLE MIX FT NICKI MINAJ

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC/SYCO MUSIC

5

5

4

LET YOU LOVE ME

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

8

6

5

FUNKY FRIDAY

DAVE FT FREDO

DAVE NEIGHBOURHOOD

6

7

6

THURSDAY

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

5

9

7

WITHOUT ME

HALSEY

CAPITOL

6

NEW

8

LOVE MADE ME DO IT

CHERYL

3 BEAT

1

12

9

LOST WITHOUT YOU

FREYA RIDINGS

GOOD SOLDIER

18

10

10

SUNFLOWER

POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

16

11

POLAROID

JONAS BLUE/LIAM PAYNE/LENNON

POSITIVA

6

13

12

JUST GOT PAID

SIGALA/EYRE/TRAINOR FT MONTANA

MINISTRY OF SOUND

10

8

13

ZEZE

KODAK BLACK/SCOTT/OFFSET

ATLANTIC

5

14

14

BACK & FORTH

MK/JONAS BLUE/BECKY HILL

COLUMBIA

10

4

15

PROMISES

CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH

COLUMBIA

13

22

16

RUIN MY LIFE

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

4

NEW

17

BAD

XXXTENTACION

BAD VIBES FOREVER

1

17

18

TAKI TAKI

DJ SNAKE/GOMEZ/CARDI B/OZUNA

INTERSCOPE

7

27

19

EMPTY SPACE

JAMES ARTHUR

SYCO MUSIC

4

23

20

HAPPIER

MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE

POSITIVA

13

NEW

21

BMT

FREDO

SINCE 93

1

24

22

BETTER

KHALID

RIGHT HAND MUSIC

9

21

23

NO STYLIST

FRENCH MONTANA FT DRAKE

BLACK BUTTER/CASH MONEY

8

19

24

ARMS AROUND YOU

XXXTENTACION/PUMP/MALUMA/SWAE

WARNER BROS

3

30

25

SHOTGUN

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

34

31

26

GOODBYE

DERULO/GUETTA/MINAJ/WILLIAM

WARNER BROS

12

32

27

I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

INTERSCOPE

6

26

28

EASTSIDE

BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID

INTERSCOPE/RIGHT HAND MUSIC

18

37

29

A MILLION DREAMS

PINK

ATLANTIC

3

41

30

1999

CHARLI XCX FT TROYE SIVAN

ATLANTIC

6

28

31

ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY

LADY GAGA

INTERSCOPE

6

29

32

MIA

BAD BUNNY FT DRAKE

WARNER BROS

5

33

33

BABY

CLEAN BANDIT/MARINA/LUIS FONSI

ATLANTIC

2

34

34

CLOSE TO ME

ELLIE GOULDING/DIPLO/SWAE LEE

POLYDOR/RCA

3

11

35

ELECTRICITY

SILK CITY FT DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA/WARNER BROS

10

40

36

IN MY MIND

DYNORO & GIGI D'AGOSTINO

MINISTRY OF SOUND

16

36

37

ADVICE

CADET & DENO DRIZ

UNDERRATED LEGENDS

8

47

38

SWEET BUT PSYCHO

AVA MAX

ATLANTIC

4

39

39

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER

BILLIE EILISH

INTERSCOPE

4

35

40

I FOUND YOU

BENNY BLANCO & CALVIN HARRIS

COLUMBIA/INTERSCOPE

2

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

SIMULATION THEORY

MUSE

HELIUM 3/WARNER BROS

1

NEW

2

YOU KNOW I KNOW

OLLY MURS

RCA

1

NEW

3

THE BEATLES

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

56

2

4

A STAR IS BORN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

INTERSCOPE

6

7

5

THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

QUEEN

VIRGIN

348

5

6

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

ATLANTIC

48

NEW

7

IN HARMONY

ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON

BMG

1

NEW

8

ORIGINS

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

1

4

9

SI

ANDREA BOCELLI

DECCA/SUGAR

3

NEW

10

I'LL REMEMBER YOU

D-DAY DARLINGS

SONY MUSIC CG

1

NEW

11

HOLY HELL

ARCHITECTS

EPITAPH

1

3

12

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST

QUEEN

VIRGIN

4

8

13

ALWAYS IN BETWEEN

JESS GLYNNE

ATLANTIC

5

12

14

BLOOD RED ROSES

ROD STEWART

DECCA

7

17

15

CHRISTMAS

MICHAEL BUBLE

REPRISE

74

11

16

STAYING AT TAMARA'S

GEORGE EZRA

COLUMBIA

34

6

17

WALLS

BARBRA STREISAND

SONY MUSIC CG

2

NEW

18

THE CAPITOL STUDIOS SESSIONS

JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE SNITZER OR

DECCA

1

10

19

SWEETENER

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

13

NEW

20

COME OVER WHEN YOU'RE SOBER - PT 2

LIL PEEP

RCA

1

1

21

NO TOURISTS

PRODIGY

BMG/TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL

2

69

22

GREATEST HITS

SPICE GIRLS

VIRGIN

40

13

23

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

76

19

24

MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

POLYDOR

18

14

25

KAMIKAZE

EMINEM

INTERSCOPE

11

18

26

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

89

15

27

A NORTHERN SOUL

SHERIDAN SMITH

EAST WEST

2

NEW

28

BLUE

JONAS BLUE

POSITIVA

1

NEW

29

SAVAGE - LIVE AT BRIXTON ACADEMY

GARY NUMAN

BMG

1

20

30

STAND BY ME

KINGDOM CHOIR

SONY MUSIC CG

3

22

31

ULTIMATE COLLECTION

KATIE MELUA

BMG

4

25

32

GREATEST HITS

QUEEN

VIRGIN

868

21

33

SCORPION

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

20

NEW

34

A LOVE LETTER TO YOU 3

TRIPPIE REDD

TENTHOUSAND PROJECTS

1

122

35

GOLDEN

KYLIE MINOGUE

BMG

32

NEW

36

HBK

YXNG BANE

DISTURBING LONDON

1

24

37

BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

POST MALONE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

29

NEW

38

ELECTRIC LADYLAND

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

SONY MUSIC

2

16

39

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

METRO BOOMIN

BOOMINATI/REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

NEW

40

THIS WAS

JETHRO TULL

RHINO

1



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