The Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash is in, and Freya Ridings is pushing for pole position in the singles chart.

Ridings’ self-titled debut album has 9,118 sales for the week so far, and places at No.2, behind Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project (24,687 sales). Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (5,820 sales) is a No.3, ahead of two new entries: Thom Yorke’s Anima (5,024 sales) and Singles Party (1988-2019) by Shakespeare’s Sister (3,050 sales).

Shawn Mendes and ...