Imagine Dragons are out in front for the No.1 album in this week’s chart race. The US band’s sixth album, Loom, is pursuing a chart-topping debut with sales of 5,397, according to the Official Charts Company’s Midweek Sales Flash.

However, Imagine Dragons face competition from a pair of previous No.1 albums – Glastonbury headliner Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism at No.2 (5,066 sales including 3,086 physical units following the release of the Extended Versions edition) and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured ...