Royal Blood pass 40,000 sales in albums chart race

Royal Blood pass 40,000 sales in albums chart race

Royal Blood have passed­ 40,000 sales for their second album, How Did We Get So Dark?, according to the latest Official Charts Midweek Sales Flash. 

Meanwhile, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee are going strong in the singles chart, with Despacito on 67,056 sales for the week. Behind it at No.2 is Wild Thoughts (36,270 sales), a new entry from DJ Khaled, (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller). Liam Payne’s Strip That Down (30,341 sales) is in third place, with French Montana’s Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee) at No.4 on 28,087 sales. Ariana Grande’s One Last Time (26,275 sales) completes the Top 5. 

In the albums chart, Royal Blood sit in top spot, posting a sales figure of 41,933. Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (19,029 sales) climbs back to No.2, ahead of Nickelback’s Feed The Machine (14,411 sales) at No.3. Rag’N’Bone Man’s Human (13,716 sales) occupies fourth spot, while Lorde’s Melodrama completes the Top 5 on 13,603 sales.

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

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

COMPANY

WKS

1

1

DESPACITO (REMIX)

LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER

POLYDOR

13

NEW

2

WILD THOUGHTS

DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER

BLACK BUTTER

1

4

3

STRIP THAT DOWN

LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO

CAPITOL

5

3

4

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

11

2

5

ONE LAST TIME

ARIANA GRANDE

ISLAND

52

6

6

MAMA

JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE

VIRGIN EMI

7

5

7

2U

DAVID GUETTA FT JUSTIN BIEBER

PARLOPHONE/VIRGIN EMI

2

13

8

POWER

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

5

7

9

I'M THE ONE

DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE

BLACK BUTTER/VIRGIN EMI

8

10

10

ATTENTION

CHARLIE PUTH

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

9

15

11

YOUR SONG

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

4

9

12

SLOW HANDS

NIALL HORAN

VIRGIN EMI

7

8

13

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDIN' ME BACK

SHAWN MENDES

VIRGIN EMI

10

12

14

SYMPHONY

CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

14

11

15

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

24

14

16

PRETTY GIRL

MAGGIE LINDEMANN

PARLOPHONE

10

17

17

SWALLA

JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY

WARNER BROS

17

16

18

MALIBU

MILEY CYRUS

RCA LABEL GROUP

6

18

19

DID YOU SEE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

16

23

20

CRYING IN THE CLUB

CAMILA CABELLO

SYCO MUSIC

5

NEW

21

FEELS

CALVIN HARRIS

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

1

26

22

CAME HERE FOR LOVE

SIGALA FT ELLA EYRE

RCA LABEL GROUP

2

21

23

ON MY MIND

DISCIPLES

PARLOPHONE

13

20

24

GALWAY GIRL

ED SHEERAN

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

16

19

25

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

PARLOPHONE/RCA LABEL GROUP

18

24

26

NO PROMISES

CHEAT CODES FT DEMI LOVATO

PARLOPHONE

12

22

27

MASK OFF

FUTURE

RCA LABEL GROUP

18

28

28

SOLO DANCE

MARTIN JENSEN

3 BEAT

23

33

29

PLACES

MARTIN SOLVEIG & INA WROLDSEN

VIRGIN EMI

21

25

30

CASTLE ON THE HILL

ED SHEERAN

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

24

27

31

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC RECORDS UK

20

53

32

BAD LIAR

SELENA GOMEZ

POLYDOR

5

40

33

SLIDE

CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

17

35

34

KNOW NO BETTER

MAJOR LAZER FT SCOTT/CABELLO

BECAUSE MUSIC

3

29

35

STAY

ZEDD & ALESSIA CARA

POLYDOR

17

38

36

THUNDER

IMAGINE DRAGONS

POLYDOR

8

34

37

SKIN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

21

31

38

HUMBLE.

KENDRICK LAMAR

POLYDOR

12

32

39

IT AIN'T ME

KYGO & SELENA GOMEZ

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

18

30

40

SIGN OF THE TIMES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA LABEL GROUP

11

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

HOW DID WE GET SO DARK

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

1

2

2

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

16

NEW

3

FEED THE MACHINE

NICKELBACK

BMG

1

4

4

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

20

NEW

5

MELODRAMA

LORDE

VIRGIN

1

3

6

ADIOS

GLEN CAMPBELL

UMC

2

1

7

TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

LONDON GRAMMAR

MINISTRY OF SOUND

2

7

8

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

424

NEW

9

CRACK-UP

FLEET FOXES

NONESUCH

1

5

10

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/CHRISTINE MCVIE

BUCKINGHAM/MCVIE

EAST WEST/RHINO

2

NEW

11

WEATHER DIARIES

RIDE

WICHITA RECORDINGS

1

NEW

12

OTHER

ALISON MOYET

COOKING VINYL

1

71

13

ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF

ELO

EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS

364

12

14

WITHOUT A WORD

HANK MARVIN

DMG TV

3

11

15

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

31

6

16

WITNESS

KATY PERRY

VIRGIN

2

17

17

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1018

9

18

CHUCK

CHUCK BERRY

DECCA

2

NEW

19

THE NASHVILLE SOUND

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT

SOUTHEASTERN

1

NEW

20

CRACKED ACTOR - LIVE IN LOS ANGELES '74

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

1

13

21

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

324

NEW

22

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

109

8

23

IS THIS THE LIFE WE REALLY WANT

ROGER WATERS

COLUMBIA

3

18

24

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

157

10

25

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

3

19

26

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

14

15

27

HARRY STYLES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

6

21

28

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

6

25

29

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

KASABIAN

COLUMBIA

7

16

30

MY EVERYTHING

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

129

20

31

DANGEROUS WOMAN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

57

45

32

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

476

74

33

GREATEST HITS

GUNS N' ROSES

GEFFEN

597

26

34

WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

635

28

35

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

29

22

36

WONDERLAND

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR

13

NEW

37

THE JOURNEY MAN

GOLDIE

METALHEADZ

1

35

38

A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS

COLDPLAY

PARLOPHONE

81

NEW

39

FAKE SUGAR

BETH DITTO

CAPITOL

1

61

40

THE STONE ROSES

STONE ROSES

SILVERTONE

354



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