Arcade Fire lead albums race with Reflektor

Arcade Fire are on course to knock Katy Perry off the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend, while Union J and Lorde are headed for the Top 5!

Arcade Fire could be headed for their second Number 1 UK album this weekend, according to today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

The Canadian indie rockers’ fourth album Reflektor is set to knock Katy Perry’s Prism off the top spot after just one week. Reflektor is currently outselling Prism (Number 2) by nearly three copies to one as of today’s midway point.

Meanwhile, Josh, JJ, Jaymi and George, AKA Union J are ready to follow up the success of their Top 10 singles Carry You and Beautiful Life with a Top 10 album. Their self-titled debut is at Number 3 today, and a mere 600 copies behind Katy Perry.

16-year-old New Zealand singer/songwriter Lorde, who topped the Official Singles Chart on Sunday with Royals, is at Number 4 with her debut album Pure Heroine, while James Blunt’s Moon Landing slides three places to Number 5.

New Entries

Matt Cardle is on course for this third Top 10 this weekend. The 2010 X Factor winner’s latest album, Porcelain, is at Number 7 on today’s Official Albums Chart Update. Linkin Park also look set to debut in the Top 10 with new remix collection, Recharged (10). Featuring the likes of Steve Aoki, Paul Van Dyk and Tom Swoon, Recharged is the US metal band’s third such project, and follows 2004’s Collision Course with Jay Z (which peaked at Number 15).

After a near 18 year absence from the Official Albums Chart, legendary rockney duo Chas & Dave are at Number 17 today with That’s What Happens. Lou Reed’s David Bowie and Mick Ronson-produced 1973 breakthrough album, Transformer, re-enters the Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 at Number 24 today following his death at the weekend.

Boy George is on track for his first Top 40 album in nearly a decade with This Is What I Do (26), while former Britain’s Got Talent star Paul Potts new Greatest Hits collection enters at 29 off the back of One Chance, the film based on his life which stars James Corden. And finally, London-based producer Wilkinson is new in at 33 with his debut full-length, Lazers Not Included.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Albums Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	REFLEKTOR	ARCADE FIRE
2	PRISM	KATY PERRY
3	UNION J	UNION J
4	PURE HEROINE	LORDE
5	MOON LANDING	JAMES BLUNT
6	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
7	PORCELAIN	MATT CARDLE
8	IF YOU WAIT	LONDON GRAMMAR
9	TRIBUTE	JOHN NEWMAN
10	RECHARGED	LINKIN PARK
11	CLOSER TO THE TRUTH	CHER
12	PERHAPS LOVE	JONATHAN & CHARLOTTE
13	MECHANICAL BULL	KINGS OF LEON
14	ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS	PASSENGER
15	LOVE IN PORTOFINO	ANDREA BOCELLI
16	BANGERZ	MILEY CYRUS
17	THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS	CHAS & DAVE
18	HALCYON	ELLIE GOULDING
19	NOTHING WAS THE SAME	DRAKE
20	ALIVE	JESSIE J
21	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE
22	JAKE BUGG	JAKE BUGG
23	THE MESSAGE	ANDREA BEGLEY
24	TRANSFORMER	LOU REED
25	NATIVE	ONEREPUBLIC
26	THIS IS WHAT I DO	BOY GEORGE
27	TO BE LOVED	MICHAEL BUBLE
28	BRAND NEW MACHINE	CHASE & STATUS
29	THE GREATEST HITS	PAUL POTTS
30	HOME	RUDIMENTAL
31	NOW THEN & FOREVER	EARTH WIND & FIRE
32	TIME	ROD STEWART
33	LAZERS NOT INCLUDED	WILKINSON
34	THE 1975	1975
35	NEW	PAUL MCCARTNEY
36	UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX	BRUNO MARS
37	DAYS ARE GONE	HAIM
38	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION
39	THE ESSENTIAL	WILL YOUNG
40	BAD BLOOD	BASTILLE