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Bastille go head-to-head with Stereophonics in Number 1 album race
Bastille and Stereophonics battle it out in the race to Number 1 on today's Official Albums Chart Update.
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Bastille and Stereophonics battle it out in the race to Number 1 on today's Official Albums Chart Update.
It’s the battle of the bands on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update, with Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood going head-to-head with Stereophonics' Graffiti On The Train in the race to this week’s Number 1.
London quartet Bastille are currently winning, with Bad Blood having nearly a 6,500 copy lead on the veteran Welsh rockers’ eighth studio album at this mid-way stage.
Emeli Sande is set to spend her 56th consecutive week in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this weekend with Our Version Of Events (Number 3), whileDido’s long-awaited new album, Girl Who Got Away (4), could give the British star her fourth Top 5 album in a row. Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox completes this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5, climbing one place to Number 5.
New Entries
In addition to Bastille, Stereophonics, and Dido, there are four other new entries on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update.
Birmingham singer/songwriter Laura Mvula, who was nominated for the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award and also featured in the BBC’s Sound Of 2013 poll, is on course for a Top 10 debut on Sunday with Sing To The Moon (Number 6).
Veteran US country stars Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell are new in at Number 22 today with their collaboration Old Yellow Moon, while Jimi Hendrix’s posthumous album, People, Hell And Angels, debuts at 28.
This week’s new entries are completed by former Westlife man Brian McFadden’s fourth solo album, The Irish Connection, at Number 33.
The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:
| 1 | BAD BLOOD | BASTILLE |
| 2 | GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN | STEREOPHONICS |
| 3 | OUR VERSION OF EVENTS | EMELI SANDE |
| 4 | GIRL WHO GOT AWAY | DIDO |
| 5 | UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX | BRUNO MARS |
| 6 | SING TO THE MOON | LAURA MVULA |
| 7 | LES MISERABLES | MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING |
| 8 | BABEL | MUMFORD & SONS |
| 9 | ALL THAT ECHOES | JOSH GROBAN |
| 10 | EVERY KINGDOM | BEN HOWARD |
| 11 | RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME | OLLY MURS |
| 12 | JAKE BUGG | JAKE BUGG |
| 13 | BOTH SIDES NOW | MICHAEL BALL |
| 14 | THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE | P!NK |
| 15 | 18 MONTHS | CALVIN HARRIS |
| 16 | TAKE ME HOME | ONE DIRECTION |
| 17 | HALCYON | ELLIE GOULDING |
| 18 | FALL TO GRACE | PALOMA FAITH |
| 19 | RED | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| 20 | RUMOURS | FLEETWOOD MAC |
| 21 | AMOK | ATOMS FOR PEACE |
| 22 | OLD YELLOW MOON | EMMYLOU HARRIS AND RODNEY CROWELL |
| 23 | UNAPOLOGETIC | RIHANNA |
| 24 | HOLY FIRE | FOALS |
| 25 | OPPOSITES | BIFFY CLYRO |
| 26 | 21 | ADELE |
| 27 | NUMBER 3 | THE SCRIPT |
| 28 | PEOPLE HELL & ANGELS | JIMI HENDRIX |
| 29 | SOME NIGHTS | FUN. |
| 30 | THE VERY BEST OF | NEIL DIAMOND |
| 31 | THE LUMINEERS | THE LUMINEERS |
| 32 | AN AWESOME WAVE | ALT-J |
| 33 | THE IRISH CONNECTION | BRIAN MCFADDEN |
| 34 | DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS | BRUNO MARS |
| 35 | + | ED SHEERAN |
| 36 | 180 | PALMA VIOLETS |
| 37 | BORN TO DIE | LANA DEL REY |
| 38 | PUSH THE SKY AWAY | NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS |
| 39 | CHANNEL ORANGE | FRANK OCEAN |
| 40 | LOST IN YOU | PETULA CLARK |
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