beabadoobee takes lead for first UK Number 1 album with This Is How Tomorrow Moves

beabadoobee has taken the lead for her first-ever UK Number 1 album with This Is How Tomorrow Moves. 

The third album from the Filipino-English singer (real name Bea Kristi) follows in the footsteps of her previous Top 10 records, 2020’s Fake It Flowers (8) and 2022’s Beatopia (4) and comes with production from music mastermind Rick Rubin, who has worked with everyone from Lady Gaga and Adele to Travis Scott and The Strokes.  

Coming in at Number 2 midweek is the original Pop Idol himself, Will Young and his ninth LP Light It Up. It would become Will’s 11th Top 10 album in the UK. He previously topped the Official Albums Chart four times with From Now On (2002), Friday’s Child (2003), Echoes (2011) and 85% Proof (2015). 

Predicted to bow at Number 5 on Friday, English Blues singer-songwriter Elles Bailey could secure the first Top 10 album of her career with Beneath The Neon Glow. 

Speaking to Official Charts, Elles Bailey says: “Thank for you so much for all the love for this record. The response to the new tracks in the build-up has been unbelievable and I just want to thank my incredible fans for joining me on my journey in the most meaningful of ways. 

This record really feels like a huge step, and I am so unbelievably proud of this album and its story! Seeing a top five midweek position is mind blowing, especially sandwiched between Charli xcx and Taylor Swift. That’s one hell of a sandwich there!” 

Afrobeats superstar Asake is looking to celebrate his third Top 40 album, and first UK Top 10, with Lungu Boy (8), the album’s biggest single Wave with Central Cee is currently the Number 1 single on the Official Afrobeats Chart. 

Outside the Top 10, Calvin Harris’ new compilation 96 Hours - which packs in a number of hits from the last eight years, including UK Number 1 singles One Kiss with Dua Lipa and Promises with Sam Smith - is predicted to debut at Number 11, the seventh Top 40 LP for the Scottish DJ. 

Following his only UK tour slot of the year last week in Cardiff, US pop icon Billy Joel’s greatest hits Piano Man – The Very Best of Billy Joel is looking to re-enter the UK Top 40 (28) for the first time in 14 years. 

And finally, Paul Weller’s Fly On The Wall – B-Sides & Rarities is expected to enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 34, it would be the 29th Top 40 album for the former The Jam star. 

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