Calvin Harris to keep Kylie off the top of the Official Albums Chart

Calvin Harris looks set to keep Kylie Minogue off the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend, according to today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

The Scottish DJ and producer’s third album, 18 Months (1), which features previous chart topping singles We Found Love FT Rihanna and Sweet Nothing FT Florence Welch, is currently outselling Kylie Minogue’s The Abbey Road Sessions (2) by 5,000 copies at this mid way stage. If Harris can maintain his lead through to Sunday’s final whistle, it will be his second Number 1 album (his second album, Ready For The Weekend, hit the top spot in 2009).

As part of her 25th anniversary celebrations, Kylie Minogue has re-recorded and re-worked some of her biggest hits. Speaking to OfficialCharts.com last week, Kylie said:

"There's really interesting versions of all sorts of songs, from Can't Get You Out Of My Head to The Locomotion. Never Too Late is just performed with the piano and is achingly beautiful, which you wouldn’t expect from the original ‘80s version. We've pretty much taken The Locomotion back full circle and it sounds like a '60s track. I'm so proud of the album!"

You can watch the full interview below:

Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events is down one place to Number 3, while Fun.’s Some Nights climbs 29 places to Number 4 following their performance on the X Factor on Sunday. Reigning chart queen Taylor Swift’s Red (5) completes this week’s Top 5.

New entries

Madness look set to debut at Number 6 on Sunday with their 10th studio album, Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da, 2010 X Factor winner Matt Cardle is one place behind them with his second album, The Fire (7) and Neil Young is at Number 8 with his 35th studio album, Psychadelic Pill. Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall completes this week’s Top 10 with his new covers album, American Soul (10).

Peter Andre is new in at 14 with Angels & Demons, rock supergroup Back Country Communion – featuring Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa, Alice Cooper and Kiss keyboard player Derek Sherinian and Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John – are at Number 16 with their third album, Afterglow, and The Soldiers are on course for their fourth Top 40 album with their new self-titled release currently at 21.

This week’s new entries are completed by Thomas Newman’s score to the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, at Number 23, Eva Cassidy’s The Best Of at 30, and Australian hardcore band Parkway Drive’s Atlas at Number 36.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

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