Caro Emerald on course for first ever Number 1 album!

Caro Emerald looks set to knock Rudimental’s Home off Number 1 on Sunday with her second album, The Shocking Miss Emerald.

Caro Emerald could be on course for her first ever Number 1 album this weekend. The Dutch jazz singer’s second studio release, The Shocking Miss Emerald, is narrowly ahead of reigning chart toppers Rudimental’s Home (Number 2) by just over 3,000 copies at this midway stage.

If Caro can maintain her lead going into the weekend, it will be her highest charting album to date; her 2010 debut album, Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor, peaked at Number 4 and has sold 408,000 copies in the UK to date.

Meanwhile, Alison Moyet returns to the Official Albums Chart after a six year absence. The British singer is new in at Number 3 today with her eighth album, The Minutes. Hugh Laurie looks set to follow up the success of his 2011 debut album, Let Them Talk, with his latest blues collection, Didn’t It Rain (4), while US country pop outfit Lady Antebellum arrive at Number 5 midweek with their fourth album, Golden.

New Entries

In addition to Caro Emerald (1), Alison Moyet (3), Hugh Laurie (4) and Lady Antebellum (5), there are seven other new entries on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Noah And The Whale are heading for their third Top 10 album on Sunday, the Twickenham-based indie rockers are at Number 8 today with their latest effort, Heart Of Nowhere.

Post-punk quartet Savages, who were tipped for big things this year in the BBC’s Sound Of 2013 Poll, are new in at Number 17 with Silence Yourself, while fellow London duo Public Service Broadcasting, whose concept it is to take samples from public information films, archive news footage and war time propaganda and set them to music, are looking to make their Official Albums Chart debut on Sunday with debut album Inform, Educate, Entertain (19).

This week’s new entries are completed by Thea Gilmore’s Regardless (23), Little Boots’ Nocturnes (29), Joe Satriani’s Unstoppable Momentum (30) and Armin Van Buuren’s Intense (38).

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	THE SHOCKING MISS EMERALD	CARO EMERALD
2	HOME	RUDIMENTAL
3	THE MINUTES	ALISON MOYET
4	DIDN'T IT RAIN	HUGH LAURIE
5	GOLDEN	LADY ANTEBELLUM
6	TO BE LOVED	MICHAEL BUBLE
7	THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE	PINK
8	HEART OF NOWHERE	NOAH & THE WHALE
9	ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS	PASSENGER
10	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE
11	18 MONTHS	CALVIN HARRIS
12	BAD BLOOD	BASTILLE
13	GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN	STEREOPHONICS
14	WILLPOWER	WILL I AM
15	NIGHT VISIONS	IMAGINE DRAGONS
16	UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX	BRUNO MARS
17	SILENCE YOURSELF	SAVAGES
18	THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
19	INFORM EDUCATE ENTERTAIN	PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
20	RED	TAYLOR SWIFT
21	UNAPOLOGETIC	RIHANNA
22	LES MISERABLES	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
23	REGARDLESS	THEA GILMORE
24	HALCYON	ELLIE GOULDING
25	HUBCAP MUSIC	SEASICK STEVE
26	SAVE ROCK AND ROLL	FALL OUT BOY
27	BEFORE I SLEEP	BO BRUCE
28	BABEL	MUMFORD & SONS
29	NOCTURNES	LITTLE BOOTS
30	UNSTOPPABLE MOMENTUM	JOE SATRIANI
31	4	BEYONCE
32	NOTHING BUT THE BEAT	DAVID GUETTA
33	PARAMORE	PARAMORE
34	EVERY KINGDOM	BEN HOWARD
35	THE LUMINEERS	LUMINEERS
36	THE HEIST	MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
37	JAKE BUGG	JAKE BUGG
38	INTENSE	ARMIN VAN BUUREN
39	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION
40	NUMBER 3	SCRIPT