Could Paolo Nutini be on track for the fastest-selling album of 2014?

Caustic Love clocks up stellar sales to debut at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart midweeks.

Paolo Nutini looks set to end Kaiser Chiefs’ two-week stand at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this weekend with his third full-length, Caustic Love. And, not only that, the 27-year-old Scottish singer/songwriter is also on track to bag himself the fastest selling artist album of 2014 so far.

According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, the follow-up to Paolo‘s2009 album, Sunny Side Up, has sold more than 59,000 already this week. Caustic Love is currently just 10,000 copies behind the entire first week tally of current record holder, The Power Of Love by Sam Bailey, which topped the Chart last month.

The Vamps look set to score this week’s second highest new entry with Meet The Vamps. The boy band’s debut album, which features Top 5 singles Can We Dance, Wild Heart and Last Night, is at Number 2 today.

Paloma Faith’s A Perfect Contradiction and John Legend’s Love In The Future both slide one place to Number 3 and 4, respectively, while reigning chart-toppers the Kaiser Chiefs’ Education, Education, Education And War is down four places to Number 5.

New Entries

In addition to Paolo Nutini’s Caustic Love (Number 1) and The Vamps’ Meet The Vamps (2), there are eight other new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is just outside the Top 5 today with his new concept album, Homo Erraticus (6), while former X Factor runner-up Rhydian is new in at 15 today with his fifth album, One Day Like This.

The 25th anniversary edition of the Stone Roses’ 1989 self-titled debut has propelled the album back into the mid-week Top 40 at 23, while Do To The Beast by Afghan Whigs is at 24.

Swedish House Mafia’s One Last Tour - A Live Soundtrack, is new in at 29 midweek, the album was recorded last April during the Los Angeles show of their final world tour, and also serves as the soundtrack to the Swedish DJ collective’s documentary Leave The World Behind.

This week’s new entries are completed by Ben Watt from Everything But The Girl’s new studio album, Hendra (30), former A-ha frontman Morten Harket’s Brother (32), and Billy Bragg’s Live At The Union Chapel London (36).

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	CAUSTIC LOVE	PAOLO NUTINI
2	MEET THE VAMPS	VAMPS
3	A PERFECT CONTRADICTION	PALOMA FAITH
4	LOVE IN THE FUTURE	JOHN LEGEND
5	EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION & WAR	KAISER CHIEFS
6	HOMO ERRATICUS	IAN ANDERSON
7	SYMPHONICA	GEORGE MICHAEL
8	OUT AMONG THE STARS	JOHNNY CASH
9	GIRL	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
10	THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING	ELBOW
11	THE POWER OF LOVE	SAM BAILEY
12	IF YOU WAIT	LONDON GRAMMAR
13	LIFT YOUR SPIRIT	ALOE BLACC
14	NIGHT VISIONS	IMAGINE DRAGONS
15	ONE DAY LIKE THIS	RHYDIAN
16	GOING BACK HOME	WILKO JOHNSON/ROGER DALTREY
17	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
18	TRIBUTE	JOHN NEWMAN
19	PURE HEROINE	LORDE
20	BAD BLOOD	BASTILLE
21	HALCYON	ELLIE GOULDING
22	SINCE I SAW YOU LAST	GARY BARLOW
23	THE STONE ROSES	STONE ROSES
24	DO TO THE BEAST	AFGHAN WHIGS
25	HEAD OR HEART	CHRISTINA PERRI
26	TRUE	AVICII
27	DAYS ARE GONE	HAIM
28	BEYONCE	BEYONCE
29	ONE LAST TOUR - A LIVE SOUNDTRACK	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA
30	HENDRA	BEN WATT
31	MIDNIGHT MEMORIES	ONE DIRECTION
32	BROTHER	MORTEN HARKET
33	SUNNY SIDE UP	PAOLO NUTINI
34	PRISM	KATY PERRY
35	TIME FLIES - 1994-2009	OASIS
36	LIVE AT THE UNION CHAPEL LONDON	BILLY BRAGG
37	THE 1975	1975
38	LIQUID SPIRIT	GREGORY PORTER
39	SHAKIRA	SHAKIRA
40	LES MISERABLES	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

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