Emeli Sande takes on Michael Buble & Olly Murs for New Year's Number 1

According to today’s Official Albums Chart Update, Emeli Sande, Michael Buble and Olly Murs are battling it out for the New Year’s Number 1 album.
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According to today’s Official Albums Chart Update, Emeli Sande, Michael Buble and Olly Murs are battling it out for the New Year’s Number 1 album.

Reigning chart queen Emeli Sande has a fight on her hands if she wants to hold onto the Number 1 spot on the Official Albums Chart this Sunday.

With just over 4,000 copies currently separating the Top 3, the Scottish singer’s debut album, Our Version Of Events (Number 1) faces tough competition from Michael Buble’s Christmas (2) and Olly Murs' Right Place, Right Time (3) for the Official New Year’s Number 1 Album.

Our Version Of Events, which claimed the Official 2012 Christmas Number 1 album this past Sunday, has spent a total of six weeks at the top spot and a staggering 46 weeks in the Official Albums Chart Top 10. To date Our Version Of Events has sold 1.3 million copies, making it the biggest selling album of 2012 so far.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 5 is completed by Rihanna’s Unapologetic, which climbs two places to Number 4, and Bruno MarsUnorthodox Jukebox at Number 5.

High Climbers

This week’s Official Albums Chart highest climber is Labrinth’s Electronic Earth, which surges 38 places from Number 61 to 23. Rita Ora’s Ora and Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange both climb 24 places to Number 12 and Number 38, respectively.

The full Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE
2 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE
3 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS
4 UNAPOLOGETIC RIHANNA
5 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS
6 TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION
7 TAKE THE CROWN ROBBIE WILLIAMS
8 MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY ROD STEWART
9 THE VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND
10 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE P!NK
11 18 MONTHS CALVIN HARRIS
12 ORA RITA ORA
13 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS
14 + ED SHEERAN
15 GRRR THE ROLLING STONES
16 FALL TO GRACE PALOMA FAITH
17 NUMBER 3 THE SCRIPT
18 DNA LITTLE MIX
19 GIRL ON FIRE ALICIA KEYS
20 GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER ONE KELLY CLARKSON
21 STORYTELLER ALFIE BOE
22 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
23 ELECTRONIC EARTH LABRINTH
24 THE LUMINEERS THE LUMINEERS
25 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY
26 UP ALL NIGHT ONE DIRECTION
27 RED TAYLOR SWIFT
28 SOME NIGHTS FUN.
29 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW OLLY MURS
30 MAGIC OF THE MOVIES ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
31 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING
32 OVEREXPOSED MAROON 5
33 TEN GIRLS ALOUD
34 THE GOLDEN AGE OF SONG JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS R&B OR
35 THE ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS KYLIE MINOGUE
36 THE BEST OF EVA CASSIDY
37 STORYTELLER - THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY ROD STEWART
38 CHANNEL ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
39 CELEBRATION DAY LED ZEPPELIN
40 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - NEW GENERATION JEFF WAYNE

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