Jamie T set to debut at Number 1 with Carry On The Grudge

The British singer/songwriter is on track for a personal best as Carry On The Grudge heads for the Number 1 spot.

Jamie T is set to score his highest Official Albums Chart position to date this weekend with his first release in four years, Carry On The Grudge.

If its sales momentum continues into the weekend, the LP will mark a third Top 5 for Jamie, following 2007’s Panic Prevention and 2009’s Kings and Queens which peaked at Numbers 4 and 2, respectively.

Jamie’s Mercury Award nominated debut, Panic Prevention, has also re-entered the Top 40 in today’s midweeks at Number 37.

Elsewhere, George Ezra’s Wanted On Voyage is on track to spend its 11th week in the Top 5, climbing two places to Number 2 today, while Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour (Number 3), Ed Sheeran’s X (4) and Barbara Streisand’s Partners (5) round out today’s Top 5.

New Entries and High Climbers

There are 12 new entries in today’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 40.

Oasis’ 1995 studio album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (Number 6) is set to re-enter the Top 10 for the first time since 1996 thanks to a deluxe reissue, while Prince’s two new album releases, Art Official Age (7) and collaboration with 3rdEyeGirl, PlectrumElectrum (9) trail just behind the Gallagher brothers.

My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is on track for his first solo Top 20 album with his debut Hesitant Alien (11), while SBTRKT enters the chart with second studio release Wonder Where We Land (12).

Alternative rock band Marmozets are set for their first Top 20 this weekend with debut album The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets (14), as Britain’s Got Talent runner up Lucy Kay also makes her debut with Fantasia (15).

Veteran prog rock/pop group Genesis are new at 16 with their career-spanning box set R-Kive, while US singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams is on track for a second Top 40 album with Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (18).

Abba’s Live At Wembley Arena (20) and The Levellers’ Greatest Hits (21) are both set to enter the Top 40 on Sunday. And finally, after the success of ITV’s biopic Cilla, Cilla Black’s 2013 greatest hits collection, The Very Best Of, climbs 15 places to Number 33 midweek.

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	CARRY ON THE GRUDGE	JAMIE T
2	WANTED ON VOYAGE	GEORGE EZRA
3	IN THE LONELY HOUR	SAM SMITH
4	X	ED SHEERAN
5	PARTNERS	BARBRA STREISAND
6	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS
7	ART OFFICIAL AGE	PRINCE
8	NO SOUND WITHOUT SILENCE	SCRIPT
9	PLECTRUMELECTRUM	PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL
10	THIS IS ALL YOURS	ALT-J
11	HESITANT ALIEN	GERARD WAY
12	WONDER WHERE WE LAND	SBTRKT
13	POPULAR PROBLEMS	LEONARD COHEN
14	THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL MARMOZETS	MARMOZETS
15	FANTASIA	LUCY KAY
16	R-KIVE	GENESIS
17	ROYAL BLOOD	ROYAL BLOOD
18	DOWN WHERE THE SPIRIT MEETS THE BONE	LUCINDA WILLIAMS
19	X	CHRIS BROWN
20	LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA	ABBA
21	GREATEST HITS	LEVELLERS
22	CAUSTIC LOVE	PAOLO NUTINI
23	CHEEK TO CHEEK	TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA
24	SYRO	APHEX TWIN
25	A PERFECT CONTRADICTION	PALOMA FAITH
26	BLUE SMOKE - THE BEST OF	DOLLY PARTON
27	DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE	JOE BONAMASSA
28	IF YOU WAIT	LONDON GRAMMAR
29	STARS	COLLABRO
30	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
31	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
32	LULLABY AND THE CEASELESS ROAR	ROBERT PLANT
33	THE VERY BEST OF	CILLA BLACK
34	THE 1975	1975
35	THE WHOLE STORY	KATE BUSH
36	MEET THE VAMPS	VAMPS
37	PANIC PREVENTION	JAMIE T
38	GHOST STORIES	COLDPLAY
39	NIGHT VISIONS	IMAGINE DRAGONS
40	HALCYON	ELLIE GOULDING