Jason Mraz on track to bag his first Number 1 album

Jason Mraz looks set to topple Adele’s 21 from the top of the Official Albums Chart and score his first UK Number 1. Plus, see this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 in full!

According to today’s Official Chart Update, Jason Mraz looks set to score his first UK Number 1 this weekend. The US singer / songwriter, who released his fourth studio album, Love Is A Four Letter Word, earlier this week, is on course to topple Adele’s 21 from the top of the Official Albums Chart.

Mraz shot to global fame in 2008 when his single, I’m Yours, went Top 10 in 16 countries including Australia, Germany, New Zealand and the US. The track, which became a mainstay on daytime radio, reached Number 11 in the UK’s Official Singles Chart and has sold an impressive 583,000 copies to date. He has since gone on to star in the Visit California TV ad campaign alongside Golden Girl Betty White and former governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Meanwhile Adele’s 21 looks set to fall one place to Number 2, while Nicki Mianj’s Pink Friday – Roman Reloaded is currently sitting pretty at Number 3. Jessie J’s Who You Are is holding steady at Number 4, and Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die completes this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5.

New Entries and high climbers

San Francisco rockers Train are going full steam ahead to score their highest Official Albums Chart placing to date. The band’s latest release, California 37, is looking set to debut at Number 7 – one place ahead of their 2001 breakthrough album Drops Of Jupiter.

Elsewhere, Spiritualized are on course for their seventh Top 40 album. The band’s latest release, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, is at Number 11 in today’s Official Albums Chart Update. Euro power metallers DragonForce are new in at Number 24 with The Power Within, while Liverpool doomsters Anathema are at Number 34 with Weather Systems. Canadian punks Cancer Bats complete this week’s Official Update new entries with Dead Set On Living new in at Number 37.

Much like the Official Singles Chart Update, BBC reality TV show The Voice continues to impact the charts. Coach Jessie J’s Who You Are is holding steady in the Top 5, while Danny O'Donoghue’s band, The Script, are up 16 places to Number 16 with their eponymous 2008 debut album. Thanks to a couple of show-stopping performances of his track Ordinary People on this past weekend’s show, John Legend’s 2004 album Get Lifted looks set to re-enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 18.

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

01	LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - JASON MRAZ
02	21 - ADELE
03	PINK FRIDAY - ROMAN RELOADED - NICKI MINAJ
04	WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J
05	BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
06	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
07	CALIFORNIA 37 - TRAIN
08	NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - DAVID GUETTA
09	+ - ED SHEERAN
10	BOYS & GIRLS - ALABAMA SHAKES
11	SWEET HEART SWEET LIGHT - SPIRITUALIZED
12	MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE
13	MDNA - MADONNA
14	MUSIC ROX - MOSHI MONSTERS
15	ELECTRONIC EARTH - LABRINTH
16	THE SCRIPT - SCRIPT
17	19 - ADELE
18	GET LIFTED - JOHN LEGEND
19	MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
20	SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
21	WRECKING BALL - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
22	IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS
23	DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS
24	THE POWER WITHIN - DRAGONFORCE
25	UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION
26	SCIENCE & FAITH - SCRIPT
27	TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
28	LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE
29	STEREO TYPICAL - RIZZLE KICKS
30	IN MY DREAMS - MILITARY WIVES
31	TUSKEGEE - LIONEL RICHIE
32	EL CAMINO - BLACK KEYS
33	EVERY KINGDOM - BEN HOWARD
34	WEATHER SYSTEMS - ANATHEMA
35	TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY
36	THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR - ALEX CLARE
37	DEAD SET ON LIVING - CANCER BATS
38	HANDS UP - THE ALBUM - JUSTIN FLETCHER
39	CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
40	HOME AGAIN - MICHAEL KIWANUKA