Jeremy Corbyn gets behind Wolf Alice in their chart battle against Shania Twain

The band have previously supported the Labour leader on several occasions.

It's not often that politicians dare to get involved in the world of pop, but Jeremy Corbyn has chipped in on this week's battle between Wolf Alice and Shania Twain for the Official Albums Chart Number 1.

The London band and country pop superstar have been neck-and-neck all week, with the alt-rock group ahead until Tuesday with their second album Visions of a Life. Shania pulled ahead by 1,400 copies yesterday (Oct 4) with her first album in 15 years, Now, which could become her first UK chart topper for 19 years tomorrow.

It seems Jeremy Corbyn is firmly on team Wolf Alice, following the band pledging their support to him in this year's general election campaign. Wolf Alice performed a small set at London's Tories Out march in July, starting of an 'Oh Jeremy Corbyn' chant at the protest.

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Jezza has taken to Twitter to get involved in the chart race, and his influence has the potential to put Wolf Alice in the lead once again.

After helping Labour beat the odds in the election, it's great to see @WolfAliceMusic doing the same in the charts. https://t.co/H3sdVFpZVr
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 5, 2017

Not only did Jeremy send a message of support, but he also shared a link to buy Wolf Alice's album. I'm sure the band think your Love Is Cool, Corbs. Understandably, Wolf Alice fans are loving it:

YES CORBZ
— Jamie Milton (@jamiemilton_) October 5, 2017

You are so indie Jeremy
— Adam (@tBKoN_) October 5, 2017

omg you're so indie
— zoellie (@holyswifts) October 5, 2017

This is iconic
— danielle (@filthygerm) October 5, 2017

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The chart battle intensified yesterday when Wolf Alice shared a message on Facebook, recalling a story when drummer Joel Amey was forced to learn to line dance back in school to Shania's song Man! I Feel Like A Woman. He later clarified that Shania "is obviously a legend".

Should Wolf Alice take back the lead from Shania, it will be their first UK Number 1 album. The band's debut Your Love Is Cool was Number 1 in the Chart Update when released, but debuted at Number 2 behind Florence & The Machine's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Look back at that close race for Number 1 from 2015.

Find out who will take the crown on this week's Official Albums Chart on Friday, October 6. The Final Top 100 will be published on Friday at 5.45pm here.

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Brett

5th October 2017

I really wish the OCC would stop showing bias towards Wolf Alice, just report the charts and stop reporting all this twitter stupidity to try to push your own agenda. I'm not one bit surprised since the Singles chart is now riddled with manipulation, you can't even take it seriously with the stupid week 10 drops. It's a shame the OCC don't put more energy into reporting the facts instead of chart manipulation, then the articles wouldn't be full of embarrassing errors like the one posted with the Top 40 albums of the year so far.

Official Charts

5th October 2017

Hi Brett. Prior to Shania's album release, we published a preview of her album relating to an event we attended, plus we published a countdown of her Top 10 biggest songs in the UK. If Shania had also commented on the chart race, we would have reported on her response too. In regards to "reporting the facts", we regularly publish our ChartFacts of the Week feature and hope you enjoy that enough to leave a positive comment.

Brett

5th October 2017

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my whining, but frankly I don't think there's such a thing as a chart fact to enjoy anymore. My enjoyment of the charts as a whole has been ruined by the blatant manipulation of the singles chart which I have stopped following after more than 30 years; I can't support a chart that actively discriminates against long runners (and I'm not alone in this) and whereby the best selling and most streamed song ends up at Number 4 (Despacito). I don't know what the chart is supposed to represent anymore, the way it's run now I'd might as well just make up my own. Please don't bother responding again, there is nothing you can say that will justify it.