Kanye West v Kodaline for this week’s Number 1 album!

Dublin’s Kodaline take on global mega-star Kanye West in the battle for this week's Number 1 album.
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Dublin’s Kodaline take on global mega-star Kanye West in the battle for this week's Number 1 album.

Kodaline are going head-to-head with Kayne West in the race for this week’s Official Number 1 album.

The Dublin rockers’ debut full-length, In A Perfect World, is in pole position on today’s Official Albums Chart Update; however the quartet face tough competition from Kanye West, whose new album, Yeezus, was officially released in the UK yesterday.

After less than 24 hours on sale, Yeezus is just 1,800 copies behind In A Perfect World, and debuts at Number 3 on today’s Update.

Current Official Albums Chart topper, 13 by Black Sabbath, is down one place to Number 2, while Rod Stewart’s Time (4) and Icelandic post-rock outfit Sigur Rós’ new studio album, Kveikur (5), complete today’s Update Top 5.

New entries

In addition to Kodaline’s (1), Kanye West (2), and Sigur Rós (5), there are five other new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

J. Cole, who was the first signing to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, looks set to debut inside the Top 10 this weekend. The North Carolina rapper’s second album, Born Sinner, is at Number 6 at the halfway stage. His first album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, peaked at Number 25 on the Official Albums Chart back in 2011.

Award winning composer Hans Zimmer is also set to score his highest charting album to date with his soundtrack to the new Superman film, Man Of Steel (9), while New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra is on course for her sixth Top 40 album. Hayley‘s new collection of traditional lullabies and mellow musical songs, Hushabye, is new in at 25 today.

And finally, The View’s new Best Of album, Seven Year Setlist, and US rapper Mac Miller’s second album, Watching Movies With The Sound Off, are currently at Number 35 and Number 39, respectively.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1 IN A PERFECT WORLD KODALINE
2 13 BLACK SABBATH
3 YEEZUS KANYE WEST
4 TIME ROD STEWART
5 KVEIKUR SIGUR ROS
6 BORN SINNER J COLE
7 ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS PASSENGER
8 RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES DAFT PUNK
9 MAN OF STEEL - OST HANS ZIMMER
10 SETTLE DISCLOSURE
11 BE BEADY EYE
12 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS
13 HOME RUDIMENTAL
14 A AGNETHA FALTSKOG
15 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS
16 LIKE CLOCKWORK QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
17 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE
18 TO BE LOVED MICHAEL BUBLE
19 THE ESSENTIAL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
20 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE
21 RED TAYLOR SWIFT
22 18 MONTHS CALVIN HARRIS
23 THE SHOCKING MISS EMERALD CARO EMERALD
24 NUMBER 3 SCRIPT
25 HUSHABYE HAYLEY WESTENRA
26 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING
27 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
28 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS
29 BULA QUO - OST STATUS QUO
30 THE COMPLETE GREATEST HITS EAGLES
31 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE PINK
32 GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN STEREOPHONICS
33 UNAPOLOGETIC RIHANNA
34 TOMORROW'S HARVEST BOARDS OF CANADA
35 SEVEN YEAR SETLIST VIEW
36 NIGHT VISIONS IMAGINE DRAGONS
37 INVISIBLE EMPIRE/CRESCENT MOON KT TUNSTALL
38 NOTHING BUT THE BEAT DAVID GUETTA
39 WATCHING MOVIES WITH THE SOUND OFF MAC MILLER
40 + ED SHEERAN

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