Lana Del Rey looks set to debut at Number 1

25 year old US singer Lana Del Rey’s major label debut album, Born To Die, is comfortably outselling the rest of the Top 5 based on figures from today’s Official Chart Update.

Outstripping its nearest competitor, Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas (2), by more than two copies to one, the album is the singer’s second studio album but her first release via a major label under the moniker Lana Del Rey. The album’s title track debuted in the Official Singles Chart Top 20 at Number 14 this past Sunday and today climbs three places to Number 11, while her debut single, Video Games, appears today at Number 19 in its 16th week on the Official Singles Chart. Video Games has shifted nearly 272,000 units since release and amassed a staggering 24.5 million views on YouTube.

In terms of new entries, dance duo 2 Bears hit the Official Chart Update Top 40 with critically-acclaimed debut Be Strong today, featuring their signature dancefloor stomper Bear Hug. Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and DJ Raf Rundell have locked paws on this uplifting electronic record off the back of a series of EPs and their weekly Ministry Of Sound radio show. Be Strong enters today at Number 26.

Metronomy stablemates Django Django are new in at 27 with their self-titled synth-laden guitar debut, while Sherlock – The Music From Series 1, written by James Bond composer David Arnold and Michael Price takes position at Number 34. The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 new album entries are completed by Nashville-based Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters’ Hello Cruel World.

And finally, Christina Perri’s Lovestrong is today’s Official Albums Chart Update highest climber, jumping 27 places to Number 10.

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

Official Albums Chart Update Top 40
01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
02 OLD IDEAS - LEONARD COHEN
03 + - ED SHEERAN
04 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
05 21 - ADELE
06 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J
07 STEREO TYPICAL - RIZZLE KICKS
08 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS
09 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
10 LOVESTRONG - CHRISTINA PERRI
11 NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - DAVID GUETTA
12 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
13 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS
14 BEYOND THE SUN - CHRIS ISAAK
15 WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES - THE VACCINES
16 LIONESS - HIDDEN TREASURES - AMY WINEHOUSE
17 TORCHES - FOSTER THE PEOPLE
18 UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION
19 TAKE CARE - DRAKE
20 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
21 19 - ADELE
22 VELOCIRAPTOR - KASABIAN
23 EL CAMINO - BLACK KEYS
24 4 - BEYONCE
25 FALLEN EMPIRES - SNOW PATROL
26 BE STRONG - 2 BEARS
27 DJANGO DJANGO - DJANGO DJANGO
28 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY
29 BORN THIS WAY - LADY GAGA
30 LOUD - RIHANNA
31 GIVEN TO THE WILD - THE MACCABEES
32 SOUL 2 - SEAL
33 STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON
34 SHERLOCK - MUSIC FROM SERIES 1 - DAVID ARNOLD/MICHAEL PRICE
35 NO MORE IDOLS - CHASE & STATUS
36 HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON
37 JUKEBOX - JLS
38 THE AWAKENING - JAMES MORRISON
39 AT YOUR INCONVENIENCE - PROFESSOR GREEN
40 HELLO CRUEL WORLD - GRETCHEN PETERS

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die on MUZU.