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Lewis Capaldi denies Selena Gomez her first UK Number 1 album in incredibly close race for the top spot
Plus cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason sets a new chart record on this week's Official Albums Chart.
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Lewis Capaldi reclaims the Number 1 spot on this week’s Official Albums Chart, denying Selena Gomez’s new record Rare the top spot in a very close race.
Lewis’s debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent lifts one place to log an eighth week at the summit, finishing just 637 chart sales ahead of Selena’s new album. It’s still the US singer’s best-performing album in the UK, becoming her first Top 10 of her seven records released as a soloist and with The Scene. View Selena Gomez's complete Official UK Chart history.
Last week’s Number 1, Stormzy’s Heavy Is The Head, drops to Number 3.
MORE: Every Official UK Number 1 album ever
Two new releases land in this week’s Top 10: British band Easy Life make their chart debut with their Junk Food mixtape at Number 7, and claim this week’s best-selling album on vinyl.
Meanwhile, BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason scores a personal best and sets a new Official Chart record today, entering at Number 8 with his second album Elgar. The entry makes the 20-year-old Nottingham-born musician. who performed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding in 2018, the highest-charting cellist of all time in the UK, and the first to break the Official Albums Chart Top 10. Sheku also lands at Number 1 on this week’s Official Classical Albums Chart.
Celebrating the news, Sheku said: “I am so excited that my album is in the Top 10 of the Official UK Album Chart – thank you Edward Elgar for writing such a fantastic piece of music! And thank you to Sir Simon Rattle and all the other great artists who feature on the recording too.”
Further down, Former Mercury Prize nominees The Big Moon claim their first UK Top 40 album with Walking Like We Do (19), rising star Georgia also makes her chart debut album Seeking Thrills (24), and new Andy Williams hits collection Gold also secures a place in this week’s Top 40 at Number 29.
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Scott Harris
I don't get it, why are people still buying Lewis Capaldi's mediocre album? It's not good.
thierry henon
It would have been great if Selena Gomez could have finally get her first number 1 album!! But she was at number 4 mid week so i guess number 2 is very good indeed!! She was so close still....
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Alice Ray
It will be great to see Selena reached #1 album. I absolutely love it.
Piran
Aw... I still like Lewis Capaldi dominating the charts, but it would’ve been so cool to see Selena Gomez get her first UK #1 album instead (although ‘Rare’ debuting as high as it did is certainly a good sign for the future).
Shame that Echosmith aren’t here, because their new album is incredible & one I could see as a very early contender to be my favourite of 2020! :)
Looking forward to seeing how Eminem’s surprise album does next week!
old account
Hey Piran. I would have prefaired another week for Stormzy at Number 1, as I don't like Lewis Capaldi nor Selena Gomez.
I'm excited to hear Eminem's new album, as I was awaiting a new album. I really hope that can get to Number 1 (especially against Halsey, I really don't like her).
Sergej Dordij
Hi Piran!
Really wanted Selena to have her first UK #1 album as well.
I actually have Selena at #1 in my album charts, followed by Echosmith!
I heard only one song from Eminem new album and it's the one that interested me a lot (the one with Anderson .Paak) and it was good.
Can't wait to see where it lands, as well as where Halsey will land.
Talk to you later!
Piran
I'm glad that she at least got your #1 on your charts, as well as the BB200 to be posted on Sunday! :D
Of course, I really love Echosmith entering just beneath her! Since it would be clear leader for me, what are your favourite tracks from the album?
Piran
Stormzy really deserved more than just the one week at #1, but given his monstrous streaming numbers, I think he'll retake it one of these weeks.
Yeah, Eminem should go straight in at the top next week, but Halsey should still be getting at least a Top 5!
Regarding the latter, I've always thought her features are better than her own singles! Even then, she's growing on me a bit, since I really couldn't stand her a couple of years ago, now there are a few of her own singles that I actually enjoy, including her new one. :)
Sergej Dordij
There are a lot of songs that I like from their album, my favourites being "Diamonds", "Lonely Generation", "Last Forever" and "Shut Up And Kiss Me". But the album as a whole is great!
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Scott Harris
I honestly don't think Lewis Capaldi should be dominating anything.
Piran
I think it's how meaningful & relatable his lyrics are that win me over, along with the fact that he sings with so much passion.
Piran
All amazing choices, especially when one of them is my #1 for the week! :)
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Mirage
Her team , those stvpids didn't sent her album to physical stores, until the second week.
She has a worst team than Normani's