Olly Murs to spend second week on top of the Official Albums Chart

Olly Murs is on course to spend a second week on top of the Official Albums Chart with Right Place, Right Time, according to today’s Official Chart Update. Plus: See the Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 in full!

Olly Murs is on course to spend a second week on top of the Official Albums Chart with Right Place, Right Time, according to today’s Official Chart Update.

Man of the moment Olly Murs looks set to spend a second week at Number 1 with Right Place, Right Time, according to today’s Official Charts Company sales data.

On Sunday, the X Factor star turned Xtra Factor host followed in the footsteps of Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams and One Direction, who have all achieved the coveted Official Chart double in 2012, scoring a simultaneous chart-topping single and album.

In related news, Olly was presented with an Official Number 1 Award for his fourth Number 1 single by his co-host Caroline Flack, on behalf of the Official Charts Company on Saturday night’s Xtra Factor. Olly has now racked up an impressive four chart-topping singles: 2010’s Please Don’t Let Me Go, 2011’s Heart Skips A Beat FT Rizzle Kicks, Dance With Me Tonight, and Troublemaker FT Flo Rida.

Michael Buble’s Christmas album, which was the second biggest selling album of 2011 (behind Adele’s 21), is up two places to Number 2, while One Direction’s Take Me Home (3) is down one. The Official Albums Chart Update Top 5 is completed by Rod Stewart’s Merry Christmas, Baby (4), and Rihanna’s Unapologetic (5).

New Entries And High Climbers

There are four new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Backed by his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and featuring collaborations with everyone from Paloma Faith to Paolo Nutini, Jessie J, Amy Winehouse, Paul Weller and Tom Jones, Jools Holland’s The Golden Age Of Song looks set to debut at Number 16 on Sunday.

N-Dubz frontwoman and X Factor judge Tulisa is new in at Number 22 with her debut solo album The Female Boss, while young Welsh male voice choir, Only Boys Aloud, are at Number 27 today with their eponymous debut album. This week’s new entries are completed by The Bee Gees’ Greatest Hits collection, Mythology (34).

Following her performance on the X Factor over the weekend, P!nk’s latest album, The Truth About Love, shoots up a cool 19 places to Number 9. Paloma Faith’s Fall To Grace is up eight places to Number 21, while Mumford & Sons’ Babel (Number 17) and Fun.’s Some Nights (20) both climb five places.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME	OLLY MURS
2	CHRISTMAS	MICHAEL BUBLE
3	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION
4	MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY	ROD STEWART
5	UNAPOLOGETIC	RIHANNA
6	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE
7	TAKE THE CROWN	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
8	THE VERY BEST OF	NEIL DIAMOND
9	THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE	P!NK
10	STORYTELLER	ALFIE BOE
11	MAGIC OF THE MOVIES	ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
12	DNA	LITTLE MIX
13	GRRR	THE ROLLING STONES
14	18 MONTHS	CALVIN HARRIS
15	GIRL ON FIRE	ALICIA KEYS
16	THE GOLDEN AGE OF SONG	JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS R&B ORCHESTRA
17	BABEL	MUMFORD & SONS
18	TEN	GIRLS ALOUD
19	+	ED SHEERAN
20	SOME NIGHTS	FUN.
21	FALL TO GRACE	PALOMA FAITH
22	THE FEMALE BOSS	TULISA
23	NUMBER 3	THE SCRIPT
24	THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - NEW GENERATION	JEFF WAYNE
25	THE GREATEST HITS	IL DIVO
26	STANDING OVATION - THE GREATEST SONGS	SUSAN BOYLE
27	ONLY BOYS ALOUD - THE CHRISTMAS EDITION	ONLY BOYS ALOUD
28	CELEBRATION DAY	LED ZEPPELIN
29	THIS IS CHRISTMAS	KATHERINE JENKINS
30	GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER ONE	KELLY CLARKSON
31	THE BEST OF	EVA CASSIDY
32	STRONGER TOGETHER	THE MILITARY WIVES
33	RED	TAYLOR SWIFT
34	MYTHOLOGY	THE BEE GEES
35	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY
36	MEMORY LANE - THE BEST OF	MCFLY
37	ORA	RITA ORA
38	EVOLUTION	JLS
39	OPERA	ANDREA BOCELLI
40	THE LUMINEERS	THE LUMINEERS