Paul Weller on target for Number 1 album

Paul Weller is back on top with his critically acclaimed new album Sonik Kicks, which looks set to debut at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this Sunday. Plus see the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 40!

Paul Weller is back on top with new acclaimed album Sonik Kicks, the follow up to 2010’s Number 2 album Wake Up The Nation.

The release is Weller’s eleventh studio album and a more experimental, psychedelic offering according to critics. Sonik Kicks looks set to debut at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this Sunday, this would be the ex-Jam and Style Council man’s fourth solo Number 1 album.

Last week’s Mother’s Day chart topper Military Wives follow in second place with debut album In My Dreams, while David Guetta’s Nothing But The Beat is the week’s highest, climber shooting up six places to re-enter the Top 5 at Number 3. At Number 4 is Emeli Sande with Our Version Of Events.

The Official Charts Company revealed this past Monday that Adele’s 21 has now overtaken Pink Floyd’s 1973 epic, The Dark Side Of The Moon, in the UK’s all-time biggest selling albums chart. The news comes just three weeks after the London-born singer’s 2011 second album overtook sales of Michael Jackson’s Bad. 21 has now sold over 4,142,000 copies in the UK, making it the seventh biggest-selling album of all-time. However, with just 12,000 sales separating 21 from the Number 6 album, Dire Straits’ 1985 long player Brothers In Arms, Adele could easily overtake the British rockers by the end of this week. 21 is today’s Official Chart Update Number 5.

New entries

Albuquerque-based band The Shins are the second highest new entry on today’s Official Chart Update. Their major label debut Port Of Morrow, featuring the single Simple Song, is currently riding at Number 8 midweek. Miike Snow returns to the Official Albums Chart this week with new release Happy To You (16), with Odd Future’s The OF Tape – Vol 2 at 29, Faithless’s Passing The Baton – Live From Brixton is at 31, and The Band Perry’s eponymous album completing this week's Official Chart Update new entries.

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

Official Albums Chart Update Top 40
01 SONIK KICKS - PAUL WELLER
02 IN MY DREAMS - MILITARY WIVES
03 NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - DAVID GUETTA
04 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
05 21 - ADELE
06 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
07 + - ED SHEERAN
08 PORT OF MORROW - SHINS
09 WRECKING BALL - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
10 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
11 HOME AGAIN - MICHAEL KIWANUKA
12 MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE
13 GEMS - THE VERY BEST OF - MICHAEL BOLTON
14 MARCUS COLLINS - MARCUS COLLINS
15 TUSKEGEE - LIONEL RICHIE
16 HAPPY TO YOU - MIIKE SNOW
17 19 - ADELE
18 SECRET SYMPHONY - KATIE MELUA
19 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS
20 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS
21 THE VERY BEST OF - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN
22 HANDS UP - THE ALBUM - JUSTIN FLETCHER
23 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
24 EL CAMINO - BLACK KEYS
25 SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
26 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
27 ECHOES - WILL YOUNG
28 THE ESSENTIAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON
29 THE OF TAPE - VOL 2 - ODD FUTURE
30 HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON
31 PASSING THE BATON - LIVE FROM BRIXTON - FAITHLESS
32 WATCH THE THRONE - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
33 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J
34 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
35 STEREO TYPICAL - RIZZLE KICKS
36 UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION
37 BARTON HOLLOW - CIVIL WARS
38 STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON
39 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY
40 THE BAND PERRY - THE BAND PERRY