Robbie Williams on course for Official Charts Number 1 double!

In a return run of form Robbie Williams looks set to be Number 1 on both the Official Singles Chart AND the Official Albums Chart, according to today’s Official Chart Update.

The Stoke born singer, who equalled his Take That bandmate Gary Barlow’s career tally of 14 Number 1 singles this past Sunday with Candy, looks set to hold on to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for a second week, while his ninth studio album, Take The Crown, is on course to debut at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Despite scoring six of the UK’s 100 biggest selling albums, this is only the second time Robbie has achieved such a feat. The last time he did the Official Charts double was back in December 2001 when Something Stupid, his re-working of Carson And Gaile’s 1967 classic track, hit the top spot during his easy listening covers album Swing When You’re Winning ‘s seven week stand at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

“I'm re-energised and it's called Take The Crown for that reason!” Robbie told BBC Radio 1. “I want to take on the world, I want to be a top pop star, and I want to dominate the charts!"

If Take The Crown can hold onto its lead though to Sunday, it will be Robbie’s tenth Number 1 album, and 12th Top 10 album overall (including his 2003 live album, Live At Knebworth, and his two Best Of collections - 2004’s Greatest Hits and 2010’s In And Out Of Consciousness).

Official Singles Chart New Entries and High Climbers

The Wanted are poised to score this week’s highest new entry with I Found You (Number 3). It will be the British boyband’s seventh Top 5 single to date. 2011 X Factor semi-finalist Misha B is on course for her highest charting single to date with Do You Think of Me new in at Number 6. Rita Ora’s Shine Ya Light is up 39 places to Number 8 following her performance on Sunday’s X Factor results show, while DJ and producer Nick Douwma, AKA Sub Focus, is on course for his highest charting single to date with Tidal Wave set to debut at Number 10.

Christina Aguilera, whose last Official Singles Chart appearance was guesting on the second biggest selling single of last year - Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger, is at Number 14 today with Your Body. Jason Mraz’s I Won’t Give Up (17) and Beyonce’s Listen (27) are both looking to re-enter the Official Singles Chart Top 40 on Sunday following recently-evicted Kye Sones’ and Jahmene Douglas’ respective performances on this weekend’s X Factor shows, while Sneakbo is at Number 35 today with his Beenie Man inspired track, Zim Zimma. It will be the South London MC’s first solo Top 40 hit (he previously guested on D’Banj’s Oliver Twist, which reached Number 9 in May of this year).

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

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Official Albums Chart New Entries

In addition to Robbie Williams’ Take The Crown (Number 1), there are nine other new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu and The Johann Strauss Orchestra look set to debut at Number 2 with their soundtrack covers album, Magic Of The Movies. This double album features re-workings of tracks from such iconic film scores as Titanic and The Godfather.

JLS are on course for their fourth Top 5 album with Evolution (Number 3), while The Military Wives second album, Stronger Together, looks set to debut at Number 5. Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles is at Number 7 with The Difficult Second Album, and Aerosmith are new in at Number 8 with Music From Another Dimension, the veteran US band’s first album of original material in nearly 11 years.

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is at Number 13 with his sixteenth UK Top 40 album, Opera, while US R&B star Ne-yo is on track to debut at Number 14 with his fifth album R.E.D., and singer/songwriter Kristina Train is new in at 19 with her second album, Dark Black.

And finally, the 20th anniversary edition of Manic Street Preachers’ landmark debut album, Generation Terrorists, is heading for Number 30. Originally released in February 1992, the album featured no less than seven hit singles, and kick-started the Welsh rockers’ impressive run of 33 consecutive Top 40 singles – a record which makes them the most consecutively charting British rock band of the last 20 years, beating such legends as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Iron Maiden in the all-time list.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

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