The 1975 set to take Avenged Sevenfold’s chart crown

The 1975 are on course for their first Official Number 1 album! Plus: See this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 in full!

It’s going to be all change at the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend as The 1975 are poised to knock Avenged Sevenfold’s Hail To The King off Number 1.

The Manchester-based band, who are fronted by Matthew Healy (son of Benidorm’s Timothy Healy and Loose Women’s Denise Welch) are currently in pole position on today’s midweek rundown with their eponymous debut album, which is outselling its closest competitors – Nine Inch Nail’s Hesitation Marks (Number 2) by more than two copies to one. The 1975 includes the band’s three Top 40 singles - Chocolate (19), The City (30) and Sex (34).

Avenged Sevenfold, who scored their first ever UK Number 1 album last Sunday with Hail To The King, fall eight places to Number 9 on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Meanwhile, Jordan and Harley, AKA Rizzle Kicks, are new in today at Number 3 with their second album, Roaring 20s, while Naughty Boy’s Hotel Cabana (down two to Number 4) and Richard And Adam’s The Impossible Dream (5) complete the Top 5.

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20 year old Ariana Grande, AKA Cat Valentine from Nickelodeon's Victorious and the spin-off show Sam & Cat, looks set to make her UK chart debut this weekend with Yours Truly (Number 6 today), while Peter Doherty’s Babyshambles are heading for their second Top 10 album with Sequel To The Prequel (8). South London duo Krept & Konan are also Top 10-bound with Young Kingz (10).

UB40 make a welcome return to the Official Albums Chart today with Getting Over The Storm (19), which is the Birmingham band’s first new album in nearly three years. John Legend, who has also just released his first new album in almost three years, is at Number 23 with Love In The Future.

Luciano Pavarotti’s new Best Of collection, The 50 Greatest Tracks debuts at 25 today, while Glasvegas’ Later... When The TV Turns To Static and Black Spiders’ This Savage Land are at 28 and 33, respectively.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Albums Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	THE 1975	THE 1975
2	HESITATION MARKS	NINE INCH NAILS
3	ROARING 20S	RIZZLE KICKS
4	HOTEL CABANA	NAUGHTY BOY
5	THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM	RICHARD & ADAM
6	YOURS TRULY	ARIANA GRANDE
7	HALCYON	ELLIE GOULDING
8	SEQUEL TO THE PREQUEL	BABYSHAMBLES
9	HAIL TO THE KING	AVENGED SEVENFOLD
10	YOUNG KINGZ	KREPT & KONAN
11	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION
12	BAD BLOOD	BASTILLE
13	ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS	PASSENGER
14	IN A PERFECT WORLD	KODALINE
15	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE
16	GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN	STEREOPHONICS
17	LONG WAY DOWN	TOM ODELL
18	TO BE LOVED	MICHAEL BUBLE
19	GETTING OVER THE STORM	UB40
20	HOME	RUDIMENTAL
21	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME	OLLY MURS
22	18 MONTHS	CALVIN HARRIS
23	LOVE IN THE FUTURE	JOHN LEGEND
24	NOTHING BUT THE BEAT	DAVID GUETTA
25	THE 50 GREATEST TRACKS	LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
26	SETTLE	DISCLOSURE
27	UP ALL NIGHT	ONE DIRECTION
28	LATER WHEN THE TV TURNS TO STATIC	GLASVEGAS
29	UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX	BRUNO MARS
30	NIGHT VISIONS	IMAGINE DRAGONS
31	BABEL	MUMFORD & SONS
32	TIME	ROD STEWART
33	THIS SAVAGE LAND	BLACK SPIDERS
34	STUDIO ZOO	NEWTON FAULKNER
35	RIGHT THOUGHTS RIGHT WORDS RIGHT ACTION	FRANZ FERDINAND
36	THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
37	ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT - 1969-1971	BOB DYLAN
38	MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL	JAY-Z
39	JAKE BUGG	JAKE BUGG
40	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY