U.K. MIDWEEKS: SWIFT STEALS THE SHOW
Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (EMI) is outselling the rest of the U.K. Official Albums Top 10 at the halfway point. Over on singles, three Swift tracks are in the Top 10.
The re-recording of 2010’s Speak Now, which is set to become Swift’s 10th consecutive U.K. #1, shifted 48k in sales over the weekend.
Wham! retrospective The Singles: Echoes From the Edge of Heaven (Sony Music CG) is a new entry at #2 today.
One of the star acts at Glastonbury, Gabriels, are on track to enter at #3 with their debut, Angels & Queens–Part 1 (Parlophone). I Inside the Old Year Dying (Partisan) by PJ Harvey is also new, at #4. Following her headlining performance at BST Hyde Park, Lana Del Rey’s Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. (Polydor) has jumped to #5 from #67. And D-Block Europe’s newest self-released mixtape, DBE World, is expected to bow at #7.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweek chart, Swift’s “Mine (Taylor’s Version)” is the highest new entry at #4. “Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version)” follows at #7 and “Cruel Summer” at #8.
“Sprinter” (Live Yours/Neighbourhood) by Dave and Central Cee looks set to hold onto the top spot for a sixth week. Peggy Gou’s “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL) is up two to #5, while “0800 HEAVEN” (Atlantic) by Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson is also on the rise, up five to #10.
