U.K. CHARTS: ALEX'S "ORDINARY" BREAKS A RECORD

Slip on those blue suede shoes because Alex Warren has passed Elvis Presley for the longest-running #1 by an American male solo artist on the Official U.K. Singles chart, while masked rock outfit Sleep Token enjoys its first #1 on the Albums tally with Even in Arcadia (RCA).

Warren’s “Ordinary” (Atlantic) earns a ninth week at #1, surpassing the eight weeks Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” spent there in 1955.

The top Singles debut comes from Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas’ "Blessings" (Columbia), at #8. Harris has an astonishing 45 prior Top 10 U.K. hits.

MOLIY and Silent Addy’s “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (gamma.) jumps 26-15 to a new Singles peak and is now in its sixth week at #1 on the Official Afrobeats Chart.

Sleep Token lands an incredible fourth U.K. Top 40 hit in just the last three months as the new album’s title cut opens at #31. The former Top 10 “Caramel” explodes 77-33.

Elsewhere on Albums, Bath-born PinkPantheress starts at #3 with her second mixtape, Fancy That (Warner), and The Kooks debut at #5 with Never Know (Lonely Cat), their highest-charting album since 2008’s Konk went to #2.

Never Know crowns the Official Record Store Chart as the most-in-demand item at indie retail, and Even in Arcadia is #1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.

Tate McRae’s So Close to What (RCA) jumps 16-8 as her Miss Possessive Tour hits the U.K. Arcade Fire debuts at #18 with Pink Elephant (Columbia), the follow-up to 2022’s chart-topping WE.

The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO/Republic) zooms 110-25, advancing the release of the film accompaniment and following the kickoff of the artist’s After Hours Til Dawn North American stadium trek.