Ariana Grande has shot straight to #1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles midweek update with “7 Rings” (
Island) on 5.8m streams since Friday. Over on albums, there’s three new entries in the Top 5 from
Thunder,
Dodie and
Twilight Sad.
Should Ariana hold on to her midweek lead, which is currently 24k combined chart sales, “7 Rings” will be her fourth chart-topper in Blighty.
Ava Max has moved down to #2 with “Sweet but Psycho” (
Atlantic) and
Sam Smith &
Normani’s “Dancing With a Stranger” (
Capitol) is up one place to #3.
Calvin Harris and
Rag’n’Bone Man’s “Giant” (
Columbia) is up three places to #4 with and “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” (Columbia) from
Miley Cyrus and
Mark Ronson is down to #5.
Elsewhere, a new remix of “Gun Lean” from
Russ f/
Taze,
LD,
Digga D,
Ms Banks &
Lethal Bizzle (
Virgin EMI) sees the track rocket to #10 from #34in today’s sales flash, while
NSG’s self-released “Options” is up three to #11.
Mabel’s “Don’t Call Me Up” (
Polydor) has debuted at #12, while
Lewis Capaldi makes gains with “Someone You Loved” (Virgin EMI) rising 15 places to #14 so far this week.
It’s a busy week on the albums front, with Thunder set to claim Friday’s highest new entry with a reimagined collection of classic songs,
Please Remain Seated (
BMG), at #2. Just 14 combined sales behind is Dodie’s new EP,
Human (
Ministry of Sound).
The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) remains at #1 and
George Ezra’s
Staying at Tamara’s (Columbia)also stays put at #4.
Two more new releases start in the Top 10:
It Won’t Be Like This All The Time (
Rock Action) from The Twilight Sad at #5 and
Assume Form (Polydor) by
James Blake at #6.
Elsewhere,
Maggie Rogers’ debut
Heard It In A Past Life (Atlantic) starts at #11, and
Future’s seventh collection,
The WZRD (
RCA), is set to become his third Top 20 album at #14.