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U.K. MIDWEEKS: DRAKE DOMINATES
10/9/23

For All the Dogs (OVO/Republic Records) is set to become Drake’s sixth U.K. Official Albums #1 on Friday. Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” (FFRR) by is leading the pack at singles.

Elsewhere on albums, Nines is heading for a #2 debut with Crop Circle 3 (Zino). Roger WatersThe Dark Side of the Moon Redux (Cooking Vinyl) is set to land at #3; Sufjan StevensJavelin (Asthmatic Kitty) is #4.

Joel Corry’s debut, Another Friday Night (Warner Music U.K.), is in the Top 10 for the first time at #6 following its official release. The Darkness are on course to land at #7 with a 20th anniversary release of their debut, Permission to Land (Warner).

On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, “Strangers” has lifted one place to #1. The top spot come Friday could be up for grabs as there are just 600 sales separating today’s Top 3: Grace’s “Strangers,” cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) at #2, and this week’s highest new entry, Drake’s “Virginia Beach,” at #3.

There are two more tracks from For All the Dogs in the Top 10: “First Person Shooter” f/J Cole at #4 and “IDGAF” f/Yeat at #6.

Sonny Fodera, MK and Clementine Douglas’ “Asking” (Solotoko) is expected to rise into the Top 10 for the first time at #7. Billy Gillies & Hannah Boleyn could lift three to #15 on “DNA (Loving You)” (Big Beat Records).