The sixth full length release from Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings and Michael Clifford looks to join 2015’s Sounds Good Feels Good, 2020’s CALM and 2022 release 5SOS5 in the band’s tally of chart-toppers.
However, UK rap duo D-Block Europe have their eye on a second consecutive Number 1 record, as PTSD 2 sits closely behind (2). After earning their first chart-topper with 2024’s Rolling Stone, Young Adz and Dirtbike LB are itching for back-to-back successes.
Following the release of a 25th anniversary edition on vinyl variants and CD, Oasis find live album Familiar To Millions at Number 3 midweek. The recording of their iconic July 2000 Wembley Stadium show, it’s tracking for its highest charting position to date, having originally peaked at Number 5.
Another album set to be bolstered by a special vinyl release is Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair (5). Reissued as a clear ‘coke bottle’ pressing, the album contains classic tracks including Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
Celeste is on track to bag a second Top 10 LP with Woman Of Faces (6), after 2021 debut Not Your Muse shot straight to Number 1.
English rock outfit Doves release compilation album So, Here We Are: Best Of Doves, expected to earn the group their second Top 10 album of the year (8). Their last came in March, courtesy of Constellations For The Lonely (5).
Michigan rapper NF looks to attain his third Top 10 collection with FEAR (10).
With the album celebrating its 50th anniversary, The Rolling Stones’ timeless Black and Blue is given a super deluxe boxset reissue including studio jams, outtakes and a live set from Earls Court. The album, which peaked at Number 2 in 1976, is set to finish inside the Top 20 this week (16).
And finally, R&B star Summer Walker hopes to claim a third Top 20 with her latest LP, Finally Over It (17).
