Filipino-British singer-songwriter beabadoobee appears set to clinch her second consecutive UK Number One album with her fourth studio release, Pylon. <>
According to the latest Official Albums Chart midweek update, Pylon sits atop the chart. The record seems poised to replicate the feat of 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves by reaching the summit, marking beabadoobee’s fourth Top 10 album overall after Fake It Flowers (2020) and Beatopia (2022).
According to the latest Official Albums Chart midweek update, Pylon sits atop the chart. The record seems poised to replicate the feat of 2024’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves by reaching the summit, marking beabadoobee’s fourth Top 10 album overall after Fake It Flowers (2020) and Beatopia (2022).
Queen drummer Roger Taylor holds the No. 2 position with Violence Insane In A Beautiful World. If the album maintains this pace, it will become Taylor’s highest-charting solo effort to date, surpassing Outsider from 2021, which peaked at No. 3.
David Bowie’s The Shel Talmy Recordings debuts at No. 3. The compilation spotlights the late icon’s 1965 work in collaboration with producer Shel Talmy and is on track to give Bowie his 37th Top 10 entry on the Official Albums Chart.
Beck sits at No. 4 with Ride Lonesome, setting the stage for the Californian artist to equal his best-ever UK chart showing achieved twelve years earlier with Morning Phase.
Rounding out the midweek Top 5 are Echo & The Bunnymen with Apples For Isaac at No. 5. The release marks the band’s first new material since 2014 and positions them for their first Top 10 entry in 29 years.
Further down the chart, Miley Cyrus remains at No. 6 with Bass Persuades, while Liverpudlian indie outfit The Cheap Thrills lead a cluster of new arrivals at No. 13 with their debut Keep Cheap. Thrash metal legends Anthrax sit at No. 15 with Cursum Perficio, followed by Tove Lo’s ESTRUS at No. 19 and Irish folk ensemble The Mary Wallopers at No. 20 with Paddywhackery.
Reissues also enjoy strong showings, with expanded editions of Simple Minds’ Once Upon A Time and Phil Collins’ Face Value shaping up for Top 40 returns. The final chart positions will be confirmed on Friday by the Official Charts Company.
