Bastille go head-to-head with Stereophonics in Number 1 album race

Bastille and Stereophonics battle it out in the race to Number 1 on today's Official Albums Chart Update.
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Bastille and Stereophonics battle it out in the race to Number 1 on today's Official Albums Chart Update.

It’s the battle of the bands on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update, with Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood going head-to-head with Stereophonics' Graffiti On The Train in the race to this week’s Number 1.

London quartet Bastille are currently winning, with Bad Blood having nearly a 6,500 copy lead on the veteran Welsh rockers’ eighth studio album at this mid-way stage.

Emeli Sande is set to spend her 56th consecutive week in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this weekend with Our Version Of Events (Number 3), whileDido’s long-awaited new album, Girl Who Got Away (4), could give the British star her fourth Top 5 album in a row. Bruno MarsUnorthodox Jukebox completes this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5, climbing one place to Number 5.

New Entries

In addition to Bastille, Stereophonics, and Dido, there are four other new entries on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Birmingham singer/songwriter Laura Mvula, who was nominated for the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award and also featured in the BBC’s Sound Of 2013 poll, is on course for a Top 10 debut on Sunday with Sing To The Moon (Number 6).

Veteran US country stars Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell are new in at Number 22 today with their collaboration Old Yellow Moon, while Jimi Hendrix’s posthumous album, People, Hell And Angels, debuts at 28.

This week’s new entries are completed by former Westlife man Brian McFadden’s fourth solo album, The Irish Connection, at Number 33.

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE
2 GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN STEREOPHONICS
3 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE
4 GIRL WHO GOT AWAY DIDO
5 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS
6 SING TO THE MOON LAURA MVULA
7 LES MISERABLES MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
8 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS
9 ALL THAT ECHOES JOSH GROBAN
10 EVERY KINGDOM BEN HOWARD
11 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS
12 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
13 BOTH SIDES NOW MICHAEL BALL
14 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE P!NK
15 18 MONTHS CALVIN HARRIS
16 TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION
17 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING
18 FALL TO GRACE PALOMA FAITH
19 RED TAYLOR SWIFT
20 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC
21 AMOK ATOMS FOR PEACE
22 OLD YELLOW MOON EMMYLOU HARRIS AND RODNEY CROWELL
23 UNAPOLOGETIC RIHANNA
24 HOLY FIRE FOALS
25 OPPOSITES BIFFY CLYRO
26 21 ADELE
27 NUMBER 3 THE SCRIPT
28 PEOPLE HELL & ANGELS JIMI HENDRIX
29 SOME NIGHTS FUN.
30 THE VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND
31 THE LUMINEERS THE LUMINEERS
32 AN AWESOME WAVE ALT-J
33 THE IRISH CONNECTION BRIAN MCFADDEN
34 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS BRUNO MARS
35 + ED SHEERAN
36 180 PALMA VIOLETS
37 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY
38 PUSH THE SKY AWAY NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
39 CHANNEL ORANGE FRANK OCEAN
40 LOST IN YOU PETULA CLARK

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