Sam Smith on track for sixth week at Number 1 after Grammys sweep

Sam Smith’s debut album In The Lonely Hour is on track to spend a sixth non-consecutive week at Number 1 following the singer-songwriter’s Grammy success.

Sam scooped four gongs at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday including; Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album (In The Lonely Hour), Record Of The Year (Stay With Me) and Song Of The Year (Stay With Me).

In The Lonely Hour first topped the chart for two weeks upon its release back in June 2014, before returning for a further fortnight in September and once more in January this year.

The album is currently just 200 copies ahead of its nearest competitor Kodaline’s Coming Up For Air, which debuts at Number 2 today.

Ed Sheeran’s X drops one place to 3 today, followed by Indie rock quartet Peace with second studio album Happy People (4).

Rounding out today’s Top 5 is George Ezra, up one place with debut LP Wanted On Voyage (5).

New Entries

There are nine further new releases in today’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 40.

US southern rock/country band Blackberry Smoke are set to score their third UK Top 40 album with Holding All The Roses (10), followed by acoustic singer Jack Savoretti who is on track to make his Top 40 debut with Written In Scars (11).

Folk singer-songwriter Father John Misty lands at 14 today with I Love You, Honeybear, trailed by British duo The Unthanks with Mount The Air (17).

Rock trio The Subways’ self-titled fourth studio album lands at 19 midweek, followed by US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters with Blackbirds (20).

Finally, former Doves band members Jez and Andy Williams enter the chart at 22 with their debut self-titled release as Black Rivers.

There are three re-entries in today’s Top 40. Alanis Morissette’s 1995 release Jagged Little Pill is at 13 today, trailed by Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events (27) and Grammy Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album winner Beck’s Morning Phase (37).

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Albums Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

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