X Factor’s Jahmene Douglas leads Official Albums Chart race

Jahmene Douglas looks set to knock Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines off the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend with Love Never Fails.
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Jahmene Douglas looks set to knock Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines off the top of the Official Albums Chart this weekend with Love Never Fails.

X Factor runner-up Jahmene Douglas could be on course for a debut Number 1 album this weekend, the OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

The 22-year-old former ASDA shop assistant, who came second to James Arthur on ITV’s flagship reality TV singing contest in December, is looking to swap shelf-stacking for chart-topping pop stardom this weekend as his ‘jahmazing’ debut album release Love Never Fails is on track to knock Robin Thick’s Blurred Lines off the top of the Official Albums Chart.

The 10-track album features Jahmene’s covers of David Guetta and Sia’s Titanium, Beyonce’s Halo and a duet of Whitney Houston’s The Greatest Love Of All with his X Factor mentor, Nicole Scherzinger, among others.


Jahméne Douglas - Titanium on MUZU.TV.

This week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5 is completed by Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines (Number 2), Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail (3), Passenger’s All The Little Lights (4) and former Disney princess Selena Gomez, who is new in at Number 5 with her debut solo release, Stars Dance.

New Entries

In addition to Jahmene Douglas (Number 1) and Selena Gomez (5), there are three other new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.

Hey! Hello!, the new project from The Wildhearts’ mainman Ginger and New York singer Victoria Liedtke, debuts at Number 12 on today’s Update with their eponymous debut album. The recording sessions for the record were funded by fans using the crowdsourcing website www.pledgemusic.com, and the album’s cover art was designed by legendary artist Frank Kozik (Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Red Hot Chili Peppers). Should it maintain its momentum, Hey! Hello! will be Ginger’s highest charting album since The Wildhearts’ iconic second album, P.H.U.Q., peaked at Number 6 backin 1995.

Meanwhile, the Rolling Stones debut at Number 15 with their new live outing, Hyde Park Live. The 19-track album features highlights recorded during their concerts on July 6th and 13th, which marked nearly 44 years since the band first played London’s Hyde Park.

And finally, Worcester electronic duo F**k Buttons are heading for their first Top 40 album on Sunday with their third full-length, Slow Focus (30).

The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1 LOVE NEVER FAILS JAHMENE DOUGLAS
2 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE
3 MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL JAY-Z
4 ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS PASSENGER
5 STARS DANCE SELENA GOMEZ
6 TIME ROD STEWART
7 TO BE LOVED MICHAEL BUBLE
8 BABEL MUMFORD & SONS
9 JAKE BUGG JAKE BUGG
10 HOME RUDIMENTAL
11 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX BRUNO MARS
12 HEY HELLO HEY HELLO
13 THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
14 RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES DAFT PUNK
15 HYDE PARK LIVE ROLLING STONES
16 18 MONTHS CALVIN HARRIS
17 ELECTRIC PET SHOP BOYS
18 LONG WAY DOWN TOM ODELL
19 RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME OLLY MURS
20 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE
21 NIGHT VISIONS IMAGINE DRAGONS
22 ENGLISH RAIN GABRIELLE APLIN
23 RED TAYLOR SWIFT
24 EVERY KINGDOM BEN HOWARD
25 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS EMELI SANDE
26 SIGH NO MORE MUMFORD & SONS
27 SETTLE DISCLOSURE
28 THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE PINK
29 TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION
30 SLOW FOCUS F**K BUTTONS
31 NOTHING BUT THE BEAT DAVID GUETTA
32 + ED SHEERAN
33 THE HEIST MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
34 THE SHOCKING MISS EMERALD CARO EMERALD
35 THE LUMINEERS LUMINEERS
36 MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY VAMPIRE WEEKEND
37 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING
38 MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL OF MONSTERS & MEN
39 IN A PERFECT WORLD KODALINE
40 UP FROM BELOW EDWARD SHARPE & MAGNETIC ZEROS

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