Little Mix's Glory Days is on course to become their first Number 1 album this week

Plus there are big new entries from Metallica and Bruno Mars on this week's Official Chart Update.
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Little Mix are set for glory on the Official Albums Chart this week as the group look set to claim their first Number 1 album.

The quartet’s fourth collection Glory Days has taken an early lead in today’s Official Chart Update, racking up 64,000 combined sales at the halfway stage of the chart week.

If Glory Days can hold its position until Friday’s Official Albums Chart reveal, it’ll mark their first Number 1 album, following three Top 5 collections DNA (2012), Salute (2013) and Get Weird (2015). Click here to view Little Mix’s complete Official Chart history.

MORE: The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2016 so far

Glory Days includes Shout Out To My Ex, which recently became the group's fourth Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. Check out Little Mix's complete Official UK Chart history here

Battling it out with Little Mix this week are Metallica, who are currently in the runner-up slot with their tenth studio album Hardwired… to Self-Destruct. The band last reached the top spot in 2008 with Death Magnetic.

Rounding off a potential all-new Top 3 is Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic; the singer’s third album after 2012’s Number 1 record Unorthodox Jukebox.

New entries and high climbers

Outside the Top 10, UB40’s first Unplugged album featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue starts at 16, singer-songwriter Dodie is enters at  23 with Intertwined, and a new Donna Summer Ultimate Collection is at 25.

Finally, Craig David’s former Number 1 album Following My Intuition lifts seven places to 28 following his performances on Children In Need and X Factor over the weekend, Andrea Bocelli’s Romanza debuts at 29, and French electronic duo Justice are at 30 with Woman.  

Check out this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart Update in full

Look back through every Official UK Number 1 album of 2016 so far below:

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Sunshine Gal

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that's fantastic for the girls!!! keep trying to make it over here ladies ;) it'll pay off :)

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HangingCoast

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Good luck to dodie. Amazing news for such a small unsigned artist. Hope she stays high

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Küll

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Hoping Metallica can get the #1!!

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Argh, 24HRS set to fall to 6 while Little Talentless Mix go in at 1... I'd NEVER thought I'd say this, but I actually WANT Metallica's album to go to number 1 just so Little Mix don't get to number 1. Also, anyone know what's going on with DNCE's album?

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MusicStan_1997

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I'm really hoping Little Mix can finally get the UK No.1 album that they deserve, Glory Days is amazing, it's my favourite album to be released this year. Metallica are 20K copies behind so for now they are guaranteed the top spot.

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Sunshine Gal

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hey bb buddy! :) think lm can debut in the top 10 in the u.s. on the 200 albums chart?

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MusicStan_1997

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Hey. I hope so but I feel like it will be somewhere in the top 15. I know that Metallica, Bruno and Miranda are all set to debut with quite high sales so it all depends on how everyone after that is doing, if it's a slow week then maybe they could be in the top 10. I know they've sold 12-15K pure sales in the US which isn't bad considering they didn't have a successful single to support the album so it all comes down to streaming. They are already set to debut at No.1 in the UK though, they've already sold 81K copies in five days, their highest first week sales, and they are 30K copies ahead of Metallica.

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Sunshine Gal

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well, actually lm may debut anywhere in the top 30...but that's ok. they can always climb up ;). nobody ever said pop success was easy. they shouldn't be too discouraged if they miss the top 10 in the states, i've seen albums @ the bottom of the 200 chart zoom all the way to the top 10 even to #1 in just 1 week. believe me, anything can happen. but maybe simon should release another single in america?

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MusicStan_1997

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, I thought that because even albums in the top 5 have such low sales now that Little Mix would manage top 15. They've done zero promo and there's been no single to support the album so top 30 isn't all bad, they are doing the Today Show in December and then they have Ariana's tour next year where they said they would promote the album non stop so I'm hoping that will get some interest in the album. Simon is an idiot, Secret Love Song and Hair were both doing alright in America, they were starting to get airplay because fans requested it but Simon and Sysco refused to officially release them to radio, he's done the same for Shout Out To My Ex. I think how's the time to release the second single worldwide now.

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Sunshine Gal

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yeah, that's what some of the others are saying of course we'll all just have to wait on sund. when bb does their top 10 sneak peek.

wait...simon refused to release them to radio?? why?? but don't worry, anyone can climb up either chart and do very well. we'll just have to see how the next coming mos. do for them, but yeah i'd like to see them win over new fans with ariana's tour. there should be no more animosity with perrie since her and zayn aren't a couple anymore *i thought the drama back then was so unneccessary*, but it looks like some zayn fans are still mad @ her...?

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MusicStan_1997

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Maybe not refused but he didn't send the singles to radio, instead he focused on Black Magic even though it was a year after its release. He clearly doesn't have any faith in Little Mix in America which is annoying. Yeah I see them hating on her still, it's really stupid though. They hate her because Shout Out To My Ex is about Zayn and because she spoke about the break up in their new book but everyone writes songs about break ups, Zayn wrote a song about Perrie before she did with him, and she wrote a paragraph about the breakup in the book. She just said her boyfriend, she didn't name and shame him, ended a four year relationship and a two year engagement with a single text. He had it coming considering what he did to her.

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Sunshine Gal

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last i checked on amazon u.s., lm's book isn't avail. but i'll prob. get their book on amazon uk once i'm back on my feet again...i gotta say, after all the online harrassment perrie got for being his girlfriend, and all the tattoos zayn has...:D i still can't believe he couldn't call her or handle it better. i mean, i know they're both just young kids, but i would think he would show some kind of respect after all that harrassment she got.

well, if anyone is to blame for lm's lack of success over here, i gotta put in on zayn :/ i would go on his twitter a lot and he had no problem parading perrie in front of the fans, pics of them kissing each other, etc. i mean, for someone that didn't care what the whole world thinks...he seems to always makes sure everyone knows his business. ok...then you can't complain when everyone has an opinion on it :D

jt was in the same exact position when nsync was taking off...britney was his girlfriend, but he kept that private until AFTER nsync's album went diamond. and even then, he still never talked about their relationship *rarely* and he's always kept his personal life out of the spotlight as much as possible. and look @ him today. niall does an excellent job keeping his personal business out of the spotlight, he's doing exactly what jt did in the early days...too bad zayn couldn't also follow jt's example ;)

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MusicStan_1997

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I got it the day it came out, it's really good. I didn't actually know about the things they went through, I knew Jessy was bullied before and after X Factor because of her weight but I didn't know about Jade being anorexic or Perrie having all these problems with her ear exploding and bleeding and her throat closing up.

Exactly, I'm not mad that he ended the relationship I'm mad that he ended it in such a terrible way, at least have the to say it to their face, it's the least they deserve. She did get a lot of hate from female fans who sent her threats because she was dating their favourite singer.

He should have actually, she'd rarely talk about Zayn and he would rarely talk about her too but he was always posting picture online for the world to see. Niall is the only one I'm bothered about, I don't really care for 1D or Zayn and I won't have much interest in any of the others solo music but I love Niall's song, I'm looking forward to hearing more.

I do like JT, I especially love FutureLove but I'm still bitter over him leaving Janet to get slaughtered after the Super Bowl, it made me change my opinion of him.

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Sunshine Gal

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jessy got bullied about her weight?? she looks great! is all that in their book? yeah, it's not avail. over here, i'll have to get it from amazon uk. but yeah, i totally agree about the zayn part...here he is screaming @ everyone on his twitter about who he loves and he just sends her a text to break it off?

as far as those pics of them together on his twitter page...i felt he overdid it and should've held off on all that until lm's first album dropped, give them a chance to gain fans and build a momentum and THEN tell everyone you're business ;D. i didn't feel bad for him, but i did for her :/ zayn asked for it :D

but that's too bad about simon not releasing their song to u.s. radio. then why drop their 4th album here with a single to properly support it? well, from the 5 of them, i always thought niall was the smartest one by balancing his public and private lives and keeping them separate. just like jt...i just wish the other 4 did the same thing...would've saved a lot of drama and headaches :) so, are you in the uk or elsewhere?

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MusicStan_1997

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Yeah, before she went on the X Factor, during the X Factor and after X Factor to present day. People call her fat and ugly, they say some really disgusting stuff about her. It's really good, I thought it would be one of those cliche books but they really opened up and didn't hold back.

I never really liked him since that girl tweeted the pictures of her in bed next to Zayn, he so clearly cheated on Perrie, then he made it out like she was the reason he left 1D so his unstable fans sent her threats and then he dumped her by text. Some gentlemen.

They always release their albums worldwide but he mustn't have much confidence in them to do well in America, he's done it with them in a few other countries previously too which is really annoying.

Yeah, Liam and Harry have done alright but Harry has always been in the spotlight since he's the JT of 1D and now Liam is going to be a father he will be in the press more.

Yeah, I live just near Manchester in the UK. Whereabouts in the US are you?

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Sunshine Gal

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so, you got all that info about jessy from their book? i didn't consider her fat!!?? and zayn cheated on perrie? and made it seem like it was her fault he left 1D...wow! yikes! i mean, i never cared they were a couple, but after all that yelling he did on his twitter to 'all the jealous *****' LOL! i'm just surprised he couldn't end it where they could still be friends...i think he owed her @ least that much.

i mean, i wasn't a big fan of theirs in the beginning *had nothing to do with them on a personal level* but all the abuse she got...:/ my heart did go out to her and i felt zayn was a big instigator in all that. he may have not meant to, but he obviously didn't think to hold off on all until lm's album dropped in america and give them a chance to make it first.

i live in tucson, az...southwestern part of the u.s. so, who's your football team, the manchester united?

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Sunshine Gal

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oh i think i know what pic you're talking about!! was there a pic of zayn holding a fan or something like that?? him and perrie were still together? fill me in, please LOL!!

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MusicStan_1997

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There was that pic and then a female fan took a picture of him while he was asleep, people thought it was fake but he was pictures leaving a club with her. Him and Perrie were together but there were rumours that they were drifting apart.

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Sunshine Gal

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what!!?? is that the same girl he posed in a pic where he was hugging her very closely? wow! and that's crazy cuz zayn would yell on his twitter page how much he loved her and how all the girls in the world were 'jealous *****'. he lost my respect on that one...no response from him about their song? ;D

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MusicStan_1997

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It might be. He hasn't responded yet but I'm sure he will with his second album, his first album wasn't exactly the success everyone hoped and thought it would be so he will have to get some headlines somehow. GiGi responded to a article saying that she wanted to speak to Perrie face to face and tell her to get over the break up and move on, she said it was all false but I don't believe it.

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Sunshine Gal

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yeah, he's actually a 1 hit wonder over here...he did debut @ #1 on both the hot 100 and 200 albums charts...nothing tech. unique about it. other male artists incl. elton john have done both. but his 2nd single peaked outside the top 40 @ around #53 or something...and i have to agree, i think it was a big mistake that he left the group, and esp. the way he did it. nobody ever said making it as a solo act, esp. over here, was easy! it's harder to be from a group and to become a solo act over here. not too many artists have had success as a solo act coming from a successful group.

and i hope gigi will stay out of it, their breakup is really between perrie and zayn...is zayn and gigi still a couple?

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MusicStan_1997

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Same here, Pillowtalk and Mind Of Mine both went to No.1 but they fell down the charts weeks later, it definitely didn't have the staying power people thought it would have. Every other single released after that barely charted in the top 10. I don't really like either 1D or Zayn do I wasn't bothered that he left but I thought it was sly of him to say he left to live a normal life only to sign a solo record deal and spend three months shading the group. Yeah, they aren't seen together that much though, I'm sure she will bring it up in a magazine interview or during a TV show some time in the future.

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Thomas Sales

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An all-new top three. I wonder when that last happened on the singles chart?

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Probably before streaming counted

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Scott Harris

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Good luck to Little Mix, hoping they can get their first #1 album in the UK! Most of the songs on the album are less poppy then their previous albums which is a nice change of pace. :)

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Edward Howard

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Good luck to Metallica! :D

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Scott Harris

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Hate to disappoint you, but they didn't make it.

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Edward Howard

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:'(