Kaiser Chiefs set for a second week on top of Official Albums Chart

Kaiser Chiefs are on course for a second week at Number 1 with their latest album Education, Education, Education And War.
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Kaiser Chiefs are on course for a second week at Number 1 with their latest album Education, Education, Education And War.

After storming to Number 1 on last Sunday’s Official Albums Chart, the Kaiser Chiefs look set to spend a second week at the summit with their new album, Education, Education, Education And War.

The Leeds-based band’s fifth album knocked X Factor winner Sam Bailey’s The Power Of Love (Number 7 today) off the top spot to earn the Kaiser Chiefs the second UK chart-topping album of their career.

The band’s frontman Ricky Wilson divided opinion when he revealed last September that he was joining Will.I.Am, Sir Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue as a judge on BBC One’s reality TV singing contest, The Voice. However, based on chart success alone it certainly seems it was a shrewd move for the group.

Paloma Faith surges eight places to Number 2 on today’s Official Albums Chart Update with A Perfect Contradiction, while John Legend climbs two places to Number 3 with his latest album, Love In The Future.

Meanwhile, Aloe Blacc looks set to follow-up the success of his Number 1 single, The Man, with a Top 5 album this weekend. The US singer/songwriter’s third album, Lift Your Spirit, enters at Number 4 on today’s update.

George Michael’s former chart-topper, Symphonica (5), completes today’s Top 5.

New Entries

Black Label Society are on course for their highest charting UK album to date with Catacombs Of The Black Vatican. The Los Angeles-based band, who are fronted by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, are new in at Number 18 on today’s Official Albums Chart Update with their ninth studio album.

This week’s new entries are completed by Norwegian DJ and producer Todd Terje’s It’s Album Time (21), Dutch symphonic metallers Delain’s The Human Contradiction (22) and British songwriter and producer Sohn’s debut album, Tremors (28).

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.

1 EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION & WAR KAISER CHIEFS
2 A PERFECT CONTRADICTION PALOMA FAITH
3 LOVE IN THE FUTURE JOHN LEGEND
4 LIFT YOUR SPIRIT ALOE BLACC
5 SYMPHONICA GEORGE MICHAEL
6 OUT AMONG THE STARS JOHNNY CASH
7 THE POWER OF LOVE SAM BAILEY
8 GIRL PHARRELL WILLIAMS
9 THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING ELBOW
10 GOING BACK HOME WILKO JOHNSON/ROGER DALTREY
11 IF YOU WAIT LONDON GRAMMAR
12 KISS ME ONCE KYLIE MINOGUE
13 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING
14 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS
15 SINCE I SAW YOU LAST GARY BARLOW
16 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE
17 HEAD OR HEART CHRISTINA PERRI
18 CATACOMBS OF THE BLACK VATICAN BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
19 TRUE AVICII
20 DAYS ARE GONE HAIM
21 IT'S ALBUM TIME TODD TERJE
22 THE HUMAN CONTRADICTION DELAIN
23 BEYONCE BEYONCE
24 NIGHT VISIONS IMAGINE DRAGONS
25 SEX AND LOVE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
26 PRISM KATY PERRY
27 TIMELESS DR HOOK
28 TREMORS SOHN
29 SHAKIRA SHAKIRA
30 THE 1975 1975
31 MIDNIGHT MEMORIES ONE DIRECTION
32 WANDERLUST SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR
33 PURE HEROINE LORDE
34 LIQUID SPIRIT GREGORY PORTER
35 TO BE LOVED MICHAEL BUBLE
36 HOME RUDIMENTAL
37 LES MISERABLES MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
38 ALL YOU CAN EAT STEEL PANTHER
39 SETTLE DISCLOSURE
40 MOON LANDING JAMES BLUNT

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