Bob Dylan is on course to be Number One on the Official UK Album Chart for the eighth time in his career this week.
Official Chart Company data shows Dylan’s new album ‘Shadows In The Night’, a collection of Frank Sinatra cover versions, is ahead of nearest rivals Ed Sheeran and Meghan Trainor with their albums ‘x’ and ‘Title’ respectively.
This week’s highest new entry so far comes from Dire Straits who re-enter the chart with their 1985 album ‘Brothers In Arms’. Other new entries in this week’s Official Album Chart at today’s midweek stage include Kid Ink (6), Indiana (12), Diana Krall (16), Joey Bada$$ (21) and John Carpenter (32).
Meanwhile, in the Official UK Single Chart, Ellie Goulding could end Mark Ronson’s seven-week reign at Number One with her single ‘Love Me Like You Do’ comfortably ahead of Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ at today’s midweek update stage by a margin of 50,000 sales.
The full chart rundown is announced on BBC Radio One this Sunday (February 8).