Ariana Grande and Sam Smith are battling it out for the U.K.’s Official Albums #1 with just 577 sales separating the two. Over on singles, Grande’s “Positions” (Island) is set for another week on top.
At the midweek point, Grande leads the way on albums with Positions — the most streamed release of the week so far — while Smith follows closely behind at #2 with Love Goes (Capitol).
Cliff Richard’s 41st studio album, Music… The Air That I Breathe (East West/Rhino), opens at #3, while Long Hot Summers – The Story Of (Polydor/UMC) from The Style Council starts out at #5.
More collections heading for the Top 10 include: Bring Me The Horizon’s EP Post Human: Survival Horror (RCA) at #6; The Human Demands (Infectious Music) from Scottish singer Amy MacDonald at #7; Black Stone Cherry’s The Human Condition (Mascot Records) at #8; M Huncho & Nafe Smallz self-released DNA mixtape at #9 and Dizzee Rascal’s seventh studio album, E3 AF (Island), at #10.
