Arcade Fire is roaring to another U.K. No. 1 with Everything Now (Columbia).
The Canadian alternative rules the midweek chart with their latest album, which has the early edge over Ed Sheeran’s Divide (Asylum) for the crown.
If Everything Now holds its position at the top when the chart proper is published Friday, Arcade Fire will collect a third No. 1 after 2010's The Suburbs and 2013’sReflektor.
Meanwhile, veteran rocker Alice Cooper bows at No. 3 on the Official Chart Update with Paranormal (Ear Music), as Rag'n'Bone Man’s hit debut Human (Best Laid Plans/Columbia) rises to No. 4 and Lana Del Rey's Lust For Life (Polydor) dips to No. 5 and looks likely to lose its crown after just one week.
The untimely death of Chester Bennington continues to resonate with fans as two Linkin Park albums sit inside the midweek top ten: Hybrid Theory (Warner Bros./Warner Music) at No. 7 and One More Light at No. 9.
Also, the Pet Shop Boys are on track for a trio of new entries, according to the Official Charts Company. The electro-pop veterans are mounting a reissue campaign led by their albums Nightlife, Release and Fundamental, which start at No. 10, No. 11 and No. 12, respectively.
On the midweek singles survey, Calvin Harris’ “Feels” (Columbia) is challenging "Despacito" (Interscope/Universal) for top spot. The Scottish DJ and producer’s collab-crammed single is at No. 2 behind Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito” remix, which has ruled the U.K. chart for 10 weeks. “Despacito” last week joined a list of only five songs in U.K. chart history to have had three separate stints at No. 1
