Pink is powering to the U.K. chart summit with Beautiful Trauma (RCA), her seventh studio album, while three recordings are in the hunt for the singles crown, led by a “Rockstar.”
At the halfway point in the chart cycle, Beautiful Trauma is out in front having logged almost 50,000 combined chart sales, according to the Official Charts Company.
If it holds onto its lead when the survey is published this Friday (Oct. 20), the LP will give the U.S. pop star her second No. 1, following 2008’s Funhouse.
Beautiful Trauma should continue a streak which dates back to the start of Pink’s career: all but one of her albums have cracked the top 10 (2000’s Can't Take Me Home only managed No. 13). The new album, her first since 2012's The Truth About Love, which reached No. 2, is also set to arrive at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
On the Official Albums Chart Update, Robert Plant’s Carry Fire (EastWest/Rhino), his 11th solo album, starts at No. 2. The veteran singer has eight No. 1s with his former band Led Zeppelin, though he never managed better than No. 2 with a solo recording or duet.
Last week’s chart leader, Liam Gallagher's As You Were (Warner Bros), dips to No. 3 while Beck’s latest Colors (EMI) starts at No. 4 and singer-songwriter St Vincent is on target for a career-high chart placing with MASSEDUCATION (Caroline), her fifth album which starts at No. 5.
Not far behind is Lotta Sea Lice (Marathon Artists), the collaboration between Aussie indie rocker Courtney Barnett and U.S. muso Kurt Vile, which starts at No. 7 while British hip-hop artist Wretch 32 is eyeing a third top 10 with FR32 (Polydor), new at No. 9.
Madonna makes a grand entrance with not one but two albums. The pop legend’s 1984 classic Like A Prayer (No. 26 via Warner Bros) and 1998's Ray Of Light (No. 32 via Maverick) re-enter the chart off the back of special edition releases on vinyl.
On the Official Singles Chart Update, Post Malone’s “Rockstar” (Republic) featuring 21 Savage continues to lead the way for what could be a third week at No. 1, though it's facing a stiff challenge from Camila Cabello’s “Havana” featuring Young Thug (at No. 2 via Epic/Syco) and Avicii’s "Lonely Together" featuring Rita Ora (No. 3 via Positiva). Completing the top five is Sam Smith’scomeback track “Too Good at Goodbyes” (Capitol) and CNCO & Little Mix’s“Reggaeton Lento” (Syco), respectively.
