Whilst there obviously not going to do outdo ABBA or Ed Sheeran, I wouldn't underestimate Idles, they've been blowing up these past few years. Top 5 seems remotely possible.

 

Will be interesting to see how the Idles do, they opened with 27,182 with over 15k of vinyl sales of their last album just over a year ago - there doesn’t feel as much hype around the new album though?

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My predictions for this keep changing. A couple of weeks ago I was sure it would be Ed thinking he would still be on about 70k at this point, then I was thinking Rod, then ABBA after how well they continued to sell throughout last week, now I'm wondering if great streaming will help Taylor get there.

 

I think for now I'm gonna go back to saying Rod - definitely the most interesting album chart for a while

 

 

ABBA

50-60k

Rod Stewart

Stuck to my original prediction of Ed but definitely a tough one to call

My OG #1 prediction was ABBA and from the first midweeks I’m gonna stick.

 

What I will now revise is the rest of the top 5!

 

Gonna now say it’ll be Taylor at #2, Little Mix at #3 with Ed at #4 and finally Rod at #5.

 

It’s gonna be close but I think ABBA will be the most stable seller through the week. Would really really love Taylor to get it though.

This is really hard. I think Taylor Swift, ABBA and Little Mix will occupy the top 3. I couldn't tell the order though.

 

I still can't tell, but these three had every reason to be top 3.