Taylor Swift could notch a third week at #1 on the singles chart - meanwhile we see comebacks from Joji with "PIXELATED KISSES" and Charlie Puth with "Changes", along with tracks from Sam Fender/Elton John, 5 Seconds of Summer, Magdalena Bay, MOLIY/Tyla, Sonny Fodera, Melanie C, Leigh-Anne, Kim Petras, Grimes, fakemink and Morgan Wallen

It's probably a third week for Taylor on the album charts, with high debuts expected for Tame Impala's fifth LP "Deadbeat" and The Last Dinner Party's sophomore record "From the Pyre". There's also new album releases from Of Monsters And Men, Ashnikko, All Time Low, Ty Dolla $ign, Sabaton, Sam Ryder, Miles Kane, Soulwax, NMIXX, bbno$, Sudan Archives, Ruel, Rianne Downey, Bar Italia, Silvana Estrada, Maggie Lindemann, Battle Beast and They Are Gutting A Body Of Water

Sunday 6:00pm - 7:00pm Official Chart: First Look on BBC Radio 1

Monday from 5:45pm Official Chart Update on officialcharts.com *

Wednesday from 5:45pm Top 40 update from Music Week, with top 5 sales information

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Official Chart First Look: Full Update

1 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia

2 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden

3 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

4 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

5 Taylor Swift - Opalite

6 Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor

7 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other

8 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)

9 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

10 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It’s Done

11 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears

12 Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk to You

13 Alex Warren - Ordinary

14 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - What It Sounds Like

15 Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT

16 Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

17 Lewis Capaldi - Something in the Heavens

18 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

19 sombr - 12 to 12

20 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys

22 Tame Impala - Dracula

26 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

30 Tame Impala - My Old Ways

33 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

34 Joji - PIXELATED KISSES

36 Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance)

37 Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez - Ocean

40 Ed Sheeran - Camera

Official Charts Report

The Number 1 race just got interesting as The Fate of Ophelia, HUNTR/X with Golden (2) and Olivia Dean's Man I Need (3) are tantalisingly close to each other in this week's Official Chart First Look.

Having taken top spot for the second consecutive week on Friday, Taylor Swift's popular track is facing stiff competition from two previous Number 1 singles to make it a third on the trot, but the American currently leads the way.

Moreover, HUNTR/X are also eyeing further inclusions in this week's charts as How It's Done aims to scale new heights and pierce the Top 10 for the very first time (10). Moreover, a new track What It Sounds Like has made its presence known, currently sitting at Number 14. The track previously peaked at Number 70 back in July and has seen a huge uptake in popularity so far.

Oliva Dean also finds three other hits Nice To Each Other (7), So Easy (To Fall In Love) (8) and her collaboration with recent Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender on Rein Me In (9) on track to break the Top 10.

And there is more good news for the Geordie boy, who could see his recent collaboration with Elton John, Talk To You, take the prize as highest new entry this week (12). The first single off the deluxe version of his record-breaking album People Watching, it caps of a week of celebrations and emotions for the Fender family.

Sienna Spiro is quickly becoming the UK's next big thing. Her track Die On This Hill was a welcome inclusion last week, but now it could find itself skyrocketing up the chart, on course to jump eight places (18). You can check Official Charts Ones To Watch piece on the Brit here.

Following the release of their newest record Deadbeat, Tame Impala see their single Dracula potentially ascending an enormous 17 places to score the track its highest charting position to date (22).

And that's not all for the group from Down Under! A new track My Old Ways may break the Top 40 this week (30).

Chappell Roan and Pink Pony Club could see a healthy rise in the charts again this week, up six places so far (26).

Last Friday, Ed Sheeran released a remix version of his most recent Number 1 project Play and as a result, both Sapphire (33) and Camera (40) are tracking to re-enter the Top 40.

Joji is looking to secure his third Top 40 single, as his latest track PIXELATED KISSES sits at Number 34.

Myles Smith could see Stay (If You Wanna Dance) also see a Top 40 resurgence, moving six positions so far this week (36).

And finally, with Calvin Harris releasing a new remix of his most recent single Ocean, the original track featuring Jessie Reyez may enter the Top 40 fray again (37).

Official Chart Update

Singles (Top 100)

01 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (23,020)

02 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (22,074)

03 Olivia Dean - Man I Need (19,762)

04 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (14,308)

05 Taylor Swift - Opalite (13,059)

09 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It's Done

10 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

11 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - What It Sounds Like

12 Alex Warren - Ordinary

15 Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk to You

17 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

21 Gunna feat. Burna Boy - wgft

22 Tame Impala - Dracula

23 Kehlani - Folded

27 EsDeeKid & Rico Ace - Phantom

28 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

30 oskar med k - Make Me Feel

32 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

33 Joji - PIXELATED KISSES
35 Tame Impala - My Old Ways

37 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

38 Teddy Swims - Lose Control

40 Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance)

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Albums (Top 100)

01 The Last Dinner Party - From the Pyre (19,074) [17,937 physicals, 430 downloads, 707 streaming]

02 Tame Impala - Deadbeat (11,181) [9,415 physicals]

03 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (11,017) [8,660 streaming]

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (5,337)

05 Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows (4,449)

06 Of Monsters and Men - All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade (4,356)

07 David Gilmour - The Luck and Strange Concerts (4,297)

08 Sam Ryder - Heartland (4,151)

10 Rianne Downey - The Consequence of Love (3,463)

14 Ashnikko - Smoochies

17 Sam Fender - People Watching

19 Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time

21 Sabaton - Legends

37 Ghost - Meliora

39 Queen - A Night at the Opera

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (38,564)

02 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (35,063)

03 Olivia Dean - Man I Need (34,361)

04 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (24,594)

05 Taylor Swift - Opalite (23,126)

07 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)

09 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

10 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It's Done

11 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - What It Sounds Like

12 Alex Warren - Ordinary

15 Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

16 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

17 Sam Fender & Elton John - Talk to You

21 Gunna feat. Burna Boy - wgft

22 Tame Impala - Dracula

23 Kehlani - Folded

25 EsDeeKid & Rico Ace - Phantom

30 oskar med k - Make Me Feel

31 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

32 Joji - PIXELATED KISSES

33 sombr - undressed

35 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

36 Tame Impala - My Old Ways

38 Teddy Swims - Lose Control

39 Myles Smith - Stay (If You Wanna Dance)

40 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

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Albums

01 The Last Dinner Party - From the Pyre (20,794) [1,182 streaming]

02 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (17,561) [14,396 streaming]

03 Tame Impala - Deadbeat (12,717)

04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (9,676)

05 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend (6,050)

06 Sam Ryder - Heartland (5,483)

07 Of Monsters and Men - All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

08 Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows

09 David Gilmour - The Luck and Strange Concerts

11 Rianne Downey - The Consequence of Love

17 Sam Fender - People Watching

19 Ashnikko - Smoochies

29 Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time

34 Sabaton - Legends

37 All Time Low - Everyone's Talking!

Was wondering if there might be a chance of Tame Impala snatching a #1 album this week but his last album only opened with 16.5k so probably pretty unlikely that we'd see enough of a combination of him improving on that and Taylor dropping from last week. Hope he can push for 20k or so maybe anyway x

The Last Dinner Party opened with 32.8k with their debut so they might present more of a challenge but my spidey sense is that they won't do as well this time around.

13 minutes ago, Brer said:

The Last Dinner Party opened with 32.8k with their debut so they might present more of a challenge but my spidey sense is that they won't do as well this time around.

Yeah it definitely seems like they've lost a bit of the hype they had with their first era. I would guess at around 20k for them, although I doubt that will be enough to challenge Taylor.

2 week today and Mariah will be defrosted and Michael Bublé out cave and wham time agin. New music quite down

Hopefully Sam/Elton get an easy Top 10 this week.

Sam Fender might return to the top ten. Don’t think it’s mentioned above but David Gilmour’s live album should make the top ten

Elizabeth Taylor (the first 'Showgirl' track that matters for album streams) was down 38% week-on-week on Spotify on Saturday. If that is an indication where the album is going this week, -38% would be 23k from streams.

4 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

Elizabeth Taylor (the first 'Showgirl' track that matters for album streams) was down 38% week-on-week on Spotify on Saturday. If that is an indication where the album is going this week, -38% would be 23k from streams.

It isnt increasing in streams 😮

20 to First Look!

11 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

Elizabeth Taylor (the first 'Showgirl' track that matters for album streams) was down 38% week-on-week on Spotify on Saturday. If that is an indication where the album is going this week, -38% would be 23k from streams.

I doubt it will be that big of a drop as they’ll all be stabilising I think, of course with a high debut the drop will be bigger so I don’t think it’ll be that dramatic of a drop, though still a decrease

4 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

It isnt increasing in streams 😮

I was thinking if Tame Impala or LDP have a chance. They might!

3 minutes ago, Sour Candy said:

I was thinking if Tame Impala or LDP have a chance. They might!

Well pardon me for noticing your always so quick to point out negative trends with Taylor and other artists you dont like like everyday , im hoping your as passion to point out gagas negative trends next era 🙄

Play nicely guys x

Wouldn't be surprised if 'Golden' is #1 on First Look - could be all to play for after that!

Wouldnt be suprised it golden actualky makes it back to number 1 this week

20 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys

I don't mind who's no. 1 today.