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Each week, 10 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2026. Last week's results: Lykke Li - Happy Now [4] Charli xcx - Rock Music [3] Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr - Home to Us [3] Yard Act - Redeemer [3] The Last Dinner Party - Big Dog [2] MUNA - Eastside Girls [2] The Reytons - Busker's Paradise [1] Motionless In White (feat. Corey Taylor) - Playing God [0] Paris Paloma - Stem the Flow [0] The Rolling Stones - In The Stars [0] Total votes: 18 Here are this week's contenders: Anthrax - "It's For The Kids" Bloc Party - "Coming On Strong" Eartheater - "Paradise Rains" Fat Dog - "Go f*** Urself" Genesis Owusu - "BIG DOG" Holding Absence - "Reflection" Modest Mouse - "Third Side of the Moon" The Mountain Goats - "Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds" Mystery Jets - "Black Sage" The Strokes - "Falling out of Love" 2026 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners Week 1: Ladytron - Caught in the Blink of an Eye Week 2: Mandy, Indiana - Cursive Week 3: Gorillaz (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar) - Orange County Week 4: James Blake - Death of Love Week 5: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis Week 6: sombr - Homewrecker Week 7: Charli xcx - Always Everywhere Week 8: Lana Del Rey - White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter Week 9: Gorillaz (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought) - The Moon Cave Week 10: Cameron Winter - Warning Week 11: beabadoobee (feat. The Marías) - All I Did Was Dream of You Week 12: Muse - Be With You Week 13: Jungle - Carry On Week 14: U2 - Song For Hal Week 15: The Strokes - Going Shopping Week 16: Lana Del Rey - First Light Week 17: Blossoms - Joke About Divorce Week 18: DMA'S - Heatin Park Week 19: Lykke Li - Happy Now

Still a three-way tie to split between Lykke Li, Paul/Ringo and Yard Act in this btw 👀 x

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash Singles 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (28,030) 02 Drake - National Treasures (23,564) 03 Drake - Janice STFU (23,560) 04 Drake - Make Them Cry (23,074) 05 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (21,328) 10 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 17 Gracie Abrams - Hit the Wall 20 DARA - Bangaranga 26 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 29 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 35 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 37 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 39 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 01 Drake - ICEMAN (29,389) 02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (18,521) 03 Drake - MAID OF HONOUR (7,263) 04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (7,167) 05 Michael Jackson - Thriller (7,138) 06 Drake - HABIBTI (6,603) 11 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 12 Katy Perry - The Ones That Got the Plays 17 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 18 Elton John - Diamonds 20 The Karma Effect - Cruel Intentions (2,754) 21 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 25 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 26 Freya Skye - stardust (2,453) 31 Arctic Monkeys - AM 33 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall 34 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 35 Jethro Tull - Under Wraps 36 Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (1,997) 40 Queen - Greatest Hits

Official Chart Update Singles (Top 100) 01 Drake - Make Them Cry (16,551) 02 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (15,016) 03 Drake - National Treasures (14,870) 04 Drake - Whisper My Name (13,844) 05 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (11,992) 10 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 12 Gracie Abrams - Hit the Wall 21 Alex Warren - Ordinary 25 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 26 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 28 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 32 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 35 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die with a Smile 36 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 40 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Drake - ICEMAN (19,216) 02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (10,195) 03 Drake - MAID OF HONOUR (4,845) 04 Drake - HABIBTI (4,455) 05 Michael Jackson - Thriller (4,028) 10 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 11 Katy Perry - The Ones That Got the Plays 13 The Karma Effect - Cruel Intentions 16 Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity 17 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 19 Jethro Tull - Under Wraps 21 Elton John - Diamonds 22 Freya Skye - stardust 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 25 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 26 Gene - Apollo (Live) 33 The Style Council - Café Bleu 36 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Official Chart First Look: Full Update 1 Drake - Make Them Cry 2 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 3 Drake - National Treasures 4 Drake - Dust 5 Tame Impala - Dracula 6 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 7 The Chemical Brothers - Go 8 Gracie Abrams - Hit the Wall 9 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM 10 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 11 Michael Jackson - Beat It 12 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead 13 Michael Jackson - Human Nature 14 sombr - Homewrecker 15 Harry Styles - American Girls 16 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 17 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 18 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 19 Milky - Just the Way You Are 20 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 30 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 34 Calvin Harris & Jazzy - Satisfy 36 The Rolling Stones - In the Stars Official Charts Report

Drake challenges Sam Fender & Olivia Dean for #1 on the singles chart, while Gracie Abrams' comeback "Hit the Wall" is set to debut. There's new tracks out from Jorja Smith with "What's Done Is Done" and Tove Lo with "i'm your girl right?", along with releases from The Avalanches, Shakira/Burna Boy, The Strokes, Martin Garrix/Ed Sheeran, Fat Dog, Eartheater, Overmono, Five Finger Death Punch, Shania Twain, MGK/Wiz Khalifa and Bloc Party A seventh #1 awaits for Drake with "Iceman" - in the same week he drops two other albums in "Habibti" and "Maid of Honour". Genesis Owusu issues his third LP "Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge", while Lady Gaga releases "Apple Music Live: MAYHEM Requiem", plus new albums arrive from Periphery, Kenny Mason, Rostam, The All-American Rejects, Kevin Morby, SALEM, Dua Saleh, Telehealth, The Hoosiers and The Karma Effect 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 * updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon. - As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1. - On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability. - Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available. - To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.

How many days until a new Mountain Goats album? 84! Fresh off their expedition last year, the Goats' newest record "Days" is set to release on August 7th through their label Cadmean Dawn, with assistance on production from John Congleton. First single "Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds" launched yesterday, boasting a driving rock groove, bouncy horns and backup singers TRACKLIST 1. Song for Layne Staley 2. Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds 3. Shallow Grave 4. Candlebox 5. Annie Haslam Imperial Phase 6. Crying on Eddie Nash's Grave 7. Days 8. Best Hard Rock Albums 2013 9. Going to Fennario 10. Woodstock '99 11. Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums 12. Last Day

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash Singles 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (28,902) 02 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (19,600) 03 Tame Impala - Dracula (19,527) 04 Michael Jackson - Beat It (16,132) 05 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (15,781) 06 Michael Jackson - Human Nature (15,689) 07 The Chemical Brothers - Go 15 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 20 Alex Warren - Ordinary 21 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 22 Malcolm Todd - Earrings 24 SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover 25 Charli xcx - Rock Music 26 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 32 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away 34 Temper City - Self Aware 35 SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor 37 STELLA LEFTY - Boston ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Westlife - 25 - The Ultimate Collection (24,302) [22,627 physicals, 677 downloads, 998 streaming] 02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (18,446) 03 Reverend and the Makers - Is This How Happiness Feels? (8,289) 04 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (7,687) 05 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (7,353) 07 Michael Jackson - Bad 08 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 09 Basement - WIRED 10 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. 14 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend 15 Chris Brown - BROWN 16 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 17 The Covasettes - Honeymoon Forever 18 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 30 Midge Ure - A Man of Two Worlds 31 Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia 34 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 35 MUNA - Dancing on the Wall 36 Neil Diamond - Wild at Heart 38 Black Veil Brides - VINDICATE 39 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Official Chart Update Singles (Top 100) 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (16,400) 02 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (11,246) 03 Tame Impala - Dracula (11,063) 04 Michael Jackson - Beat It (9,028) 05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (9,000) 07 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 09 The Chemical Brothers - Go 10 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 15 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 19 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 20 Alex Warren - Ordinary 22 Charli xcx - Rock Music 23 Malcolm Todd - Earrings 25 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 27 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 31 SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover 33 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 34 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away 35 SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor 38 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Westlife - 25 - The Ultimate Collection (21,256) [20,092 physicals, 584 downloads, 580 streaming] 02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (10,139) 03 Reverend and the Makers - Is This How Happiness Feels? (7,196) 04 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (4,052) 05 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (3,969) 07 Michael Jackson - Bad 08 Basement - WIRED (3,026) 10 Harry Styles - Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. 12 Chris Brown - BROWN 14 The Covasettes - Honeymoon Forever 16 Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia (1,995) 17 Midge Ure - A Man of Two Worlds 20 Black Veil Brides - VINDICATE 22 MUNA - Dancing on the Wall (1,665) 24 Elton John - Diamonds 31 Neil Diamond - Wild at Heart 38 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

Official Chart First Look: Full Update 1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 2 Tame Impala - Dracula 3 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 4 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM 5 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead 6 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 7 The Chemical Brothers - Go 8 sombr - Homewrecker 9 Michael Jackson - Beat It 10 Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty and a Beat 11 Harry Styles - American Girls 12 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 13 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 14 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 15 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 16 Milky - Just the Way You Are 17 Dominic Fike - White Keys 18 Justin Bieber - DAISIES 19 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 20 Charli xcx - Rock Music 30 Calvin Harris & Jazzy - Satisfy 33 SIENNA SPIRO - Material Lover 36 SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor Official Charts Report

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean look set to hold at #1, meanwhile The Chemical Brothers' revived hit "Go" could continue its upward trajectory. Charli xcx issues her latest single "Rock Music" and The Rolling Stones return with "In the Stars", plus there's new tracks from Boards of Canada, Calvin Harris/Jazzy, FLO, Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr, Myles Smith, Kesha, La Roux, The Last Dinner Party, Father John Misty, Yard Act, Kelela and Kim Petras It could be another week at the top for Michael Jackson's "The Essentials" on the albums. Brand new releases include MUNA's fourth LP "Dancing on the Wall", Aldous Harding's "Train on the Island", Lykke Li's "The Afterparty" and Little Simz's "Sugar Girl" EP - along with albums from Reverend And The Makers, Westlife, Basement, Broken Social Scene, Chris Brown, Action Bronson, Black Veil Brides, Social Distortion, Josh Groban, Stephen Sanchez, Neil Diamond, The Covasettes, Glaive/Kurtains, Namasenda, Cola and Super Furry Animals 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 * updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon. - As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1. - On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability. - Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available. - To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.

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Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash Singles 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (34,175) 02 Tame Impala - Dracula (20,387) 03 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (19,545) 04 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (18,880) 05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (18,166) 07 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 12 Harry Styles - American Girls 13 Michael Jackson - Beat It 15 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 18 Alex Warren - FINE PLACE TO DIE 22 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 23 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love) 24 Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 27 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk to You 28 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other 29 Malcolm Todd - Earrings 31 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 32 Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me 37 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 38 Temper City - Self Aware 39 KATSEYE - PINKY UP 40 Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris - Baby ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Kneecap - FENIAN (17,237) [15,152 physicals, 897 downloads, 1,188 streaming] 02 Michael Jackson - The Essential (16,881) 03 Melanie C - Sweat (15,379) 04 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (9,693) 05 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving (9,379)

Official Chart Update: Bank Holiday Week Singles (Top 100) 01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In (26,457) 02 Tame Impala - Dracula (15,785) 03 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (14,818) 04 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (14,413) 05 Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM (14,137) 07 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 12 Harry Styles - American Girls 13 Michael Jackson - Beat It 15 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 17 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 18 Alex Warren - FINE PLACE TO DIE 20 Alex Warren - Ordinary 22 Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 23 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind 27 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk to You 28 Olivia Dean - Baby Steps 30 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden 32 Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me 37 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 38 Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris - Baby 39 KATSEYE - PINKY UP 40 Temper City - Self Aware ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums (Top 100) 01 Kneecap - FENIAN (15,480) [13,926 physicals, 587 downloads, 967 streaming] 02 Melanie C - Sweat (14,213) [12,734 physicals, 1,274 downloads, 205 streaming] 03 Michael Jackson - The Essential (12,765) 04 Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere (7,819) 05 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide (7,554) 07 Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons 09 Michael Jackson - Bad 11 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE) 14 The Black Keys - Peaches! 22 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 24 Elton John - Diamonds 25 Asake - M$NEY 28 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 37 Olivia Dean - Messy