Training season is over! Dua Lipa is closing in on her second UK number one album this week with 'Radical Optimism'.
Currently ahead of her nearest rival Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department by 2:1, Dua's third studio album marks her first debut at the top of the Official Albums Chart It looks like it will be fulfilled.
Preceded by three consecutive Top 10 hits: Houdini (2), Training Season (4), and Illusion (9), Radical Optimism marks Dua's second No. 1 album as an influential album in 2020. This is a follow-up to a certain disco piece, “Future Nostalgia.'' Her 2017 self-titled debut, Dua Lipa, peaked at No. 3 and stayed on the chart for an enviable 354 weeks.
Hampshire rocker Frank Turner is aiming for his sixth UK Top 10 LP with UNDEFEATED (3), the follow-up to his 2022 chart-topper FTHC. Last weekend Frank completed his 15 gigs in 24 hours to raise money for his Music Venue Trust. This is a world record.
Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones' second solo record, Inevitable Incredible, focuses on his Top 5 debut (No. 4), his highest charting position ever as a soloist. However, his solo debut “Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day” (2020) achieved a record high. Number 8. As a member of 'The Phonics', Kelly achieved his eight UK number 1 albums.
Scottish indie-pop outfit Camera Obscura hit the UK Top 10 for the first time with their first studio albums in over 10 years, “Look to the East'' and “Look to the West'' (2010). want to be.
Rising British indie sensation Rachel Chinouriri's debut album, “What a Devastating Turn of Event,'' is aiming for a top 20 debut, currently sitting at number 14.
Further down the list, Teddy Swims' I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) continues to climb back into the Top 40 thanks to a deluxe reissue (No. 26).
Australian pop vocalist Sia's first studio album in eight years, Reasonable Woman, marks her 4th anniversary as Birmingham MC Keimuni looks to new entrants with mixtape Signed To The T (31). It could be his second Top 40 album (32).
Finally, American rock duo The Lemon Twigs could celebrate their first top 40 hit in the UK this week with their fifth record, A Dream Is All We Know. be.