Leeds quartet Yard Act could secure a third consecutive Top 5 album with You’re Gonna Need A Little Music (5). The record follows 2022 debut The Overload (2) 2024’s Where’s My Utopia? (4).
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Meanwhile, Nia Archives could achieve a career best with second studio set Emotional Junglist (7). The Bradford-born producer, singer and songwriter is on course to claim her first-ever Official Top 10 album, surpassing the peak of 2024 debut Silence Is Loud (16).
Just outside the Top 10, New Order’s retrospective collection The Best Of & The Rest Of starts the week at Number 11. Should it hold its position, the release would become the Manchester legends’ 18th Official Top 40 album.
Motionless In White are also tracking towards a personal best, with Decades at Number 15 midweek. The Pennsylvania metalcore outfit could secure their first-ever UK Top 40 album, bettering the Number 43 peak of 2014 release Reincarnate.
Liverpool metallers Loathe could also celebrate a major career first, with A Stranger To You currently sitting at Number 22 and on course to become their first Top 40 entry.
Elsewhere, The Waterboys eye an 11th Top 40 LP with Atlantic Rain (31), while Brighton pop-punk outfit As It Is are expected to claim their third with eponymous project As It Is (33).
And finally, Bruno Mars enjoys a boost as The Romantic Tour arrives at London’s Wembley Stadium. His former 2010 Number 1 debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans leaps 13 places midweek to Number 37.
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