The Script, Tones And I lead Midweek U.K. Charts
Tones and I's "Dance Monkey" (Bad Batch) is on target for a seventh week at No. 1 in the U.K., while Irish alternative rock trio The Script are hurtling towards a fifth albums chart crown with…
Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” (Bad Batch) is on target for a seventh week at No. 1 in the U.K., while Irish alternative rock trioThe Scriptare hurtling towards a fifth albums chart crown withSunsets & Full Moons (Columbia).
The Script’s sixth studio album leads theOfficial Albums Chart Update with an advantage of nearly 8,000 chart sales over the second-placed set at the midweek stage,Snow Patrol’s Reworked (Polydor) collection, the OCC reports.
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The Dublin band couldn’t have written a better script for their career. Their self-titled debut from 2008 hit No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, as did follow-upScience & Faith(from 2010),No Sound Without Silence (2014), and Freedom Child (2017), while 2012’s#3 just missed out, peaking at No. 2.
After bagging two successive chart-leading albums as a duo (TogetherandTogether Again),Michael Ball & Alfie Boe’s third LPBack Together(Decca) opens at No. 3 on the midweek survey.
Veteran Australian alternative rock outfitNick Cave & the Bad Seeds’Ghosteen(Ghosteen) looks set to re-enter the chart at No. 4 following its release on physical formats, while another act with decades of hits in the bank,Simply Red, starts at No. 5 withBlue Eyed Soul (BMG). Should it hold its ground,Blue Eyed Soul would giveMick Hucknall’soutfit their 14th Top 10 album.
On the midweek singles chart, Tones and I’s viral hit is looking good to extend its reign to seven. The song has led the charts in 17 countries and has now locked up 15 consecutive weeks atop the ARIA Singles Chart,equaling the all-time record set byEd Sheeran’s“Shape Of You.”
“Dance Monkey” leads theOfficial Singles Chart Update, ahead ofDua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” (Warner Brothers) andDJ Regard’s“Ride It” (Ministry of Sound), respectively.
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