Linkin Park challenge Sabrina Carpenter for Number 1 with 'The Emptiness Machine'

Linkin Park challenge Sabrina Carpenter for this week’s Official Number 1 single with The Emptiness Machine. With a new line-up comprising Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, Joe Hahn, alongside new members Emily Armstrong as co-vocalist and Colin Brittain as drummer, it’s the group’s first new material in seven years, and first without former vocalist Chester Bennington following his death in 2017. The Emptiness Machine looks to land this week’s highest new entry at Number 2. Should it hold on, it’d earn Linkin Park a career-best, the band having previously peaked at Number 6 with 2007 single What I’ve Done.

The unstoppable Sabrina Carpenter is set to score a third consecutive week at the summit, with third Short n’ Sweet single Taste currently leading the pack.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ soaring ballad Die With A Smile is on track to break into the Top 5 for the first time this week, expected to lift two (5).

Summer isn’t over just yet, as Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D’s dance smash Somedays aims for a brand-new peak, predicted to jump six into the Top 10 (9).

Coldplay’s latest Moon Music single WE PRAY also hopes to reach new highs this week. The group’s team-up with Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and TINI climbs 24 midweek, expected to make its Top 20 debut this Friday (17).