18 November 2024
Newsdesk
Linkin Park’s much-hyped comeback album From Zero leads the charge to debut at Number 1 this week.
The group’s eighth studio album (the first since the passing of former lead vocalist Chester Bennington and the first to feature new members Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain) is set to become the fourth LP by the American rock band to reach the summit of the UK Official Albums Chart.
Should it hold on, it’ll join 2003’s Meteora, 2007’s Minutes To Midnight and 2012’s Living Things in their tally of chart-toppers.
Coming in at Number 2 midweek, K-pop sensations ATEEZ zone in on their fourth UK Top 10 album with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2. The band previously saw Top 10 success with THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW (10), THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL (2) and GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1 (4).
After years of hype, British trio FLO finally released their debut album Access All Areas, and the collection of slick R&B bangers is set to debut at Number 3, gifting Stella, Jorja and Reneé their first-ever Top 3 LP.
Also due to debut inside the Top 5 is US pop idol Shawn Mendes. His tender fourth album Shawn is on track to become his third Top 10 album here, and first in six years.
Heavy metal icons Iron Maiden could see their 1984 fifth album Powerslave re-enter the Top 10 to celebrate its 40th anniversary (6). Upon its original release, Powerslave peaked at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart.
Another re-issue looking to re-enter the Top 10 is George Harrison’s highly-acclaimed fourth solo album Living In The Material World (10), in celebration of its 50th anniversary. In 1973, the LP peaked at Number 2 in the UK.
Further down, the 2024 London Cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express could see their brand-new recording of the musical debut at Number 26.
The late, great British MC MF DOOM’s fifth album MM..FOOD marks 20 years since its original release this year, and is predicted to enter the Top 40, marking the acclaimed artist’s first-ever Official Albums Chart appearance (29).
