The Greatest Showman (Atlantic/ Warner) beats Manic Street Preachers' challenge to climb back to the album chart summit.
Harris first topped the U.K. singles chart almost exactly a decade ago, via his July 2008 collaboration with Dizzee Rascal & Chrome, “Dance Wiv Me.” His single with Dua Lipa climbs 3-1 with combined units of 70,000, made up of 7.1 million streams and 22,000 downloads. The Scottish DJ-artist is only the 11th recording act in chart history to amass nine or more U.K. bestsellers.
Drake's “Nice For What” (Cash Money/Republic/Universal) drops 1-2, despite being the most-streamed track of the week with 7.9 million plays. Another former No. 1, Lil Dicky's “Freaky Friday” with Chris Brown (Commission/BMG), falls 2-3. George Ezra's “Paradise” (Columbia/Sony) climbs back 5-4, trading places with “Friends” (Asylum/Atlantic/Warner) by Marshmello and Anne-Marie. “Lullaby” (Ministry of Sound) by Sigala & Paloma Faith climbs to No. 7 after three weeks at No. 9.
Manic Street Preachers' 13th studio album Resistance Is Futile (Columbia/Sony) was on course to top the chart in early-week data, but it ends with a No. 2 debut, behind the sales juggernaut that is The Greatest Showman. But the Manics do have the week's physical bestseller, and lead single “International Blues” tops the OCC's vinyl single sales chart.
Ezra's Staying At Tamara's stays at No. 3 as last week's new entry at No. 1, Kylie Minogue's Golden (BMG), falls to No. 4. Cardi B's Invasion Of Privacy (Atlantic/Warner Music), which arrived last week at No. 6, climbs one place, and there's a landmark for punk veterans the Damned, who have their first-ever U.K. top ten album -- a few months short of 40 years since their first appearance on the survey-- with Evil Spirits (Spinefarm), at No. 7.
