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Olivia Rodrigo is set to go straight to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with her debut album SOUR.
Leading today’s Official Albums Chart Update (May 24), SOUR is already 7,500 chart sales ahead of its closest competition, and the most-streamed album of the week so far.
If the album stays on track Olivia could also be set to score the coveted Official Chart Double, as her latest single from the collection, Good 4 U, sits at Number 1 on the latest Official Singles Chart update.
At Number 2 at the midweek point, Gary Numan’s 22nd studio album Intruder could become his seventh total Top 5 album, including Tubeway Army’s 1979 Number 1 Replicas. Intruder is currently the biggest physical release of the week so far. Gary will join this week’s Record Club with Bowers & Wilkins livestream to talk all about the collection.
Dermot Kennedy claims the Official Chart Double for a second week, topping the Official Irish Singles Chart with Giants, while ruling the Official Irish Albums Chart with Without Fear.
Giants was once more Ireland’s most downloaded song of the week, while Without Fear was the country’s most streamed album of the week.
Just last week, Dermot become the first Irish act ever to replace themselves at Number 1; Paradise his collaboration with Italian producers Meduza remains at Number 2 this week.
Official Irish Singles Chart
This week’s highest climber is Australian rapper The Kid Laroi, rocketing 34 places to Number 3 with Without You. The track is the 17-year-old’s highest charting song to date on Irish soil, with its huge ascent attributed to a popular new TikTok trend.