Lana Del Rey Leads With ‘Ocean Blvd’ – Billboard

Lana Del Rey doesn’t must take the tunnel, she’s on a direct path to the U.Okay. No. 1.

The different pop artist leads the midweek U.Okay. chart with Did you understand that there’s a tunnel below Ocean Blvd (by way of Polydor), her ninth studio album.

If it holds its course, Ocean Blvd will give Del Rey her sixth U.Okay. chart crown in simply over a decade, a listing that features Born to Die (2012), Ultraviolence (2014), Lust for Life (2017), Norman F*cking Rockwell! (2019) and Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021).

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Lana’s newest leads an all-new high 5 on the Official Chart Update, which sees Depeche Mode and Fall Out Boy set to snag podium spots.

DM’s Memento Mori (Columbia), the Rock Hall-inducted synth-pop legends’ first album because the dying final yr of bandmember Andy Fletcher, is on monitor for a No. 2 debut, the band’s highest place on the U.Okay. chart in 10 years. Dave Gahan and Co. have raked-in 17 high 10 appearances on the U.Okay albums survey, most not too long ago with 2017’s Spirit (No. 5).

Reunited U.S. pop-rock act Fall Out Boy is eyeing a fifth U.Okay. high 10 end, with So Much (for) Stardust (Parlophone) debuting at No. 3 on the chart blast.

Pink Floyd may return to the highest 5 with a dwell model of the prog-rock legends’ iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, which this yr celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. The Dark Side of the Moon – Live At Wembley 1974 (by way of Parlophone) types a part of a particular anniversary assortment, which features a boxed set of Dark Side, which has chalked-up 557 weeks on the Official U.Okay. Albums Chart (and counting) however remarkably has by no means hit No. 1. Its peak place is No. 2, although Floyd has led the chart with six titles.

Completing the highest 5 on the midweek survey is U.S. nation star Luke Combs’ Gettin’ Old (Sony Music CG), at No. 5. It’s on track to change into Combs’ highest charting LP within the U.Okay.

Further down the checklist, Japanese rock act BABYMETAL is heading for a primary U.Okay. high 10 look with The Other One (Cooking Vinyl), new at No. 7 on the midweek survey, whereas Georgian/British singer and songwriter Katie Melua may bag a ninth U.Okay. high 10 with Love & Money (BMG), set to debut at No. 10.