{"id":354625,"date":"2026-01-06T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/354625\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:18:09","slug":"olivia-dean-continues-strong-start-to-2026-as-the-art-of-loving-looks-towards-second-consecutive-week-at-number-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/354625\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Dean continues strong start to 2026 as The Art of Loving looks towards second consecutive week at Number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

She is however facing stiff competition once again from\u00a0Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, as\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/a>\u00a0looks to hit the heights for the first time since September 2025 (2).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac<\/a>\u2019s\u00a050 Years \u2013 Don\u2019t Stop<\/a>\u00a0currently sits\u00a0at Number 3,\u00a0which would signal\u00a0a\u00a0brand-new peak\u00a0for the record. Their classic\u00a0Rumours<\/a>\u00a0could also see significant movement, up five so far (6).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

From one legacy band to another,\u00a0and\u00a0ABBA<\/a>\u00a0may see\u00a0Gold \u2013 Greatest Hits<\/a>\u00a0entering the Top 10, scaling four positions this midweek (8).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After making the\u00a0UK\u2019s\u00a0Top 10\u00a0biggest albums\u00a0of 2025<\/a>,\u00a0Alex Warren<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0You\u2019ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)<\/a>\u00a0sits at Number 9\u00a0midweek.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

sombr<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0I Barely Know Her<\/a>\u00a0could greet the Top 20 once again (20), as\u00a0Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s former Number 1\u00a0Play<\/a>\u00a0eyes an upward trajectory (30).\u00a0<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s\u00a0highest climber this week could come from\u00a0The Stone Roses<\/a>\u00a0and their\u00a0eponymous 1989\u00a0debut,\u00a0forecasted to jump an incredible\u00a052 places\u00a0(31).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

David Bowie<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Legacy<\/a>, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year is aiming for a Top 40 finish, the first since March 2023 (36).\u00a0The album\u00a0contains\u00a0Bowie\u2019s\u00a0most poignant\u00a0tracks including\u00a0Heroes<\/a>, which was recently used to close the final episode of\u00a0Stranger Things.\u00a0The\u00a0anniversary of the legendary singer-songwriter’s death is this week, sadly passing at the age of 69 on\u00a0January 10\u00a02016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other albums looking to rebound into the Top 40 include\u00a0Radiohead<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0OK Computer<\/a>\u00a0(33),\u00a0I\u2019ve Tried Everything\u00a0But\u00a0Therapy<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Teddy Swims<\/a>\u00a0(35),\u00a0Pitbull<\/a>\u00a0with his\u00a0Greatest Hits<\/a>\u00a0compilation (37) and\u00a0Amy Winehouse<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Back to Black<\/a>\u00a0(40).\u00a0<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Update here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She is however facing stiff competition once again from\u00a0Sabrina Carpenter, as\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend\u00a0looks to hit the heights for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,50,24275,15515,67207,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-354625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-news","tag-olivia-dean","tag-sabrina-carpenter","tag-stone-roses","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}