{"id":479233,"date":"2026-03-16T21:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479233\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:36:08","slug":"battle-of-the-brits-harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-takes-on-james-blakes-trying-times-to-retain-number-1-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479233\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Brits! Harry Styles’ Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. takes on James Blake\u2019s Trying Times to retain Number 1 spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Styles<\/a>\u2019\u00a0record-breaking\u00a0Kiss All\u00a0The\u00a0Time. Disco,\u00a0Occasionally.<\/a>\u00a0is aiming to\u00a0score\u00a0a second\u00a0consecutive week at the Official Albums Chart summit, but faces\u00a0strong\u00a0competition\u00a0from\u00a0James Blake<\/a>\u00a0with his latest record,\u00a0Trying\u00a0Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After surpassing his own personal best,\u00a0achieving the biggest opening week of his career so far,\u00a0Harry\u2019s\u00a0fourth studio LP now looks to carry on that good fortune by\u00a0remaining\u00a0at\u00a0Number 1\u00a0for another week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, James Blake\u2019s\u00a0Trying Times\u00a0also\u00a0finds itself in the running for top spot, currently at Number 2.\u00a0Released on independent label Good Boy Records, the album is tracking\u00a0to net\u00a0James\u00a0his highest-ever finish,\u00a0and\u00a0potentially his\u00a0first Number 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"James-Blake-Trying-Times-_Credit-Robbie-Lawrence\"<\/p>\n

Credit: Robbie Lawrence\u00a0<\/p>\n

MORE: Where every James Blake song and album has charted in the UK<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This\u00a0amazing\u00a0run for British musicians was highlighted last week,\u00a0when the Official Charts Company\u00a0announced\u00a0that the first 11 weeks\u00a0of 2026\u00a0saw\u00a0the\u00a0Number 1\u00a0position\u00a0on the Official Albums Chart\u00a0occupied solely by\u00a0British\u00a0artists\u00a0for the first time in a decade. And with Harry and James\u00a0locking\u00a0horns this week,\u00a0it’s\u00a0likely\u00a0we’ll\u00a0see this trend continue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere,\u00a0Brighton-based rockers\u00a0YONAKA<\/a>\u00a0are tracking for\u00a0their\u00a0first-ever\u00a0with\u00a0Until\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0Satisfied\u00a0(5). The trio, consisting of Theresa Jarvis, George Edwards and Alex Crosby,\u00a0will look to add to the success of 2019\u2019s\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0Wait\u00a0\u2018Til\u00a0Tomorrow<\/a>, their maiden Top 40 accolade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Black Crowes<\/a>\u2019\u00a0A Pound of Feathers\u00a0(9) could earn\u00a0the legendary American outfit –\u00a0brothers Chris and Rich Robinson and\u00a0Sven\u00a0Pipien\u00a0–\u00a0their best performing record\u00a0in the UK since 1994\u2019s\u00a0amorica<\/a>.\u00a0Moreover,\u00a0fellow countrymen\u00a0Lamb of God<\/a>\u00a0set their sights on a fourth Top 20 finish with their\u00a0latest\u00a0project\u00a0Into Oblivion\u00a0(11).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

There could be strong movement for\u00a0Tate McRae<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0So\u00a0Close\u00a0To\u00a0What<\/a>, after a 2LP vinyl\u00a0varient\u00a0of\u00a0the record\u2019s deluxe\u00a0edition\u00a0dropped last week. The album currently eyes\u00a0a\u00a016-place\u00a0jump (6).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calvin Harris<\/a>\u2019\u00a096 Months<\/a>\u00a0aims\u00a0to scale further up the standings after re-entering the Top 40 last week (34), while\u00a0Peter Gabriel<\/a>\u2019s 2003 live\u00a0recording\u00a0In The Big Room,<\/a>\u00a0is on course to make its\u00a0Top 40\u00a0debut\u00a0following a special vinyl\u00a0drop\u00a0(40).<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019\u00a0record-breaking\u00a0Kiss All\u00a0The\u00a0Time. Disco,\u00a0Occasionally.\u00a0is aiming to\u00a0score\u00a0a second\u00a0consecutive week at the Official Albums Chart summit, but faces\u00a0strong\u00a0competition\u00a0from\u00a0James Blake\u00a0with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,18142,65315,128,50,56,54,55,170417],"class_list":["post-479233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-james-blake","tag-music","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yonaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479233","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=479233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}