{"id":702376,"date":"2026-07-20T23:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702376\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T23:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:07:18","slug":"gracie-abrams-raising-hell-in-race-for-second-number-1-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702376\/","title":{"rendered":"Gracie Abrams raising hell in race for second Number 1 album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds quartet\u00a0Yard Act<\/a>\u00a0could secure a third consecutive Top 5 album with\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0Gonna\u00a0Need\u00a0A\u00a0Little Music\u00a0(5). The record follows 2022 debut\u00a0The Overload<\/a>\u00a0(2)\u00a02024\u2019s\u00a0Where\u2019s My Utopia?<\/a>\u00a0(4).<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: Songs of the Summer 2026 contenders revealed<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0Nia Archives<\/a>\u00a0could achieve a career best with second studio\u00a0set\u00a0Emotional\u00a0Junglist\u00a0(7). The Bradford-born producer, singer and songwriter is on course to claim her first-ever Official Top 10 album, surpassing the peak of 2024 debut\u00a0Silence Is Loud<\/a>\u00a0(16).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just outside the Top 10,\u00a0New Order<\/a>\u2019s retrospective collection\u00a0The Best Of & The Rest Of\u00a0starts the week at Number 11. Should it hold its position, the release would become the Manchester legends\u2019 18th Official Top 40 album.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Motionless In White<\/a>\u00a0are also tracking towards a personal best,\u00a0with\u00a0Decades\u00a0at Number 15 midweek.\u00a0The Pennsylvania metalcore outfit could secure their first-ever UK Top 40 album, bettering the Number 43 peak of 2014 release\u00a0Reincarnate<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u00a0metallers\u00a0Loathe<\/a>\u00a0could also celebrate a major career first, with\u00a0A Stranger\u00a0To\u00a0You\u00a0currently sitting at Number 22 and on course to become their first Top 40 entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere,\u00a0The Waterboys<\/a>\u00a0eye an 11th Top 40 LP with\u00a0Atlantic Rain\u00a0(31), while Brighton pop-punk outfit As It Is\u00a0are expected to\u00a0claim their third with eponymous\u00a0project\u00a0As It Is\u00a0(33).\u00a0<\/p>\n

And finally,\u00a0Bruno Mars<\/a>\u00a0enjoys a boost as The Romantic Tour arrives at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium. His\u00a0former\u00a02010\u00a0Number 1 debut\u00a0Doo-Wops & Hooligans<\/a>\u00a0leaps 13 places midweek to Number 37.<\/p>\n

This week marks 70 years of the Official Albums Chart. Check out exclusive data reveals and more celebrations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds quartet\u00a0Yard Act\u00a0could secure a third consecutive Top 5 album with\u00a0You\u2019re\u00a0Gonna\u00a0Need\u00a0A\u00a0Little Music\u00a0(5). The record follows 2022 debut\u00a0The Overload\u00a0(2)\u00a02024\u2019s\u00a0Where\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,64794,50,229880,56,54,55,231371],"class_list":["post-702376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-gracie-abrams","tag-news","tag-nia-archives","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yard-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702376","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=702376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}