This past week, Chappell Roan reclaimed the number one position with her debut album ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ which spent its second week topping charts since its debut earlier last year. Previously this month, the position had been claimed by Elton John and Ed Sheeran. With the release of physical copies of Robbie Williams’s latest album, the artist is set to gain his fifteenth number one album, debuting at the top spot of charts. But as Williams earns chart units, Gracie Abrams’s second studio album is also climbing charts and could challenge the former for the number one position.
Robbie Williams‘s latest release is the soundtrack for the artist’s critically acclaimed biopic titled ‘Better Man‘. The film tells the story of Robbie Williams’s rise to fame, starting from his days on Take That and leading up to the world-famous 2003 concert at Knebworth. The figure of the artist is portrayed as a monkey, as Williams himself has referred to himself as a ‘Performing Monkey‘ many times, especially at the beginning of his career. While the album was released at the end of 2024, it has been made available on physical formats this week: this has pushed the album to gain more chart units, which are likely to push the album to number one in next week’s album charts.
‘Better Man’ would make Williams’s fifteenth album at number one. The artist has previously achieved the position with ‘Life Thru A Lens‘ (1997), ‘I’ve Been Expecting You‘ (1998), ‘Sing When You’re Winning‘ (2000), ‘Swing When You’re Winning‘ (2001), ‘Escapology‘ (2002), ‘Greatest Hits’ (2004), ‘Intensive Care‘ (2005), ‘Rudebox‘ (2006), ‘In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010‘ (2010), ‘Take The Crown‘ (2012), ‘Swings Both Ways‘ (2013), ‘The Heavy Entertainment Show‘ (2016), ‘The Christmas Present‘ (2019) and ‘XXV‘ (2022).
On the other hand, Gracie Abrams‘s second full length release, titled ‘The Secret of Us’, is not new to UK charts. It has, in fact, already spent 30 weeks on charts and has debuted and peaked at number one. With the ever-growing popularity of Abrams’s songs, specially ‘That’s So True’ which has topped charts for eight weeks now, the album has re-entered the top five and gained enough chart units in a week to challenge Williams.
Abrams’s first full length release, titled ‘Good Riddance‘ had peaked at number three in the UK and only spent one week on charts. So far, her only charting singles are from her second release, with the exception of viral song ‘I miss you, I’m sorry’, which marked Abrams’s debut on UK charts peaking at number 81.
Official Charts will reveal who has successfully claimed the number one spot this Friday.
