Jamie T set for first-ever UK Number 1 album with The Theory of Whatever as Jack White, Bananarama and more impact chart
25.07.2022 - 19:15
/ officialcharts.com
Jamie T is set for a triumphant return to the Official Albums Chart, with The Theory of Whatever on course to become his first-ever UK Number 1 record after a six-year break.
The indie-rock singer-songwriter, real name Jamie Alexander Treays, could score his first chart-topper and fifth Top 5 album overall as he takes an early lead midweek. The Wimbledon-born artist has previously enjoyed success with 2007 debut Panic Prevention (4), 2009’s Kings & Queens (2), 2014 LP Carry on the Grudge (4) and 2016 release Trick (3). See Jamie T’s full Official Charts history here.
Jack White’s fifth studio album, and second full-length of the year, Entering Heaven Alive eyes a Number 2 entry this week. The record looks set to give Jack his fifth solo Top 5 album, with the Detroit native having previously topped the Official Albums Chart three times; with 2012’s Blunderbuss, 2014 release Lazaretto and 2018 LP Boarding House Reach. Previous album Fear of the Dawn, released in April 2022, peaked at Number 4.
Four decades into their career, pop duo Bananarama could score a new career best with Masquerade. Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward’s twelfth studio album currently stands at Number 5 midweek. Should it hold on, it’ll prove the group’s highest-ever Official Albums Chart placing, beating 1983 debut Deep Sky Diving, which peaked at Number 8.
Read our exclusive interview with Bananarama here.
Elsewhere in the Top 10, Brighton-born group The Kooks could achieve their highest-charting record in 14 years with sixth studio release 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark (8). The indie-rock outfit, comprising Luke Pritchard, Max Rafferty and Paul Garred, previously enjoyed success with 2006 debut Inside In/Inside Out (2), 2008’s Konk (1), 2011 release