Gorillaz Cracker Island takes early lead in Number 1 race ahead of Gracie Abrams' debut album Good Riddance
officialcharts.comGorillaz are on course to claim their second Number 1 album, and their first in 17 years, with Cracker Island. The virtual group, comprising 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russell Hobbs, take an early lead with their eighth studio album.
Should it hold on, it’ll become the band’s first chart-topping LP since 2005’s Demon Days. Meanwhile, LA-born singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams looks set to make her Official Albums Chart debut on Friday, with her first full-length collection Good Riddance currently tracking for Number 2.
Adam Lambert could score his first-ever solo Top 5 LP with High Drama, at Number 4 midweek. Previously, Adam’s 2015 LP The Original High enjoyed a Top 10 peak (8), while his Live Around The World recording with Queen topped the chart in 2020.
New collaborative project Obey Robots also eye a Top 5 debut this week, with their first release One in a Thousand (5). The duo is formed of Laura Kidd (of Penfriend and She Makes War) and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin member Gareth ‘Rat’ Pring.
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