Even In Arcadia eyes a Top 40 debut

It comes as the record’s title track

PinkPantheress is set to make a strong return to the midweek Official Singles Chart Update with the record’s title track Even In Arcadia. The synth-pop banger is set for a Top 40 debut, potentially earning the group a fourth UK Top 40 appearance in less than three months.

The record’s title track is also expected to land at Number 1 in the midweek Update, and if it holds on, it’ll become PinkPantheress’s first solo Number 1 single. The only time the singer has hit the top spot was in March 2023, when her collaboration with Sam Smith, I'm Not The Same Anymore, reached Number 1.

PinkPantheress could also be celebrating a personal best with second mixtape Fancy That this week (2). The record looks to outperform 2021’s to hell with it (20) and 2023 album Heaven knows (28).

The Kooks are hoping to land an eighth Top 40 album, as Never/Know eyes a strong debut (3). Should it hold on, it’d become the Brighton-formed rockers’ highest-charting LP in 17 years, since 2008 chart-topper Konk.

Canadian alt-rock five-piece Arcade Fire could also secure an eighth Top 40 with seventh collection Pink Elephant (5). The record’s expected to join 2005’s Funeral (33), 2007’s Neon Bible (1), 2010 album The Suburbs (1), 2013’s Reflektor (1), 2017 release Everything Now (1), 2018’s Arcade Fire (39) and 2022’s WE (1) in the band’s Top 40 tally.

21st Century Fiction could earn Reading-formed rockers The Amazons a fourth Albums Chart entry this week, expected to debut at Number 7.

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke could see their first collaborative work Tall Tales impact the Top 10 (9). Meanwhile, The Weeknd’s former chart-topper Hurry Up Tomorrow is on the rebound midweek with the release of its Complete Edition, predicted to vault 100 spots back into the Top 10 (10).

Virginia-born singer-songwriter Kali Uchis expects to earn a career-best with fifth studio album Sincerely, (22), as Counting Crows hope to bank a 10th Top 40 with Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (33).

See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.