London Grammar are on course to secure their second number one album with Californian Soil.
The Nottingham-formed trio, Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic “Dot” Major, are outselling the rest of the top five combined, according to the Official Charts Company’s mid-week update.
If the album, which explores themes of feminism and fame, ends the week at number one it will follow in the footsteps of 2017’s chart-topping Truth Is A Beautiful Thing.
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The group’s debut, If You Wait, reached number two in 2013.
Filling out the top five are Brit-nominated rapper AJ Tracey at number two with his second album Flu Game, while rock group The Offspring’s first new album in nine years, Let The Bad Times Roll, is at number three.
London Grammar pull ahead in chart race for number one
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