Ed Sheeran (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)
Eric Clapton is the latest to be trailing Ed Sheeran in the fight for the UK’s number one album.
Clapton’s ‘…The Breeze‘ LP – which celebrates the life of JJ Cale, who died last year, and features the likes of Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty and Willie Nelson – is immediately behind Sheeran’s ‘x‘, which is on course for a sixth week on top.
The official chart will be confirmed this coming Sunday, August 3rd.
UK Midweek Album Chart, Top 10:
1/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
2/ Eric Clapton – ‘Eric Clapton & Friends: The Breeze (An Appreciation Of JJ Cale)
3/ Dolly Parton – ‘Blue Smoke: The Best Of’
4/ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – ‘Hypnotic Eye’
5/ Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’
6/ Neon Jungle – ‘Welcome To The Jungle’
7/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
8/ Coldplay – ‘Ghost Stories’
9/ David Guetta – ‘Nothing But The Beat’
10/ Paolo Nutini – ‘Caustic Love’