The xx steam ahead in the mid-week chart

South London trio The xx are on course to score their first number one with sophomore album Coexist.

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • min read
If Coexist does indeed get to the top spot, it will be their highest charting release to date, with debut album xx peaking at number three in 2009. It will also be their label XL's third number one album this year, following Adele's 21 and Jack White's Blunderbuss.

Meanwhile, The X-Factor's Amelia Lily is set to bag her first number one single with You Bring Me Joy. She was dropped from last year's show fairly early in by mentor Kelly Rowland, but was then voted back into the show. She ended up in third place, behind Marcus Collins and winners Little Mix.

Speaking about the possibility of a number one, she said: 'It’s still quite hard to believe that I came third in the final of one of the biggest television shows going. Now, nearly a year later, I’m releasing my first single! I’d be ecstatic if it got to number one, but at the same time, I’d be really proud wherever ever it charts because I’ve worked so hard on it'.