Ex-Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour is on monitor to say the No. 1 spot on this week’s U.Ok. Official Albums Chart midweek replace along with his newest launch, Luck and Strange.

If the album maintains its lead, this might be Gilmour’s third solo chart-topper, following Rattle That Lock in 2015 and On an Island in 2006.

As a member of Pink Floyd, Gilmour has already secured six No. 1 albums in the U.Ok. His return to the highest of the charts with Luck and Strange would mark his first solo No. 1 in 9 years.

Speaking to Billboard final month, Gilmour commented that his new album is “the best album I’ve made since Dark Side of the Moon, since 1973.”

“The album feels like a solid body of cohesive work,” Gilmour defined. “It’s the cohesiveness of the whole thing — the writing, the work, the thrill it still gives me to listen to it all the way through as an album. There’s a consistency of thought and of feeling that runs through it that excites me in a way that makes me make those comparisons.”

Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet holds its floor at No. 2 on the chart blast, eyeing a second consecutive week in that place. The pop sensation’s newest launch continues to attract consideration, remaining a powerful contender in the U.Ok. charts.

Indie favourite Rex Orange County can also be making waves, along with his new album The Alexander Technique at the moment sitting at No. 5. This marks his third Top 5 entry, following the success of Pony (2019) and WHO CARES? (2022).

Veteran new wave band The The is making a major comeback with Ensoulment, their first album in 25 years.

The report is monitoring to debut at No. 6, doubtlessly turning into their highest-charting album since Dusk peaked at No. 2 in 1993. South London’s Fat Dog is ready to make a powerful debut with WOOF, their first full-length launch, at the moment positioned at No. 7.

Fred once more.. is aiming for a Top 10 debut with ten days, which is monitoring at No. 8, whereas Ultravox’s Fortieth-anniversary version of Lament can also be set to re-enter the charts at No. 11.

Linkin Park’s best hits assortment Papercuts is climbing to No. 13, whereas their traditional debut Hybrid Theory is seeing a resurgence, at the moment at No. 45 midweek​.