'Time' has entered the UK albums chart this afternoon at the top, beating the likes of Gabrielle Aplin's 'English Rain' (No.2) and Vampire Weekend's 'Modern Vampires Of The City' (No.3) to the punch. Primal Scream's new record, 'More Light', has also entered in the Top 10 at No.7.

Elsewhere on the albums chart, Fall Out Boy's comeback record 'Save Rock And Roll' is down 10 to No.37, Lady Antebellum's 'Golden' has dropped 12 positions to No.19, and ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog has made an appearance at No.4 with her new offering, 'A'.

P!nk's 'The Truth About Love' has fallen 8 positions to No.14, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's 'The Heist' is up 7 to No.26, and The Script's 'Number 3' has climbed 5 spots to No.29.

Taylor Swift joins the acts with the most top 40 titles dating to the Hot 100's August 4, 1958 launch which includes Elvis Presley (#80), Elton John (#57), The Beatles (#50), Madonna (#49) and the Rolling Stones (#41).

Swift first reached the the top 40 when her debut single "Tim McGraw" spent a week at #40 back in 2007.

She holds the record for the most top 10 debuts, which she extended to 11 with "I Knew You Were Trouble" last year. The song was the third top 10-debuting preview track from her latest album "Red".

She currently ranks at #32 with "22", her 40th top 40 hit.

Swift additionally boasts the most simultaneous titles on the Hot 100 by a female artist, ranking the week that her album 'Speak Now' debuted atop the Billboard 200.

Watch Taylor Swift's acoustic performance of her latest hit '22' here:

The lads have an incredible 30,000 copies lead over their nearest competitor, which is the 'Motion Picture Cast Recording of Les Misérables' at No.2, and the Official Charts Company explains that they are "seemingly uncatchable".

If they remain at the top until Sunday (February 3) when the positions are confirmed this will be Biffy Clyro's highest charting album to date.

Justin Bieber's long-awaited 'Believe Acoustic' made an appearance in today's midweeks at No.3, Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' album has re-entered the chart at No.4, and Alicia Keys' latest offering, 'Girl On Fire', has climbed 28 places to sit at No.10.

Elsewhere in the Top 40, One Direction's 'Up All Night' has risen 4 spots to No.30, fun.'s 'Some Nights' has dropped 13 places to No.22, and Funeral For A Friend have a new entry at 16 with 'Conduit'.

Watch Biffy's video for 'Black Chandelier' here:

The record has climbed 6 places back to No.1 after debuting at the top spot when it was first released back in October, 2012. If he manages to hold on to the position until it gets confirmed on Sunday, January 6 this will give Harris 2013's first No.1 album.

Rita Ora's full-length debut, 'Ora', has risen 5 slots to No.3, Ed Sheeran's impressive album '+' climbed 9 to sit at No.4, and Jake Bugg's self-titled debut cut has shot up to No.5.

Elsewhere in the album chart Top 40, Olly Murs' 'Right Place Right Time' has dropped 8 to No.10, Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto' has climbed a commendable 19 places to No.18, and Robbie Williams' former No.1, 'Take The Crown', is now down to No.14.

Watch Harris' video for 'Drinking From The Bottle', which also features Tinie Tempah, below:

The hugely successful record, which was released in February 2011 in America, has now sold 10,020,000 units in the country.

It is the 21st release to hit 10 million sales since Nielsen SoundScan began collating chart data in 1991.

Back home in the UK, meanwhile, '21' has dropped out of the UK Top 40 for the first time since its release in January 2011.

At 4.5 million units shifted, the record is currently the fifth best selling album ever in the UK, with the album enjoying 71 consecutive weeks in the top ten.

The record was unleashed in January 2011 and enjoyed a long stint at the top of the chart.

On Sunday (November 25), however, the album dropped to No.42 - the first time it found itself out of the UK Top 40.

'21' has sold over 4.5 million units in the UK to date and is the fifth best selling record in the UK of all time.

It also enjoyed a staggering 71 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the UK singles chart.

This week's UK No.1 album is Rihanna's 'Unapologetic', which features a duet with former boyfriend Chris Brown.

The record, which is the singer's seventh studio release, marked the fourth time she hit the top of the UK albums chart.

The record shot into the No.1 position during today's midweek update and is already on course to become the fastest selling album of 2012 after shifting an impressive 94,000 copies since its release.

Mumford & Sons currently hold that title with a tally of 158,000 copies sold after the first week.

Rod Stewart's 'Merry Christmas Baby' debuted just behind the lads at No.2, 'Grrr!' by the Rolling Stones made a respectable appearance at No.3, and Green Day's '¡Dos!' is another new entry at 4. 

Lana Del Rey's 'Born To Die' has climbed 31 places to sit at No.7, Ed Sheeran's major label debut '+' has risen 22 positions to No.10, and Christina Aguilera has entered at 18 with her new offering, 'Lotus'.

Watch behind-the-scenes footage from a recent One Direction photoshoot here:

The star went straight to the top of the UK Top 40 recently with his new song 'Beneath Your Beautiful', which is the last single to be taken from his debut album 'Electronic Earth', and he told Digital Spy that it's important not to get wrapped up in chart success because it's not what music is about:

"I don't really make music for chart positions. It's good that we could have one, but I think if we all get caught up in that we start making music for number ones, instead of actually making music."

"Usually when you're on your last single and you've gone to the end of your album, it's the first singles that explode. So to achieve a number one on the last single was quite sick."

Watch his video for 'Beneath Your Beautiful' here: