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Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' on course to be fastest selling album of 2013

'Random Access Memories', the new album from French electro-duo Daft Punk, is the midweek No.1 in today's chart update and it is also on course to be the fastest selling album of the year so far.

The record shifted an incredible 104,000 copies as of midnight last night (May 21) in the UK and during its first 48 hours of being made available became the third fastest selling album of 2013.

Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' (which is at No.32 this afternoon) currently holds the record, but Daft Punk are only 1,000 copies behind so the record could soon be theirs.

There are 4 other new entries in the Top 10 this week and at No.3 is The National with 'Trouble Will Find Me', Thirty Seconds To Mars are at 4 with 'Love Lust Faith + Dreams', and Texas have made an appearance at No.5 with 'The Conversation'. Demi Lovato's new offering, 'Demi', has entered the albums chart at 6.

Jamie Cullum has debuted with his new record 'Momentum' at No.12, Paramore's self-titled new cut has dropped 10 spots to No.40, and Daft Punk's 'Discovery' has climbed 1 position to sit at No.28 after 84 weeks on the chart.

 

 

 

Watch Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers perform 'Get Lucky' here: