Lewis Capaldi's Broken By Desire to be Heavenly Sent surpasses Ed Sheeran to claim fastest-selling album of 2023 so far

officialcharts.com:

Far from a victim of the second album curse, Lewis Capaldi's brand-new record Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent already claims the title of 2023's fastest-selling LP so far, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

Boasting total chart units of over 77,000 in today's latest update (24 May), Lewis surpasses 2023's previous fastest-selling album - Ed Sheeran's Subtract - with over 24 hours of tracking still to be accounted for.

In its opening week, Ed's sixth Number 1 album totalled 76,000 chart units earlier this month. Read more about how Ed Sheeran claimed 2023's previous fastest-selling album with Subtract here.

Lewis's second studio LP continues to out-sell the rest of the midweek Top 20 combined, too. Elsewhere, we're set to see new entries from the likes of Sleep Token, Def Leppard and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Ghost impact the Official Albums Chart.