Legacy acts aren’t willing to stick to the album chart any more, it seems.

1. Sabrina Carpenter – “Taste”

Three weeks. She still has “Espresso” at number 2, and “Please Please Please” at number 5. Her album “Short N’ Sweet” is still at number 2.

4. Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”

This is the lead single from Linkin Park’s eighth album, after a seven year gap. They’ve added Emily Armstrong as joint lead singer, and the band’s return to activity is clearly a big draw. Just as Oasis were able to get three tracks into the top 10 on the back of 90s nostalgia, Linkin Park get their highest chart position ever – they haven’t had a top 10 hit since 2008, and their previous peak was number 6 for “What I’ve Done.” Their earliest hit singles were back in early 2001, so in many ways they’re as much a legacy act as Oasis, but at least they’re here with new material. Their singles collection “Papercuts” is at number 8 on the album chart.

36. Alex Warren – “Carry You Home”

This came out in June, and it’s been hanging around the lower reaches ever since – it spent the last two weeks at 42 and 41, which basically means it would have charted but for the Oasis resurgence. It’s his first hit single. He has a social media background, but this is a perfectly good folk-pop single that could easily go further now that it’s getting some traction. (There’s an alternate version of the video with what’s apparently footage from his actual wedding which is rather more obviously targeted at the social media crowd.)

He’s had some minor hits on mainland Europe earlier in the year, and made the top ten in Belgium and Norway.

38. Central Cee featuring Raye – “Moi”

That is… two unrelated records stapled together.

This week’s climbers:

• “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars climbs to 7 after three weeks at 6.
• “Somedays” by Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & DOD climbs 15-10.
• “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez climbs 24-13. I’m surprised it’s a hit, but hey, any new blood at the top of the chart is welcome.
• “The Door” by Teddy Swims climbs 23-16 to enter the top 20 for the first time in its 16th week on chart – it’s spent the last six weeks hovering between 23 and 24.
• “I Love You I’m Sorry” by Gracie Abrams climbs 25-21.
• “We Pray” by Coldplay climbs 31-26.
• “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish climbs 35-30 (still way below “Guess” at 9 and “Birds of a Feather” at 14).

The three records leaving the top 40 are:

• “Nights Like This” by the Kid Laroi, which peaked at 28 but lasted 9 weeks.
• “Kehlani” by Jordan Adetunji, which peaked at number 8 and lasted 11 weeks (three of them in the top 10).
• “Happier” by the Blessed Madonna featuring Clementine Douglas, which peaked at 17 and lasted 24 weeks on chart.

The longest running track in the top 40 is still “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at 49 weeks and counting… but it’s now at number 39.

On the album chart:

1. David Gilmour – “Luck and Strange”

His third solo number one – the others were “On an Island” (2006) and “Rattle That Lock” (2015).

7. Fred Again – “Ten Days”

The singles “I Adore U”, “Ten” and “Places to Be” all charted. His previous studio solo album reached number 4 in 2022.

15. Rex Orange County – “The Alexander Technique”

His fifth studio album. His previous album, 2022’s “Who Cares”, was a number 1, so this isn’t good. (The Alexander Technique is an alternative medicine thing to do with posture, if you’re wondering.)

16. Fat Dog – “WOOF.”

Debut album. They’re from London.

19. The The – “Ensoulment”

This is their first new studio album since 2000. Their chart peak was in 1993, when “Dusk” reached number 3 on the album chart, and the EP “Dis-Infected” made the singles top 20.

35. Ultravox – “Lament”

40th anniversary reissue; the album reached number 8 in 1984. It doesn’t have “Vienna” on it – that was three albums earlier – but it does have their other major UK hit single, “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”, which got to number 3.