Foo Fighters set to end Adele chart reign
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Foo Fighters are on target to end Adele's record-breaking 11-week stint at the top of the album chart, midweek figures suggest.
Their latest album Wasting Light has gone straight in at number one, knocking Adele's 21 into second place.
The album earnt her the record for the longest number one in the UK album charts by a female solo artist.
Wasting Light is the ninth Foos album to chart in the UK and is on course to be their third number one.
The Foo Fighters are not the only new entries in this week's top 10, with Glee: The Music charting at number three, and Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss and Union Station dropping in at number seven.
In the singles chart Jennifer Lopez's On The Floor has been kicked into second place by LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem, which is up from two.
Wombats' Anti-D has gone in at number 36, whilst two new Glee tunes, Tik Tok and Don't You Want Me, are in at number's 37 and 40.
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