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They don’t call him The King for nothing, and almost 40 years after his death, Elvis Presley is on track to rule the Official Albums Chart once more.

His new album If I Can Dream, which features orchestral reworkings of classic Elvis tracks by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, is ahead in the race to Number 1 on today’s Official Chart Update.

See the full chart runs of all Elvis's UK singles and albums

If Elvis can hang on until the end of the week, it will give him a 12th chart-topping album in the UK.

Elvis is currently 7,000 chart sales ahead of another new entry and nearest rival Rod Stewart, who will be hoping Another Country can overtake The King and give him a ninth Number 1 album.

Continuing the new entries, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey starts at Number 3 this week with his first solo release Courting The Squall, while former Britain’s Got Talent finalists Jack Pack look set to make their Top 10 debut. The swing four-piece’s self-titled first album is new at Number 4.

MORE: See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here (from 5.45pm)

Sheffield rockers Def Leppard look set to score their first UK Top 10 album in over seven years with their new eponymous release, which starts today at Number 5.

High climbers and new entries

Aside from the all-new Top 5, there are nine titles hoping to score a Top 40 place this week, with two albums making a return.

James Morrison is in with a chance of a fourth Top 10 with comeback album Higher Than Here, new at Number 6, and Erasure are on track for an eighth Top 10 with their latest hits collection Always – The Very Best Of.

Ryan Adams reinterpretation of Taylor Swift’s Number 1 album 1989 rockets back into the Top 40 to match its previous chart peak, landing at Number 19 today.

Welsh rockers Skindred are heading for a new UK chart peak with Volume going in at Number 20, and the soundtrack to the recent Amy Winehouse documentary makes a start at Number 24.

Rod Stewart makes another appearance as his 1990 collection The Storyteller – The Complete Anthology is new at 26, and EL VY – a collaboration between The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf – is on track to score a Top 40 with debut album Return To The Moon.

Little Spookz’ collection of seasonal covers Mega Halloween Kids Party zooms 149 places to land at Number 31 today, while soul singer Maverick Sabre is on track for a second Top 40 with Innerstanding, new at 32.

Van Morrison’s 1968 classic album Astral Weeks could finally make its Top 40 debut, landing at 34 today, and Roots Manuva is eyeing up a fourth Top 40 album at Number 35, with Bleeds.