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\n\tSabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s \u201cEspresso\u201d is piping hot in the U.K., where it leads the chart race for the first time. <\/p>\n \n\tThe American singer and actor has a bonafide hit on her hands with \u201cEspresso\u201d (Island), which debuted at No. 6 on the national chart, following its release April 11, and has continued to climb ever since. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEspresso\u201d is her first top 10 and fourth top 40 appearance on the U.K. chart, following \u201cFeather\u201d (No. 19 peak), \u201cSkin\u201d (No. 28) and \u201cNonsense\u201d (No. 32).<\/p>\n \n\tCarpenter can\u2019t take it to the bank. Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cFortnight\u201d featuring Post Malone dips 1-2 on the Official Chart Update<\/a>, and, based on early sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, is less than 1,000 chart units behind. \u201cFortnight\u201d last Friday, April 26, opened at No. 1 on the Official Chart, for Swift\u2019s fourth leader, while its parent LP The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> (EMI) rampaged its way to the summit of the albums chart, for her 12th leader and third chart double.<\/p>\n \n\tAnother track from Swift\u2019s double album could debut in the top 10, \u201cI Can Do It With A Broken Heart.\u201d It\u2019s new at No. 7 on the Official Chart Update, and could lift her career tally of U.K. top 10s to 29.<\/p>\n \n\tCountry music has enjoyed a revival on the U.K. charts, first with Beyonce\u2019s No. 1 album Cowboy Carter <\/em>(Columbia\/Parkwood Ent), then Dasha<\/a>\u2019s single \u201cAustin.\u201d Shaboozey<\/a> is getting in on the act with \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d (via American Dogwood\/Empire), which lifts 27-8 on the chart blast and is set to give the U.S. artist his first U.K. top 10. <\/p>\n \n\tDasha\u2019s \u201cAustin\u201d (Warner Records), meanwhile, is predicted to hold at No. 10.<\/p>\n \n\tAll will be revealed when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday, May 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n