Tom Jones is continuing to outsell Eminem this week, according to Wednesdayโ€™s (July 28) official midweek chart update.

The rapperโ€™s latest album โ€˜Recoveryโ€™ is currently 500 sales behind the 70-year-oldโ€™s new LP โ€˜Praise & Blameโ€™.

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If Jonesโ€˜ release continues to outsell Eminem he will, at 70, [url=http://www.nme.com/news/tom-jones/52243]become the oldest male musician to have a UK Number One album[/url]. The current holder is Bob Dylan, who hit the top spot last year aged 67 with โ€˜Together Through Lifeโ€™.

[url=http://www.nme.com/news/tom-jones/52243]Tom Jones said on Tuesday (July 27) that he would like to collaborate with Eminem[/url] at some point in the future.

Elsewhere in the countdown, Avenged Sevenfold are on course to enter the Top Five with their new LP, while Yolanda Be Cool & DCUPโ€˜s โ€˜We No Speak Americanoโ€™ looks set to be toppled by new boy band Wantedโ€˜s single โ€˜All Time Lowโ€™ in the UK singles chart. โ€˜Billionaireโ€™ by Travis McCoy Ft Bruno Mars is currently lying in second place.

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