George Michael is currently ahead of Kylie Minogue in the race for this week’s number one album.

The singer’s live album Symphonica is currently 8,500 copies ahead of the Voice coach’s 12th collection Kiss Me Once.

Pharrell Williams’s G I R L trails them both at three, while Elbow slip to four with The Take Off and Landing of Everything and Paloma Faith’s A Perfect Contradiction is at five.

The Pretty Reckless – which features Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen – are at six with Going to Hell, while X Factor runner-up Nicholas McDonald is at seven with his debut In the Arms of an Angel.

Glee star Lea Michele lands at eight with her first studio album Louder, while former Westlife star Kian Egan starts at nine with his solo debut Home.

Digital Spy