Dame Vera Lynn is challenging the Arctic Monkeys for the number one spot in the album charts, at the age of 92.

The Forces' Sweetheart, who set a record on Sunday by becoming the oldest living artist to enter the top 20, last topped the chart in 1952.

Her greatest hits album, We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, is at number four in the mid-week chart, having debuted on Sunday at number 20. It has overtaken releases by Michael Jackson, Paolo Nutini and the Black Eyed Peas.

Only David Guetta, the French dance maestro, Kings of Leon, the US rock group, and current chart-toppers Arctic Monkeys are ahead in terms of sales.

Gennaro Castaldo of HMV said that the album was exceeding expectation, with the majority of sales on CD rather than via download. In Tesco stores, it is the biggest-selling release of the week.

The album features Dame Vera's wartime classics and was released to mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. She declared herself "extremely excited and delighted to be back in the charts after all these years".



We’ll Meet Again

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Those Were The Days My Friend
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White Cliffs of Dover
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When The Lights Go On Again
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There Will Always Be An England
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