Official Top 40!

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Mumford & Sons have reclaimed the top spot in the UK album chart with Babel.

Topping the chart two weeks ago, the folk band's second studio album beat Ellie Goulding's second LP Halcyon to the summit.

Muse drop two places to three with The 2nd Law. Pink falls one to four with The Truth About Love, while Emeli Sandé is a non-mover at five.

Jeff Lynne dominates the lower end of the Top 10, with his second solo album Long Wave entering at seven.

Electric Light Orchestra's collection of new recordings Mr. Blue Sky - The Very Best Of is new at eight, while All Over The World - The Very Best Of is a non-mover at ten.

All Time Low land at nine with their latest LP Don't Panic. Australian band Tame Impala enter at 14 with Lonerism.

Kiss's album Monster is new at 21, while Mika's third studio LP The Origin of Love is a new entry at 24.

Barbra Streisand's new collection of rare material Release Me enters at 31. Lemar misses out on a Top 40 placing with his fifth album Invincible.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Calvin Harris and Florence Welch have scored their second number one single in three months with 'Sweet Nothing'.

The pairing follows Harris's remix of Florence and the Machine's 'Spectrum' in topping the UK chart, knocking Swedish House Mafia's 'Don't You Worry Child' down to two.

It is the electronic producer's fifth number one single in the UK either as a solo or featured artist.

Psy's 'Gangnam Style' is a non-mover at three, with Rihanna also staying at four with 'Diamonds'. Adele drops three places to five with her Skyfall theme of the same name.

Lawson's latest single 'Standing in the Dark' lands at six, while Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' climbs back up five places to seven.

Maroon 5 leap ten spots to eight with 'One More Night', with Conor Maynard and Ne-Yo dipping one place to nine with 'Turn Around'. Flo Rida also falls one with 'I Cry' to ten.

Rebecca Ferguson enters at 15 with her new single 'Backtrack', while The Voice UK finalist Tyler James grabs a new entry at 28 with 'Single Tear'.

One Direction fall ten places to 16 with 'Live While We're Young', with Disclosure climbing nine spots to 17 with 'Latch'.

Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj leap 80 places to 20 with their duet 'Beauty and the Beat', while albums chart-topper Jake Bugg climbs 53 places to 33 with 'Two Fingers'.

Taylor Swift continues her run of Top 40 hits from her latest album Red, with 'State of Grace' landing at 36.

Everything Everything score their first Top 40 hit so far, with new single 'Cough Cough' entering at 37.

John Denver re-enters at 38 with his classic love tune 'Annie's Song', after its use in a TalkTalk advert.



Source: Official Charts Company

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Jake Bugg has soared to the top of the UK album chart with his self-titled debut.

The 18-year-old singer-songwriter entered straight at the top and knocked Babel by Mumford & Sons down to the runner-up spot.

Leona Lewis's third studio album Glassheart entered at three, having been at number two in the midweeks.

Muse drop one place to four with former number one The 2nd Law, while Rebecca Ferguson's repackaged version of Heaven enters at five.

Bat for Lashes enters at six with her latest LP The Haunted Man, just one place lower than her previous album Two Suns.

Art Garfunkel achieves his first solo album Top 10 placing in 32 years with his The Singer compilation at ten.

Folk group Bellowhead enter at 16 with Broadside, with jazz singer Diana Krall landing at 21 with Glad Rag Doll. Steely Dan's Donald Fagen scores his biggest UK album since 1993 with Sunken Condos.

Italian monk Alessandro Brustenghi is new at 28 with Voice from Assisi, also topping the UK classical chart.



Source: Official Charts Company

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Taylor Swift has scored her first UK number one album with Red.

The country singer's fourth studio LP topped the charts, after her previous efforts Fearless and Speak Now peaked at five and six respectively.

Emeli Sandé climbs six places to two with her new deluxe edition of 2012's best-seller so far Our Version of Events.

Jake Bugg's self-titled album drops two spots from last week's number one to three, while Lawson enter at four with their debut release Chapman Square. Mumford & Sons fall three spots to five with Babel.

Dappy lands at six with his debut solo album Bad Intentions, equalling the peak position of former band N-Dubz's highest-charting LP Against All Odds.

Daniel O'Donnell's latest collection Songs from the Movies and More enters at seven, while Stone Sour land at 13 with House of Gold & Bones - Part 1.

Muse fall four with The 2nd Law to eight, with Paloma Faith leaping up 26 places to nine with Fall To Grace. Leona Lewis drops seven spots to ten with Glassheart.

Singles chart-topper Labrinth re-enters at 12 with Electronic Earth, while Of Monsters and Men climb 23 places to 17 with My Head is an Animal.

Kendrick Lamar is new at 16 with his major label debut Good Kid M.A.A.D City at 16.

Folk singer Kate Rusby is new at 22 with her latest album 20, while Genesis member Steve Hackett lands at 24 with Genesis Revisited II.

American band The Lumineers enter at 29 with their self-titled debut album. Bat for Lashes tumbles 30 places with her latest album The Haunted Man at 36.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Labrinth has won this week's UK number one single with his Emeli Sandé duet 'Beneath Your Beautiful'.

The track sold 108,000 copies following a performance on last week's X Factor results show, to knock Calvin Harris and Florence Welch off the top spot.

It is Labrinth's first UK number one single as a lead artist following his 'Pass Out' collaboration with Tinie Tempah in 2010, while Sandé previously topped the chart with Professor Green on 'Read All About It'.

Swedish House Mafia sell a further 86,000 to stay at number two with 'Don't You Worry Child', while Harris and Welch drop to places to three with 'Sweet Nothing'.

Rihanna is a non-mover at four with former number one 'Diamonds', while fellow chart-topper Psy drops two to five with 'Gangnam Style' at five.

JLS just miss out on a top five placing with 'Hottest Girl in the World', which lands at six.

Adele drops two places with her Skyfall theme to seven, while Maroon 5 are a non-mover at eight with 'One More Night'. Taylor Swift also falls two to nine with 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'.

Emeli Sandé scores a second Top 20 placing this week, after her Naughty Boy collaboration 'Wonder' lands at ten.

Disclosure climb a further five places to 12 with 'Latch', while Bastille achieve their highest chart placement yet, with new single 'Flaws' entering at 21. The Lumineers also score a new entry at 22 with 'Ho Hey'.


Source: Official Charts Company

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The BBC has announced a series of programmes to mark the 60th anniversary of the UK singles chart.

Shows across BBC radio and TV will be broadcast in November to celebrate the chart's birthday, after it was launched by NME in 1952 as a top 12.

Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 will look back at the history and evolution of the chart, its place in British popular culture and its most groundbreaking moments.

The documentary will feature contributions from BBC broadcasters such as David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Bob Harris, Paul Gambaccini and Reggie Yates, while stars including Sir Cliff Richard and experts Jon Webster and Rob Dickins will also appear.

The programme will air on Friday, November 16 on BBC Four.

The Joy of the Single will look at the changes of music formats from vinyl to downloads, and how the chart has been altered over the years to move with the times.

Airing on Friday, November 23 on BBC Four, the likes of Jack White, Norman Cook, Graham Gouldman, Richard Hawley, Neil Sedaka, Norah Jones and Mike Batt will make appearances.

Tony Blackburn will also host two special Pick of the Pops shows on BBC Radio 2, where he will play the best-selling songs of each year in chronological order from 1952 to 2012.

The former chart show host will play the bestsellers from 1952 to 1985 in the first show on Saturday, November 10, and from 1986 to 2012 on Saturday, November 17.

Finally, BBC Radio 6 Music's Steve Lamacq will present special charts from November 12 to November 16, including the best-selling songs by bands starting with 'The', and the biggest-selling foreign language tracks.

Mark Cooper, creative head of BBC Music Entertainment, said: "The singles chart and the single itself are the key drivers of pop and while both documentaries suggest we are leaving one era of music buying behind, hopefully these programmes celebrate the world we grew up in - record shops, vinyl, Top of the Pops, the Radio 1 chart rundown - and also point to the future."

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Robbie Williams has soared to number one this week with 'Candy'.

The track is the Take That star's first chart-topper since 2004's 'Radio', and becomes his seventh solo number one.

It is his 14th number one overall including tracks with Take That, equalling bandmate Gary Barlow's record. His tally is 16 if including charity records by Band Aid 20 and Helping Haiti.

Candy' sold 137,000 copies in its first week on sale, becoming the third fastest-selling track of the year so far.

"Number one, yeah! So chuffed, really, really happy that 'Candy' reached the top spot," Williams told The Official Charts Company. "Good work Team Williams, and thanks to everyone who got it there. I'm so excited about this album and this is a great start."

Labrinth and Emeli Sandé fall one place to two with 'Beneath Your Beautiful', but still shifted just under 103,000 copies in its second week on the chart.

Wiley enters at three with 'Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)', his second top three hit in three months following number one 'Heatwave'.

Swedish House Mafia drop two to four with former number one 'Don't You Worry Child', while Adele climbs back up two to five with 'Skyfall'.

Calvin Harris and Florence Welch drop three to six 'Sweet Nothing', while Psy falls two to seven with 'Gangnam Style'.

Rihanna dips four places to eight with 'Diamonds', with Maroon 5 falling one to nine with 'One More Night'. Taylor Swift also falls one place to complete the Top 10 with 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'.

The Lumineers climb a further 11 places to 12 with 'Hey Ho', following its use on a television advert. Fun. re-enter the chart at 13 with their massive seller 'We Are Young', after they performed it on The X Factor last weekend.

Paloma Faith climbs back up nine places to 20 with her of INXS's 'Never Tear Us Apart' after performing it on Strictly Come Dancing. Fun. also climb 15 spots to 23 with 'Some Nights'.

Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah score a new entry at 25 with 'Drinking from the Bottle'. Ben Howard lands at 32 with 'Burgh Island'.

Asaf Avidan and the Mojos land at 30 with their massive Europe hit 'One Day/Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix)'. Hot Natured and Ali Love also sneak in at 40 with 'Benediction'.


Source: Official Charts Company

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Calvin Harris has won his second UK album number one with 18 Months.

The producer's latest collection, featuring collaborations with the likes of Rihanna, Florence Welch and Tinie Tempah, enters at the top, equalling the success of his previous effort Ready for the Weekend.

Kylie Minogue settles for second place with her new collection The Abbey Road Sessions, while Emeli Sandé slips one to three with Our Version of Events.

Fun. climb back up 29 places to four with Some Nights, following their X Factor appearance last weekend. Taylor Swift drops four from last week's number one to five with Red.

Mick Hucknall enters at six with his new collection American Soul. Matt Cardle's second LP The Fire lands at eight.

Madness score a number ten placing with their latest studio album Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da.

Mercury Prize winners Alt-J climb up 14 places with An Awesome Wave to 13. Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Psychedelic Pill is new at 14.

Jonathan & Charlotte re-enter at 15 with Together, following their ITV special documentary. Peter Andre lands at 18 with his new album Angels and Demons.

Eva Cassidy's Best Of compilation is new at 22, while The Soldiers enter at 23 with their self-titled effort.

Supergroup Black Country Communion are new at 29 with Afterglow, while Thomas Newman's Skyfall soundtrack lands at 36.

Watch the video for Calvin Harris's 'Sweet Nothing' below:



Source: Official Charts Company

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Robbie Wiliams has scored his tenth UK number one album with Take the Crown.

The Take That star scored a chart double by also staying at the top of the singles chart with 'Candy'. It is the first time he has topped both charts simultaneously since 2001, where he achieved the feat with 'Somethin' Stupid' and Swing When You're Winning.


Williams has now equalled U2 in terms of most number one albums in the UK, with only The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Madonna and The Beatles ahead of him.

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu lands at two with his Magic of the Movies collection, while JLS settle for third place with their latest LP Evolution.

Calvin Harris drops three from last week's summit to four with 18 Months. The Military Wives enter at five with their second album Stronger Together.

Emeli Sandé falls three with 2012's best-seller so far Our Version of Events to six. Kylie Minogue dips five spots to seven with The Abbey Road Sessions.

Paloma Faith climbs a place to eight with Fall to Grace, with Mumford & Sons dipping two to nine with Babel.

Andrea Bocelli's latest compilation Opera is new at ten, while former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles enters at 13 with The Difficult Second Album.

Aerosmith's first album in 11 years Music from Another Dimension! is a new entry at 14. Ne-Yo lands at 17 with R.E.D.. Kristina Train also scores a new entry at 27 with Dark Black.

One Direction, Christina Aguilera, Green Day and Lana Del Rey are expected to be among next week's new entries.


Source: Official Charts Company

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Robbie Williams has stayed on top of the UK singles chart with his latest track 'Candy'.

The song held off the challenge of former number one 'Beneath Your Beautiful' by Labrinth and Emeli Sandé to hold out at the top spot for a second week.

The Take That star scored a chart double by also reaching the top spot with new LP Take The Crown. It is the first time he has topped both charts simultaneously since 2001, where he achieved the feat with 'Somethin' Stupid' and Swing When You're Winning.

The Wanted have achieved their seventh UK top three hit, with 'I Found You' landing in third place. Adele's 'Skyfall' climbs one place to four, while Swedish House Mafia slip one to five with 'Don't You Worry Child'.

Psy climbs a place to six with 'Gangnam Style', while Wiley drops four spots to seven with 'Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)'. Rihanna is a non-mover at eight with 'Diamonds'.

Misha B wins her highest chart placing yet with 'Do You Think Of Me' at nine, while Rita Ora is also new at ten with her latest single 'Shine Ya Light'.

Sub Focus land at 12 with their Alpines collaboration 'Tidal Wave'. Christina Aguilera's comeback single 'Your Body' is new at 16, and Calvin Harris and Tinie Tempah climb eight to 17 with 'Drinking from the Bottle'.


Jason Mraz re-enters the Top 40 once again, with 'I Won't Give Up' going in at 20, following X Factor contestant Kye Sones's version last week. Nicki Minaj leaps 15 places to 24 with 'Va Va Voom'.

Willy Moon is new at 34 with 'Yeah Yeah', followed by Sneakbo's 'Zim Zimma' at 35. Pink creeps in at 40 with new single 'Try'.

Gabrielle Aplin is also new at 36 with her cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'The Power of Love', which has been used in this year's John Lewis Christmas advert.


Source: Official Charts Company