Official Top 40!

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

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.



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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.



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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

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

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."

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'.


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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

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

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

One Direction have landed their second UK number one single with 'Little Things'.

The Ed Sheeran-penned ballad is the second to be lifted from their new LP Take Me Home, which has also entered at number one this week, giving the group a UK chart double.

Bruno Mars enters in second place with Locked Out of Heaven, having led the pack in the midweek chart.

Little Mix score their third top three placing with 'DNA', which lands at three. Labrinth drops two places with former number one 'Beneath Your Beautiful' to four.

Gabrielle Aplin climbs a massive 31 places to five with her Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover 'The Power of Love' following its use on this year's John Lewis Christmas advert.

Robbie Williams slips five to six from last week's top spot with 'Candy', while Psy drops one to seven with 'Gangnam Style'.

The Lumineers climb up seven places to a new peak of eight with 'Ho Hey'. Rihanna drops a place to nine with former number one 'Diamonds'.

McFly's new single from their Memory Lane compilation 'Love Is Easy' lands at ten, making it their 18th Top 10 hit.

Ed Sheeran's latest single 'Give Me Love' lands at 18, while Christina Perri re-enters the chart at 19 with 'A Thousand Years' following a new version being used in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2.

Stooshe's cover of TLC's 'Waterfalls' is new at 21, while The Wanted's 'You Found You' tumbles 17 places to 20. Misha B also drops 14 spots to 23 with 'Do You Think of Me'.

One Direction climb back up 11 places to 26 with 'Live While We're Young' following the release of their new album Take Me Home.

Lana Del Rey enters at 32 with new single 'Ride', while Pink climbs a further seven places to 33 with 'Try'. Example also sneaks in at 37 with 'Close Enemies'.


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One Direction have landed their first UK number one album with Take Me Home.

The boyband land straight at the top spot with their second LP, following 2011's Up All Night, which peaked at two.

Rod Stewart settles for second place with his festive compilation Merry Christmas, Baby, while The Rolling Stones enter at three with their new collection GRRR!.

André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra slip two places to four with Magic of the Movies. Robbie Williams drops four spots to five with last week's char- topper Take the Crown.

Alfie Boe scores a top ten placing with Storyteller at six. Lana Del Rey's repackaged Paradise version of Born to Die climbs back up a massive 30 places to eight.

Green Day's second of their three-album project ¡Dos! lands at ten, eight places lower than September's ¡Uno!.

Elsewhere, Soundgarden's first new album since 1996 King Animal enters at 21. Christina Aguilera has a new entry at 28 with Lotus.

Deftones enter at 30 with their latest LP Koi No Yokan. The festive Light Up the World from Steps is new at 32.

The Weeknd sneak in at 37 with The Weeknd Trilogy, followed closely behind by Foster & Allen's Ultimate Collection.




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Olly Murs has scored his fourth number one single with 'Troublemaker'

The former X Factor runner-up's collaboration with Flo Rida sold 121,000 copies to top this week's chart ahead of Girls Aloud.

It is also the fourth time Flo Rida has topped the UK chart.

Murs said of his achievement: "Wow! My fourth number one single, I am so happy I can't even begin to tell you! Thanks so much to everyone who bought 'Troublemaker', I hope you all like the album too!"

Girls Aloud's comeback single 'Something New' enters at two, scoring their 16th top five hit.

One Direction slip two places from last week's top spot to three with 'Little Things', while Labrinth is a non-mover at four with 'Beneath Your Beautiful'.

Alicia Keys wins her sixth UK top five single, with 'Girl on Fire' landing at five after having performed it on last week's X Factor results show.

Psy climbs back one place to six with 'Gangnam Style', while Gabrielle Aplin's cover of 'The Power of Love' slips two to seven. Robbie Williams drops two spots to eight with 'Candy'.

Bruno Mars slips six places to nine with 'Locked out of Heaven', while Rihanna drops one place with former number one 'Diamonds' to ten.

Christina Perri climbs six places to 13 with 'A Thousand Years', following its use in the latest Twilight movie.

Rudimental's collaboration with John Newman and Alex Clare 'Not Giving In' is new at 14.

AC/DC's 1980 classic 'Back in Black' enters at 27, following the band's back catalogue being made available on iTunes for the first time earlier this week.

The song reaches a new peak after not reaching the Top 40 on its original release. 'Highway To Hell' also creeps in at 40, having also not reached the Top 40 in 1979.

Rihanna scores a new entry at 36 with her David Guetta collaboration 'Right Now', following the release of new album Unapologetic.

DJ Fresh also re-enters the Top 40 with 'Gold Dust' at 38.



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Rihanna has landed her fourth UK number one album with her seventh LP Unapologetic.

The album sold just under 100,000 copies to become her third chart-topper in three years, and her fourth number one overall. She equals Madonna, Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy's record of most consecutive number one albums for a female artist.

One Direction drop one place from last week's number one to two with Take Me Home.

Little Mix's debut album DNA is new at three, while Led Zeppelin's live compilation Celebration Day lands at four.

A repackaged edition of Michael Bublé's former number one Christmas enters at five.

Susan Boyle's latest collection Standing Ovation - The Greatest Songs is a new entry at seven.

Example's third album The Evolution of Man lands at 13. AC/DC follow their singles success this week by entering at 14 with Live at River Plate.

Whitney Houston's 'best of' compilation I Will Always Love You lands at 29.



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Gabrielle Aplin has claimed her first number one single with 'The Power of Love'.

The singer's Frankie Goes To Hollywood cover climbed five places to reach the top this week, knocking down 'Troublemaker' by Olly Murs to number three.

The track has been used in the latest John Lewis Christmas advert, and is the first such song to reach the top after Ellie Goulding hit number two with 2010's 'Your Song'.

It is also 28 years since the Frankie Goes To Hollywood original was a number one hit.

Bruno Mars stays at number two with 'Locked Out of Heaven', just 1,500 copies behind Aplin.

Labrinth's 'Beneath Your Beautiful' remains at number four once again, while Rihanna slips two to five with 'Diamonds'.

Pink climbs 18 places to eight with 'Try', following her X Factor appearance last week.

Pitbull enters at 16 with 'Don't Stop the Party', while Tulisa's latest single 'Sight of You' is new at 18. Burns sneaks in at 39 with the Otto Knows remix of new track 'Lies'.

A host of Christmas classics continue to rise and re-enter the chart, with The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl climbing 12 places to 15 with 'Fairytale of New York'.

Mariah Carey climbs ten spots to 20 with 'All I Want for Christmas is You', while Wizzard are at 31 with 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'.

Wham! enter at 34 with 'Last Christmas', followed by Slade's 'Merry Xmas Everybody' at 35 and Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' at 37.

Watch the video for Gabrielle Aplin's 'The Power of Love' below:
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Olly Murs has held on to the UK number one album with Right Place Right Time.

The X Factor runner-up holds off the challenge of Michael Bublé, who rises two places to two with a repackaged edition of Christmas.

Murs sold a further 103,000 copies in its second week on sale to keep hold of the number one spot.

One Direction slip one to three with Take Me Home, while Rod Stewart climbs a place to four with Merry Christmas Baby. Neil Diamond is up three to five with his Very Best Of collection.

Elsewhere, Pink climbs 17 places to 11 with The Truth About Love. Jools Holland enters at 21 with The Golden Age of Song.

Britain's Got Talent alumni Only Boys Aloud are new at 32 with The Christmas Edition of their self-titled LP.

Bee Gees compilation Mythology lands at 33, while Tulisa scrapes in at 35 with debut LP The Female Boss.

Watch the video for 'Troublemaker' by Olly Murs below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4aQDOUbErNg

Source: Official Charts Company

James Arthur has claimed his first number one single with his debut release 'Impossible'.

The X Factor winner's cover of the Shontelle track is the fastest-selling single of 2012, shifting over 490,000 copies. It is also the second fastest-selling track by an X Factor winner after Alexandra Burke's 'Hallelujah'.

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Speaking of his first number one single, he said: "To everyone from home and around Britain who bought the single, thank you very, very much.

"You've made my dreams come true. The fact that it was in aid of Together For Short Lives, which is a great cause and a great charity, I think that really helped.

"My number one award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!"

'Impossible' has also outsold 2011 winners Little Mix's debut 'Cannonball' by over two copies to one, after they sold 210,000 in their first week.

will.i.am and Britney Spears land at two with their collaboration 'Scream & Shout'. The track is Spears's 22nd single to reach the UK Top 10.


Bruno Mars falls one place to three with 'Locked Out of Heaven', while Gabrielle Aplin's 'The Power of Love' drops three from last week's summit to four. Olly Murs rounds out the top five, with 'Troublemaker' falling two spots.

Rihanna scores yet another Top 10 hit with 'Stay' at six, while former number one 'Diamonds' is at seven.

Labrinth drops four to eight with 'Beneath Your Beautiful'. Psy is a non-mover at nine with 'Gangnam Style', with One Direction falling four to ten with 'Little Things'.

Taylor Swift climbs two places to 11 with 'I Knew You Were Trouble'. One Direction enter at 12 with their latest single 'Kiss You'.

Shontelle's original version of 'Impossible' re-enters at 22, followings its original peak of nine in 2010.

Daley enters at 24 with his Jessie J collaboration 'Remember Me'. Emeli Sandé grabs another top 40 hit at 35 with 'Clown', while there are re-entries for Ellie Goulding's 'Anything Could Happen' and McFly's 'Loving Is Easy' at 36 and 37.

Watch the video for James Arthur's 'Impossible' below:

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Source: Official Charts Company


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Bruno Mars has won his second number one album in the UK with Unorthodox Jukebox.

The 'Locked Out of Heaven' singer shifted 136,000 copies to score the fastest-selling solo album of 2012 so far.

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Olly Murs drops one place to two with Right Place Right Time, while Michael Bublé's Christmas stays at three.

Emeli Sandé's best-selling album of 2012 so far Our Version of Events climbs three places to four. Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby is down one to five.

The top four albums each sold over 100,000 copies this week - nearly half a million between them.

One Direction drop three to six with Take Me Home, Rihanna falls one spot to seven with Unapologetic and Neil Diamond is down three to eight with his Very Best Of collection.

Robbie Williams is down one to nine with Take the Crown, while Pink climbs one place to ten with The Truth About Love.

Green Day's third album in their 2012 trilogy ¡Tré! is a new entry at 31, after ¡Uno! and ¡Dos! previously landed at two and ten respectively.

Watch the video for 'Locked Out of Heaven' by Bruno Mars below:

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Source: Official Charts Company


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The Justice Collective's charity single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' has beaten James Arthur to become the 2012 Christmas number one.

The track, released to raise legal funds for families of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, outsold the X Factor winner by over 45,000 copies after a tight mid-week battle. The cover of the Hollies hit features artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and the Spice Girls' Mel C.

Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotheram, who first came up with the idea for the record, said of the news: "We have done in nine weeks what it normally takes nine months or more to achieve - working with a phenomenally dedicated team, all of whom have worked for free and displayed total professionalism throughout."

As a result, Arthur's 'Impossible' drops to number two, with will.i.am and Britney Spears's 'Scream & Shout' also falling a place to three.

Rihanna's 'Stay' climbs to four, while Bruno Mars's 'Locked Out of Heaven' completes the top five of the festive chart.

New entries in the Top 40 come from 23-year-old YouTube phenomenon Alex Day, whose 'Stupid Stupid' debuts at 25. Day previously had a number four hit with 'Forever Yours' in 2011 while remaining unsigned, following it up with 'Lady Godiva', which charted at 15 in April.

X Factor star and market trader One Pound Fish Man - aka Muhammad Shahid Nazir - also sees his debut single 'One Pound Fish' reach number 29. However, fellow novelty track 'The 12 Days of Christmas', by The Eddie Stobart Truckers, falls just outside the Top 40, charting at 47.

Watch the video for The Justice Collective's 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' below:


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Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events has returned to the top of the albums chart.

The Scottish singer's debut LP, which originally reached number one back in February, was recently revealed to be the biggest-selling album in the UK in 2012. It shifted 178,000 copies this week, taking its total UK sales tally to 1.32 million.

Sandé knocked last week's chart-topper, Bruno Mars's Unorthodox Jukebox, down to fourth place, with Olly Murs's Right Place Right Time staying firm at number two.

Michael Bublé's Christmas is also a non-mover at three, while Neil Diamond's The Very Best Of rises three places to five.

Unapologetic by Rihanna also inched up a place to number six, although One Direction's second album Take Me Home dropped to seven.

Despite its festive content, Rod Stewart's seasonal album Merry Christmas Baby also plummeted three places to eight. Non-movers, in the shape of Robbie Williams's Take the Crown and Pink's The Truth About Love, round off the Top 10.

Watch the video for Emeli Sandé's single 'Clown' below:


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