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Jessie J's 'Price Tag' has fought off competition from Chipmunk and a phenomenal return from Lady GaGa to stay at number one on the UK singles chart.
The BBC Sound of 2011 winner had finished in second place to Chipmunk and Chris Brown's 'Champion' when the chart update was announced on Wednesday, but later retained the lead by a margin of 5% to achieve a second Sunday in pole position. Both tracks shifted over 90,000 copies this week.
Meanwhile, Lady GaGa's long-awaited comeback track 'Born This Way' soared into third after clocking up 60,000 sales in just 34 hours of release. The song had originally been due to come out today, but was unveiled on Friday afternoon at the 'Alejandro' singer's request.
Outside the top five, 'Champion' guest vocalist Chris Brown's comeback continues to gain momentum as 'Yeah 3x' climbs three places to this week's six, while former number one 'We R Who We R' by Ke$ha slips behind him at seven from its previous position of three.
Despite holding steady at the top of the chart, Jessie J sees her debut single 'Do It Like A Dude' fall back out of the top ten to 12, one place behind the artist it was originally intended for, Rihanna, who advances nine spots with the controversial 'S&M'.
Other fallers this week include Chase & Status with 'Blind Faith', down four to 14, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding's 'Wonderman', which is at 18 from last week's 14, and 'Traktor' by Wretch 32, which crashes eight positions to 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
2. (-) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: 'Champion'
3. (-) Lady GaGa: 'Born This Way'
4. (2) Bruno Mars: 'Grenade'
5. (4) Adele: 'Rolling In The Deep'
6. (9) Chris Brown: 'Yeah 3x'
7. (3) Ke$ha: 'We R Who We R'
8. (8) Taio Cruz ft. Kylie Minogue: 'Higher'
9. (5) Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris: 'Tonight (I'm Loving You)'
10. (6) Diddy-Dirty Money ft. Skylar Grey: 'Coming Home'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has notched up a third week at pole position on the UK album chart after outselling the rest of the top five combined.
21 added another 130,000 copies to its tally over the last seven days, making Adele the first UK female artist to have an album at number one for more than two weeks since Susan Boyle and her 2009 debut I Dreamed A Dream.
New entries on the chart this week include Computers And Blues, the final album from The Streets at eight, while James Blake - who finished runner-up to singles chart champion Jessie J in the BBC Sound Of 2011 contest - lands at nine with his self-titled debut record.
Just behind them is the phenomenally successful Progress by Take That, which climbs up three spaces to return to the top ten in its 13th week of release.
Elsewhere, the run-up to Valentine's Day sees Roberta Flack and Michael Bublé experience significant boosts in sales, as the former's Love Songs jumps nine places to 11, while Bublé's Crazy Love is at 20 from last week's 25, 69 weeks after its release.
Sandwiched between them is another romantic record, UB40's 2009 compilation Love Songs, which makes a triumphant return to the top 40 at 16.
However, Ellie Goulding and Cee Lo Green both take mighty tumbles down the chart, as Lights and The Lady Killer fall seven and eight places respectively to 14 and 18.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Adele: '21'
2. (3) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Holligans'
3. (5) Rihanna: 'Loud'
4. (6) Eva Cassidy: 'Simply Eva'
5. (2) Chase & Status: 'No More Idols'
6. (4) Adele: '19'
7. (9) Rumer: 'Seasons Of My Soul'
8. (-) The Streets: 'Computers And Blues'
9. (-) James Blake: 'James Blake'
10. (13) Take That: 'Progress'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has snatched the UK singles chart top spot away from Jessie J with Brit Award crowd-pleaser 'Someone Like You'.
The London-born singer soared to pole position with the 21 track following her tearful performance at Tuesday night's ceremony, which sparked a mass of downloads significant enough to knock last week's number one 'Price Tag' and midweek ruler Lady GaGa down the rankings. The rendition also helped pull her comeback single 'Rolling In The Deep' up a spot to four.
As well as Adele's Brits-inspired success, several of the night's biggest winners have experienced significant surges in popularity on this week's chart. Reaping the biggest reward is Rihanna, whose 'S&M' is launched into the top ten for the first time at six following her 'International Female' win, while Tinie Tempah, who took home two prizes at the event, sees his JLS collaboration 'Eyes Wide Shut' reach a new peak of eight, seven weeks after its debut.
Over 90,000 downloads of the ceremony's live performances - such as Take That's 'Kidz' and Plan B's 'She Said/Praying' mash-up - have been purchased in the four days since their release.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, stated: "This year's Brits showed that Britain continues to shine brightly with new musical talent. Adele's breathtaking performance has deservedly taken her to number one, and all the winners and performers have seen a boost in sales.
"This is good news for the business, but also for good causes, as all proceeds from the Brits performances go to charity for the first month."
Meanwhile, former number one Ke$ha drops out of the top ten with 'We R Who We R', which is this week's 11, and Far East Movement score the second-highest new entry on the chart with 'Rocketeer' at 14.
A good showing at the Brits also helps Cee Lo Green rise 16 places up the listings to 19 with 'Forget You', while You Me At Six & Chiddy just miss out on a place in the top half of the chart with 'Rescue Me' at 21.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) Adele: 'Someone Like You'
2. (1) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
3. (3) Lady GaGa: 'Born This Way'
4. (5) Adele: 'Rolling In The Deep'
5. (2) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: 'Champion'
6. (11) Rihanna: 'S&M'
7. (4) Bruno Mars: 'Grenade'
8. (17) JLS ft. Tinie Tempah: 'Eyes Wide Shut'
9. (6) Chris Brown: 'Yeah 3x'
10. (8) Taio Cruz ft. Kylie Minogue: 'Higher'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has fought off competition from a slew of Brit Award winners to keep 21 atop the UK album chart for a fourth week.
The singles chart champion also sees her debut LP 19 return to the top five at four following her Brit Awards performance on Tuesday, making her the first living artist to have two top five hits in both the singles and album charts simultaneously since The Beatles back in 1964.
Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company commented: "It is a fantastic week for both Adele and the Brits. For Adele to match a record of the Beatles is an extraordinary, historic achievement."
Also benefiting from this week's Brits are Mumford & Sons, who score their highest chart position to date with 'British Album Of The Year' Sigh No More, which leaps 17 places to two. Similarly, double winner Tinie Tempah zooms 19 positions to six with Disc-Overy, while Plan B celebrates picking up the 'Male Solo Artist' gong by seeing The Defamation Of Strickland Banks leap to seven from 24.
Just behind them at eight is a new entry from PJ Harvey entitled Let England Shake, while Cee Lo Green capitalises on his Brits win and Paloma Faith duet by hopping seven places to 11 with The Lady Killer.
Finally, re-entering the chart this week based on their awards success are Arcade Fire, whose 'International Album' gong sees The Suburbs land at 14, and 'British Female' winner Laura Marling, whose I Speak Because I Can rockets to 21 from last week's 80.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Adele: '21'
2. (15) Mumford & Sons: 'Sigh No More'
3. (3) Rihanna: 'Loud'
4. (6) Adele: '19'
5. (2) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
6. (25) Tinie Tempah: 'Disc-Overy'
7. (24) Plan B: 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks'
8. (-) PJ Harvey: 'Let England Shake'
9. (4) Eva Cassidy: 'Simply Eva'
10. (10) Take That: 'Progress'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has once again dominated the UK album chart, as her latest release 21 and debut LP 19 finish in first and second place on this week's rankings.
The London-born singer - who last Sunday became the first living act since The Beatles to appear twice in the top five of both the singles and album charts - notched up a fifth week in pole position with her sophomore record, while 19 climbed two places to the runner up spot in its 102nd week of release.
Adele becomes the first act to hold the top two places in the album chart since The Corrs in March 1999, when Talk On Corners and Forgiven, Not Forgotten landed at one and two.
Just behind Adele is the fourth compilation album from the Glee cast, which is the week's highest new entry at four, while Cee Lo Green, whose song 'Forget You' featured prominently in the Fox comedy's latest UK episode, climbs two spots to nine with The Lady Killer.
Rounding out the top 10 is Outta This World by JLS, which leaps comfortably back into the upper half of the chart after finishing at 20 last week.
Also bumping up the listings this week are Chase & Status, advancing one digit to 11 with No More Idols, while Pink makes it four climbers in a row with her Greatest Hits So Far, which is at 12 from last week's 19.
Brit Award favourites Take That slip six places after a temporary return to the top 10, landing one spot ahead of a new entry from Justin Bieber, Never Say Never: The Remixes, at 17.
The top 10 in full:
1. (1) Adele: '21'
2. (4) Adele: '19'
3. (3) Rihanna: 'Loud'
4. (-) Glee Cast: 'Glee: The Music Vol 4'
5. (2) Mumford & Sons: 'Sigh No More'
6. (5) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
7. (6) Tinie Tempah: 'Disc-Overy'
8. (7) Plan B: 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks'
9. (11) Cee Lo Green: 'The Lady Killer'
10. (20) JLS: 'Outta This World'
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Adele has continued to hold strong atop the UK singles chart with Brit Award show-stopper 'Someone Like You'.
Sales of the 21 track ran into six figures for a second consecutive week, eventually clocking in at an impressive total of more than 110,000 copies.
Martin Talbot of the Official Chart Company said: "Adele is proving to truly be the star of 2011. Her album has already become the must-have release of the year and for 'Someone Like You' to top 100,000 sales for two successive weeks demonstrates what a huge hit it is."
Former chart-topper 'Price Tag' by Jessie J is unmoved from the runner up spot, while Rihanna's S&M achieves a new peak of three after advancing from last week's six. Adele's first - and so far only - official single of 2011, 'Rolling In The Deep', is just behind them at four.
The highest new entry of the week belongs to Alexis Jordan, whose sophomore single 'Good Girl' makes an impressive arrival at six. However, Lady GaGa's much-hyped comeback appears to have got off to a faltering start, as 'Born This Way' crashes five places to eight in its third week.
Pink's 'F**king Perfect' finally cracks the top 10 after eight weeks by climbing three places from 13, while Cee Lo Green's 'Forget You' advances from 19 to 14 in its 22nd week on the chart.
Meanwhile, the Glee cast and guest vocalist Gwyneth Paltrow just miss out on a place in the top 20 with their 'Singing In The Rain/Umbrella' mash-up at 22, but the track becomes the show's highest charting UK release since season one's 'Halo/Walking On Sunshine'.
The top 10 in full:
1. (1) Adele: 'Someone Like You'
2. (2) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
3. (6) Rihanna: 'S&M'
4. (4) Adele: 'Rolling In The Deep'
5. (5) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: 'Champion'
6. (-) Alexis Jordan: 'Good Girl'
7. (7) Bruno Mars: 'Grenade'
8. (3) Lady GaGa: 'Born This Way'
9. (9) Chris Brown: 'Yeah 3x'
10. (13) Pink: 'F**kin' Perfect'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has finished at number one on the UK singles chart for a third consecutive week with 'Someone Like You'.
The second release from the star's mega-selling album 21 posted its strongest sales figures yet in the last seven days, shifting over 116,000 copies to stay at pole position ahead of 'Price Tag' by Jessie J and Rihanna's 'S&M', both of which are also unmoved from their places last Sunday.
Elsewhere, Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way' returns to the giddy heights of the list after a temporary tumble, finishing at four from last week's eight, while Adele is down a place at five with 'Rolling In The Deep'.
Also turning up in the top ten for a second time is Jessie J, whose 'Do It Like Dude' climbs three places from 13 in a result fuelled by the release of her long-awaited debut album Who You Are.
Lower down the numbers, Tiesto vs Diplo and Busta Rhymes shoot 21 places up the chart with 'C'mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise)' at 13, while Dr Dre comeback 'I Need A Doctor', which also features Eminem and Skylar Grey, is up nine places to 15 in its fifth week of release.
However, the reverse is true for JLS and Cee Lo Green, as 'Eyes Wide Shut' and 'Forget You' fall six and four places respectively, landing together at 17 and 18.
Finally, just beyond the top half of the chart are the Foo Fighters, who score the highest new entry of the week at 22 with 'Rope', their 25th UK release.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Adele: 'Someone Like You'
2. (2) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
3. (3) Rihanna: 'S&M'
4. (8) Lady GaGa: 'Born This Way'
5. (4) Adele: 'Rolling In The Deep'
6. (5) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: 'Champion'
7. (6) Alexis Jordan: 'Good Girl'
8. (9) Chris Brown: 'Yeah 3x'
9. (7) Bruno Mars: 'Grenade'
10. (13) Jessie J: 'Do It Like A Dude'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has succeeded in sustaining a sixth week atop the UK album chart, as sales of her sophomore album 21 pass the million mark.
The 'Rolling In The Deep' singer made the milestone after adding another 180,000 copies to her tally this week, breaking the record for the quickest album to make it to seven figures between January and March. In addition to the unprecedented feat, Adele's debut record 19 continues to hang within the top five at four, while her track 'Someone Like You' remains at number one on the singles chart.
"We are witnessing a real superstar in the making," Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company argued. "A million sales in six weeks for one album would be impressive enough but to have another album and two singles continuing to sell so strongly, plus heading both the Official Singles and Albums Charts simultaneously is truly exceptional."
Despite being unable to topple fellow Brit School graduate Adele from the top spot, critically-acclaimed newcomer Jessie J manages to make a strong impression with her debut LP Who You Are, which lands at two with first-week sales of 105,000.
Also arriving high on the ranking is former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye, who make it to third with their first album Different Gear, Still Speeding.
Other significant new entries on the chart this week include the debut records from Clare Maguire and Alexis Jordan, both of whom manage to blast their way through a strong top ten. Maguire's Light After Dark is straight in at seven, while America's Got Talent alumnus Jordan makes it to nine with her self-titled effort.
Further down the listings, a top ten full of newcomers results in every spot between 11 and 20 being occupied by a falling favourite. The most significant loss is collected by the Glee cast, who only recorded a single week in the upper part of the chart with their fourth compilation album, down seven to 11, while Tinie Tempah's Disc-Overy also stumbles out of the top ten, settling for 12 from last Sunday's seven.
Also suffering a substantial drop are Plan B, JLS and Rumer, all of which head down six places with their respective albums The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, Outta This World and Seasons Of My Soul - this week's 14, 16 and 19.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Adele: '21'
2. (-) Jessie J: 'Who You Are'
3. (-) Beady Eye: 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'
4. (2) Adele: '19'
5. (3) Rihanna: 'Loud'
6. (6) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
7. (-) Clare Maguire: 'Light After Dark'
8. (5) Mumford & Sons: 'Sigh No More'
9. (-) Alexis Jordan: 'Alexis Jordan'
10. (9) Cee Lo Green: 'The Lady Killer'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has retained pole position on the UK singles chart for a fourth week with 'Someone Like You'.
The Brit School favourite held firm at the peak of an unchanged top four also containing Jessie J, Rihanna and Lady GaGa, while Wiz Khalifa rounds out the top five with his debut track 'Black And Yellow'.
However, 'Rolling In The Deep', the lead track from the London-born singer's album 21, drops out of the top five for the first time, after slipping four places to nine.
Just beyond are two climbers in the shape of 'I Need A Doctor' by Dre Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey, which rises four places to a peak of 11, and Tinie Tempah's 'Wonderman', also progressing four at 12.
Gathering pace too is Avril Lavigne's 'What The Hell', which is up nine places to 16 in its eighth week of release, while the title of biggest climber this Sunday goes to Noah And The Whale and 'L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.', at 19 from its previous finish of 31.
Right behind, and just missing out on a spot in the upper half of the chart, are the week's second and third highest new entries, 'Heart On My Sleeve' by Olly Murs and 'Till The World Ends' by Britney Spears, which settle in at 21 and 22 respectively.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Adele: 'Someone Like You'
2. (2) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: 'Price Tag'
3. (3) Rihanna: 'S&M'
4. (4) Lady GaGa: 'Born This Way'
5. (-) Wiz Khalifa: 'Black And Yellow'
6. (8) Chris Brown: 'Yeah 3x'
7. (7) Alexis Jordan: 'Good Girl'
8. (6) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: 'Champion'
9. (5) Adele: 'Rolling In The Deep'
10. (9) Bruno Mars: 'Grenade'
Source: Official Charts Company
