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Nero have soared straight to the top of the UK album chart with their debut LP Welcome Reality.
The dubstep duo, otherwise known as Dan Stephens and Joe Ray, collected the accolade one week after scoring their first UK singles chart number one with their latest track 'Promises'.
Nero's arrival puts an end to the late Amy Winehouse's three-week reign in pole position with Back To Black, as the celebrated 2006 LP slips behind Adele's 21 to three.
Ex-Busted and Fightstar singer Charlie Simpson also achieves a respectable debut at six with his first solo album Young Pilgrim, while an Ultimate Collection from late folk legend John Denver lands right behind at seven.
Chase & Status scramble to the back end of the Top 10 after rising three to nine with No More Idols, but Rihanna just fails to follow them into the top-sellers despite lifting the same number with Loud, which is this week's 11.
Meanwhile, Amy Winehouse's 2003 debut album Frank, which achieved a new peak of three after her death late last month, slips eight to 12, as Randy Crawford's Best Of record exits the Top 10 as well by falling six to 13.
Lady GaGa's Born This Way album also tallies its first week outside the single digits, finishing at 15 from last Sunday's nine, while Planet Pit by Pitbull drops five to 16.
However, Noah And The Whale and Take That both manage to sneak back into the upper half of the chart, as their Last Night On Earth and Progress albums advance two apiece to 19 and 20 respectively.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Nero: 'Welcome Reality'
2. (2) Adele: '21'
3. (1) Amy Winehouse: 'Back To Black'
4. (3) Jay Z & Kanye West: 'Watch The Throne'
5. (5) Adele: '19'
6. (-) Charlie Simpson: 'Young Pilgrim'
7. (-) John Denver: 'The Ultimate Collection'
8. (6) Beyoncé: '4'
9. (12) Chase & Status: 'No More Idols'
10. (8) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Olly Murs has grabbed his second UK singles chart number one with 'Heart Skips A Beat'.
The X Factor star's latest release beat fellow new entry 'Feel So Close' by Calvin Harris to pole position, following in the footsteps of his August 2010 debut 'Please Don't Let Me Go'.
Last week's number one Wretch 32 is instead forced to settle for fourth with 'Don't Go', while album chart champion Will Young achieves his tenth Top 10 hit with 'Jealousy', a new entry at five.
Emile Sandé's 'Heaven' falls from the runner-up spot to seven, Rizzle Kicks - who lend their vocals to Murs's chart-topper - are a non-mover at eight with 'Down With The Trumpets', while 'The A Team' by Ed Sheeran and David Guetta's 'Little Bad Girl' fall three apiece to nine and ten.
Outside the top-sellers, Bruno Mars scrambles seven more spots up the rankings to 11 with 'Marry You', Nero drop from five to 13 with 'Promises' and JLS tumble five positions with their Dev team-up 'She Makes Me Wanna' at 14.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut at 15 with 'The Death Of You And Me', while Jessie J's latest single 'Who's Laughing Now' continues to advance, finishing at 16 from last week's 21.
Sean Kingston returns to the chart at 18 with his seventh UK single 'Party All Night (Sleep All Day)', as Cher Lloyd's 'Swagger Jagger', Beyoncé's 'Best Thing I Never Had' and 'Louder' by DJ Fresh fall eight together to complete this week's top 20.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: 'Heart Skips A Beat'
2. (-) Calvin Harris: 'Feel So Close'
3. (3) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: 'Moves Like Jagger'
4. (1) Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra: 'Don't Go'
5. (-) Will Young: 'Jealousy'
6. (8) Christina Perri: 'Jar Of Hearts'
7. (2) Emeli Sandé: 'Heaven'
8. (8) Rizzle Kicks: 'Down With The Trumpets'
9. (6) Ed Sheeran: 'The A-Team'
10. (7) David Guetta ft. Taio Cruz & Ludacris: 'Little Bad Girl'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Will Young has landed straight at the top of the UK album chart with his fifth studio LP Echoes.
The 32-year-old celebrated his third chart-topper ten years to the month since he first auditioned for the inaugural series of Pop Idol, the show that launched his music career upon his victory the following February.
Fellow TV talent contest veteran Joe McElderry finishes as this week's runner-up with his Classic album, inspired by his Popstar To Operastar victory back in July. The X Factor champion previously achieved a peak of three with his debut album Wide Awake last October.
Adele's 21, meanwhile, falls to three, marking the first time that the London-born singer's LP has finished outside of the top two in 31 weeks of release.
A new entry from Wretch 32 entitled Black And White and Adele's debut record 19 complete the top five, while outgoing number one Welcome Reality by Nero slips down to eight, sandwiched between new entries in the shape of What Matters Most by Barbra Streisand and Hard-Fi's Killer Sounds.
Rihanna climbs one place to collect the final spot in the Top 10 with Loud, while Jay-Z & Kanye West, Chase & Status and John Denver crash out of the top sellers, as their respective titles Watch The Throne, No More Idols and The Ultimate Collection drop eight, four and eight respectively to 12, 13 and 15.
Sat between them at 14 is The Red Album, a new entry from US rapper Game, while the back end of the chart sees Beyoncé's 4 plummet ten positions to 18 as Plan B's The Defamation Of Strickland Banks climbs to 19 from 25 in its 72nd week of release.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Will Young: 'Echoes'
2. (-) Joe McElderry: 'Classic'
3. (2) Adele: '21'
4. (-) Wretch 32: 'Black And White'
5. (5) Adele: '19'
6. (3) Amy Winehouse: 'Back To Black'
7. (-) Barbra Streisand: 'What Matters Most'
8. (1) Nero: 'Welcome Reality'
9. (-) Hard-Fi: 'Killer Sounds'
10. (11) Rihanna: 'Loud'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Example has scored his second number one on the UK singles chart with his latest song 'Stay Awake'.
The track, taken from the rapper's third album Playing In The Shadows, follows his previous single 'Changed The Way You Kissed Me', which also topped the charts back in June.
Last week's number one, 'Heart Skips A Beat' by Olly Murs, is forced into third place, while Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera climb one place with 'Moves Like Jagger'.
Ed Sheeran debuts at number four with 'You Need Me I Don't Need You', nine places ahead of his previous single 'The A Team'. 'Lick Ya Down', the first track from Bajan four-piece Cover Drive, is straight in at number nine, while Sean Kingston climbs eight places to complete the top ten with 'Party All Night (Sleep All Day)'.
Elsewhere on the chart,'Turn Me On', David Guetta's collaboration with Nicki Minaj, is a new entry at 20 and Nicole Scherzinger climbs four places to number 21 with 'Wet'. Meanwhile, Emeli Sandé's 'Heaven' has fallen four places to number 11, just missing out on a fourth week in the Top 10.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Example: 'Stay Awake'
2. (3) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: 'Moves Like Jagger'
3. (1) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: 'Heart Skips A Beat'
4. (-) Ed Sheeran: 'You Need Me I Don't Need You'
5. (2) Calvin Harris: 'Feel So Close'
6. (6) Christina Perri: 'Jar Of Hearts'
7. (4) Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra: 'Don't Go'
8. (5) Will Young: 'Jealousy'
9. (-) Cover Drive: 'Lick Ya Down'
10. (18) Sean Kingston: 'Party All Night (Sleep All Day)'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Red Hot Chili Peppers have entered the UK album chart at number one with their tenth studio album I'm With You.
It marks the band's fourth number one album in the UK following previous chart toppers Stadium Arcadium in 2006, Live In Hyde Park in 2004 and 2002's By The Way.
I'm With You is the band's first album to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, following the departure of John Frusciante in 2009.
Meanwhile, David Guetta has landed straight at number two with Nothing But The Beat, and Bombay Bicycle Club have scored their highest-charting album to date, with A Different Kind Of Fix reaching number six.
Lil Wayne's latest album Tha Carter IV, which is on course to break the iTunes record for single-week album sales, lands at number eight, while Dolly Parton goes straight in at number nine with Better Day.
Elsewhere on the chart, Beyoncé has achieved the highest-climbing record in the top 20, soaring to number 14 with her latest effort 4. It follows a surge in sales since her pregnancy announcement at the MTV VMAs.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'I'm With You'
2. (-) David Guetta: 'Nothing But The Beat'
3. (1) Will Young - 'Echoes'
4. (3) Adele: '21'
5. (2) Joe McElderry: 'Classic'
6. (-) Bombay Bicycle Club: 'A Different Kind Of Fix'
7. (5) Adele: '19'
8. (-) Lil Wayne: 'Tha Carter IV'
9. (-) Dolly Parton: 'Better Day'
10. (6) Amy Winehouse: 'Back To Black'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Pixie Lott has collected her third UK singles chart number one with 'All About Tonight'.
The 20-year-old, who first reached pole position in 2009 with debut tracks 'Mama Do' and 'Boys And Girls', kept Maroon 5 and 'Moves Like Jagger' in the runner-up spot for a second week.
The Saturdays once again just miss out on their first UK number one with their latest release 'All Fired Up', their tenth Top 10 single since 2008, while Leona Lewis returns to the chart with her Avicii collaboration 'Collide' at four.
Last week's number one 'Stay Awake' by Example concludes the top five and Olly Murs stumbles three to six with 'Heart Skips A Beat'. Ed Sheeran rounds out this Sunday's best sellers with 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', down six from its previous finish of four.
Snow Patrol, meanwhile, are denied a return to the Top 10 as their new track 'Called Out In The Dark' debuts at 11, settling in next to 'Jealousy' by Will Young, which is down four in its third week of release.
Former chart-topper 'Don't Go' by Wretch 32 crashes six places to 13, while Adele's mega-seller 'Someone Like You' storms ten spots back up the chart to 17.
The 21 musician also appears at 20 with 'Set Fire To The Rain', which is down five from last Sunday, to wrap around 'The A Team' by Ed Sheeran and Emeli Sandé's 'Heaven', which slip five and eight digits respectively to 18 and 19.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Pixie Lott: 'All About Tonight'
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: 'Moves Like Jagger'
3. (-) The Saturdays: 'All Fired Up'
4. (-) Leona Lewis ft. Avicii: 'Collide'
5. (1) Example: 'Stay Awake'
6. (3) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: 'Heart Skips A Beat'
7. (5) Calvin Harris: 'Feel So Close'
8. (6) Christina Perri: 'Jar Of Hearts'
9. (10) Sean Kingston: 'Party All Night (Sleep All Day)'
10. (4) Ed Sheeran: 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Example has scored his first UK album chart number one with Playing In The Shadows.
The Fulham-based singer's third studio LP landed at the peak of the rankings just one week after he topped the singles chart for a second time with 'Stay Awake'.
"When I started in this industry all I ever wanted was a No.1 album," he wrote on Twitter. "Today I can be proud. Thank you all so much for your support."
Finishing in second and third place this Sunday are Adele's mammoth 21 record and Joe McElderry's Classic, both of which vault two up the chart after swapping places with Nothing But The Beat by David Guetta and Will Young's Echoes.
Music icons The Beatles return to the listings at six with a re-release of their eight-times platinum compilation album 1, while last week's chart-toppers Red Hot Chili Peppers sink to seven.
Meanwhile, 87-year-old Hollywood legend Doris Day becomes the oldest artist ever to reach the UK album chart Top 10 with an original recording, as My Heart makes its grand arrival at nine.
Day released her debut solo album You're My Thrill in 1949 and first hit the charts as a vocalist in 1945.
Elsewhere, Back To Black by the late Amy Winehouse slips out of the Top 10 for the first time since her death on July 23 after falling one spot to 11, finishing ahead of new entries in the shape of John Barrowman's best-of collection Tonight's The Night and Chris Rea's Santo Spirito Blues.
Dolly Parton falls six to 15 with Better Day to end up sandwiched between Lady GaGa and Jessie J, who are up six apiece to 14 and 16 respectively with Born This Way and Who You Are.
The remaining places in the top 20 are all occupied by fallers, with the biggest losses belonging to A Different Kind Of Fix by Bombay Bicycle Club, down 11 spots to 17, and Wretch 32's sophomore album Black And White, which is at 18 from last week's 11.
However, Mercury Prize winner PJ Harvey bucks the trend, as Let England Shake rockets back up the chart from last week's 181 to 24 after her victory on Tuesday evening.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Example: 'Playing In The Shadows'
2. (4) Adele: '21'
3. (5) Joe McElderry: 'Classic'
4. (2) David Guetta: 'Nothing But The Beat'
5. (3) Will Young: 'Echoes'
6. (-) The Beatles: '1'
7. (1) Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'I'm With You'
8. (7) Adele: '19'
9. (-) Doris Day: 'My Heart'
10. (12) Bruno Mars: 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
Source: Official Charts Company
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One Direction have stormed to the top of the UK singles chart with their debut release 'What Makes You Beautiful'.
The X Factor boyband - known individually as Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - achieved the biggest first-week sales of 2011 after shifting over 153,000 copies of their eagerly-anticipated track.
The group's tally is ahead of the numbers posted by established artists such as Adele, Bruno Mars and Jennifer Lopez, who have also managed to exceed 100,000 sales in one week with their releases throughout the year.
Last week's number one 'All About Tonight' by Pixie Lott is bumped down to third place behind Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera with 'Moves Like Jagger', while Olly Murs climbs two to four with Rizzle Kicks team-up 'Heart Skips A Beat'.
Will Young returns to the single digits this Sunday with 'Jealousy', which is up to nine from 12, and Leona Lewis - the third X Factor act in this week's Top 10 - crashes six places from four with 'Collide'.
Album chart champion Ed Sheeran drops two to 12 with his latest track 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' as its + predecessor 'The A Team' climbs four to 14, squashing in beside 'Marry You' by Bruno Mars at 13.
Also rising this week is 'Cheers (Drink To That)', the sixth release from Rihanna's fifth studio Loud, which is up a massive 11 places to 15 in its sixth Sunday on the chart.
Snow Patrol and Wretch 32, however, come tumbling down five and four places respectively to 16 and 17 with 'Called Out In The Dark' and 'Don't Go'.
The top half of the chart concludes with 'Who's Laughing Now' by Jessie J climbing three to 18, Rizzle Kicks tripping from 15 to 19 with 'Down With The Trumpets' and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds scoring a new entry at 20 with 'AKA...What A Life!'
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) One Direction: 'What Makes You Beautiful'
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: 'Moves Like Jagger'
3. (1) Pixie Lott: 'All About Tonight'
4. (6) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: 'Heart Skips A Beat'
5. (3) The Saturdays: 'All Fired Up'
6. (5) Example: 'Stay Awake'
7. (7) Calvin Harris: 'Feel So Close'
8. (8) Christina Perri: 'Jar Of Hearts'
9. (12) Will Young: 'Jealousy'
10. (4) Leona Lewis ft. Avicii: 'Collide'
Source: Official Charts Company
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Ed Sheeran has landed atop the UK album chart with his debut studio LP +.
The 'A Team' singer-songwriter, who released five independent EPs before achieving mainstream success, took the top spot from Example with first-week sales in excess of 102,000.
Sheeran's arrival pushes the London-based rapper's Playing In The Shadows album down to third place behind Adele's 21, while folk star Laura Marling lands at four with her new LP A Creature I Don't Know.
Joe McElderry's Classic, David Guetta's Nothing But The Beat and Echoes by Will Young slide two together to take spots five to seven, and a new entry from The Kooks,entitled Junk Of The Heart, lands at number ten.
Legendary artists Doris Day and The Beatles manage just one week in the top-sellers as My Heart and 1 slip two and six respectively to 11 and 12, while Rihanna bounces to 16 from 20 with Loud, which is now in its 44th week of release.
'80s metal band Dream Theater score a new entry at 17 with their 12th studio album A Dramatic Turn Of Events to finish just ahead of Dolly Parton's Better Day and Jessie J's Who You Are, which drop three together to 18 and 19.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Ed Sheeran: '+'
2. (2) Adele: '21'
3. (1) Example: 'Playing In The Shadows'
4. (-) Laura Marling: 'A Creature I Don't Know'
5. (3) Joe McElderry: 'Classic'
6. (4) David Guetta: 'Nothing But The Beat'
7. (5) Will Young: 'Echoes'
8. (8) Adele: '19'
9. (7) Red Hot Chili Peppers: 'I'm With You'
10. (-) The Kooks: 'Junk Of The Heart'
Source: Official Charts Company
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N-Dubz star Dappy has scored his first solo UK singles chart number one with 'No Regrets'.
The 24-year-old, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, bumped last Sunday's champions One Direction and 'What Makes You Beautiful' down to third place behind Maroon 5, who finish as runners-up for a fourth week with their Christina Aguilera collaboration 'Moves Like Jagger'.
Dappy first topped the chart in 2009 as a featured artist on Tinchy Stryder's 'Number One' and has collected seven top 20 hits as part of N-Dubz.
Elsewhere, a double bill of new entries in the shape of Jason Derulo's 'It Girl' and 'I Wont Let You Go' by James Morrison completes the top five, while Pixie Lott trips three to six with 'All About Tonight'.
Former album chart victor Ed Sheeran soars to seven from 14 with 'The A Team', Olly Murs drops down four to eight with 'Heart Skips A Beat' and Damien Rice's 2002 track 'Cannonball' makes a shock return to the Top 10 at nine. The song has soared an enormous 30 places after it was covered on The X Factor by contestant John Adams.
The big shifts continue into the double digits, as Bad Meets Evil jump nine to 13 with 'Lighters', Example collapses from six to 14 with 'Stay Awake', and 'All Fired Up' by The Saturdays tumbles ten to 15.
The most significant change in the best-sellers, however, belongs to David Guetta's Usher team-up 'Without You', which climbs a massive 12 places to 19.
The DJ now finds himself wedged between Leona Lewis and Avicii's 'Collide' and 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' by Ed Sheeran, down eight places apiece to 18 and 20.
The Top 10 in full:
1. (-) Dappy: 'No Regrets'
2. (2) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: 'Moves Like Jagger'
3. (1) One Direction: 'What Makes You Beautiful'
4. (-) Jason Derulo: 'It Girl'
5. (-) James Morrison: 'I Won't Let You Go'
6. (3) Pixie Lott: 'All About Tonight'
7. (14) Ed Sheeran: 'The A Team'
8. (4) Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks: 'Heart Skips A Beat'
9. (39) Damien Rice: 'Cannonball'
10. (9) Will Young: 'Jealousy'
Source: Official Charts Company
