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Chris Brown has scored his first UK number one single with 'Turn Up the Music'.
The singer's latest single from upcoming album Fortune went straight in at this week's top position by a margin of 24,000 copies.
Sean Paul settles for this week's runner-up place for a second week with 'She Doesn't Mind', while Nicki Minaj climbs back up two places to three with 'Starships'.
Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' falls from last week's number one to four, with Gotye and Kimbra completing the top five with 'Somebody That I Used To Know'.
Plan B lands at six with 'ill Manors' from his directorial debut of the same name, due to be released on May 14.
Olly Murs enters this week's chart with his latest single 'Oh My Goodness' at 28, while The Vaccines climb to 35 with 'If You Wanna'.
B. Traits' debut single 'Fever' is the only other new entry this week at number 36.
Azealia Banks rises a further six places to a new high of 14 with '212', while JLS tumble 14 spots to 20 with 'Proud'.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Madonna has claimed her 12th UK number one album with her latest release MDNA.
The 'Gimme All Your Luvin' singer has now overtaken Elvis Presley's record of number one albums in the UK.
MDNA beat David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat by 34,000 copies, with Guetta remaining in the runner-up spot for a second week.
Emeli Sandé climbs a place to third position with Our Version of Events, while Adele continues her long-running success, with 21 rising to four.
Jessie J completes the top five, with Who You Are climbing 18 places to fifth position following her Voice UK debut last weekend.
Paul Weller tumbles from last week's number one spot to ten with Sonik Kicks, while Katy Perry climbs a whopping 28 places to six with Teenage Dream.
Rihanna also sees a big climb of 17 places to this week's 12 with Talk That Talk.
Tenor Noah Stewart scored this week's highest new entry at 14 with debut album Noah, while Shinedown achieved their first UK album placing with Amaryllis at 18.
Iron Maiden's latest live offering En Vivo lands at 19, with Alter Bridge's Live At Wembley collection entering the chart at 31.
The All-American Rejects complete this week's new entries with their latest album Kids in the Street at 34.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Carly Rae Jepsen has achieved the second-fastest selling UK number one of the year so far with 'Call Me Maybe'.
The Canadian singer's debut UK single sold nearly 107,000 copies during its first week on sale.
Sean Paul had to settle for the runner-up spot for the third week running with 'She Doesn't Mind', while 'Somebody That I Used to Know' - the best-selling single of the year so far - from Gotye and Kimbra climbed back up two places to three.
Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' falls one place to four, while Chris Brown tumbles to five from last week's number one with 'Turn Up the Music'.
The Script returned to the singles chart with 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved', following frontman Danny O'Donoghue's appearance on The Voice UK. It climbs 43 places to 18, having reached a high of number two back in 2008.
The only other new entry this week goes to unsigned YouTube sensation Alex Day with 'Lady Godiva' landing at 15.
Olly Murs climbs 15 spots to 13 with his latest single 'Oh My Goodness', while Beyoncé achieves a new high placing at 39 with 'End of Time'.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Nicky Minaj has achieved her first UK number one album with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
The 'Starships' artist's second studio album topped this week's chart by 15,000 copies.
Labrinth was beaten into second place with debut record Electronic Earth, while children's craze Moshi Monsters landed as high as this week's fourth position with Music Rox!.
Last week's number one MDNA from Madonna falls six places to seven, while Adele continues her stranglehold of the charts by climbing back into the top three with 21.
Emeli Sandé falls two spots and completes the top five with Our Version of Events.
David Guetta falls four to six with Nothing But the Beat, while Jessie J falls three to eight with Who You Are.
Lostprophets' fifth studio LP Weapons is a new entry at nine, with Orbital's latest album Wonky lands at 22.
Sean Paul's Tomahawk Technique can only manage a new placing at 34, while Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick 2 goes in at 35.
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon's eighth studio album A+E limps into the chart at 39.
Elsewhere, Lionel Richie climbs 13 places to 26 with his country album Tuskegee, while The Script return to the top 40 with their self-titled debut album at 31.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele has returned to number one in the UK album chart with 21.
The album rises two spots to reclaim the top spot in its 64th week inside the UK chart. Adele has now overtaken Dire Straits and David Bowie in the record books in terms of number of weeks spent at number one.
21 also rises above The Beatles' classic albums A Hard Day's Night and With the Beatles by spending its 22nd week at the top overall.
Nicki Minaj drops one place from last week's top spot to number two with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
Alabama Shakes claim the highest new entry with Boys & Girls at three, after having been number one in the midweek placings.
Jessie J climbs four places to four with Who You Are, while Emeli Sandé is a non-mover at five with Our Version of Events.
Labrinth drops seven places to nine with Electronic Earth, with Lana Del Rey climbing up five spots to six with Born to Die.
Adele's 2008 debut 19 climbs up three to this week's 12, while Lionel Richie continues climbing an impressive 12 places to 14 with Tuskegee.
Les Miserables actor and singer Ramin Karimloo grabs a debut entry at 16 with Ramin, while Counting Crows' latest LP Underwater Sunshine - Or What We Did lands at 23.
Florence + the Machine enter at 27 with their MTV Unplugged compilation.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Carly Rae Jepsen has spent her second week at the top of the UK singles chart with 'Call Me Maybe'.
The Canadian singer outsold label boss Justin Bieber by two to one, whose new single 'Boyfriend' lands at two.
'Call Me Maybe' sold over 110,000 copies in its second week on sale.
Bieber's mentor Usher grabbed his 13th UK Top 10 hit with his latest track 'Climax', which entered at four.
Gotye and Kimbra are a non-mover at three with the year's bestselling single so far 'Somebody That I Used To Know', while Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' completes the top five. Sean Paul falls to six with 'She Doesn't Mind' after three weeks at two.
fun. climb a massive 29 places from their midweek placing of 36 to seven with their huge US hit 'We Are Young', with Sway entering at eight with his new single 'Level Up'.
Breathe Carolina land at 21 with 'Blackout', while Jessie J and David Guetta's latest collaboration 'Laserlight' is a new entry at 26.
Alex Clare enters at 37 with 'Too Close', which currently features on a TV commercial for Internet Explorer.
John Legend returns to the top 40 with 'Ordinary People' at 27, after it was heavily featured in Saturday's (April 14) edition of The Voice UK.
Other retro tracks from Train ('Drops of Jupiter') and Wheatus ('Teenage Dirtbag') also climb back into the chart at 35 and 36 respectively.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Carly Rae Jepson's is celebrating a third week at the top of the UK singles chart with her single 'Call Me Maybe'.
The Canadian songstress continued to dominate the Top 40, fighting off challenges from Conor Maynard, John Legend and B.o.B. to stay top for another week.
Maynard debuted at number two in the Official Singles Chart with his single 'Can't Say No', making the 19-year-old this week's highest new entry.
John Legend, who returned to the charts with 'Ordinary People' last week thanks to a performance by Jaz Ellington on The Voice, saw his single jump from number 27 to number four - its highest ever chart position.
Another top climber came from Jessie J ft. David Guetta, as their track 'LaserLight' shot up 21 places to number five.
B.o.B. meanwhile, entered the chart at number seven with his latest track 'So Good'.
As Jepsen continued to fly high in the chart, the teenager's label boss Justin Bieber fell from number two to number ten with his latest release 'Boyfriend'.
Nicki Minaj, Gotye and Sean Paul all continue to hold on in the top ten, each falling three places.
Elsewhere in the chart, Linkin Park return with 'Burn It Down' at number 27, and San Francisco band Train entered the Top 40 at number 14 with 'Drive'.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Adele is celebrating a 23rd week at the top of the UK album chart with her record-breaking LP 21.
The singer, who returned to the top spot last week, outsold Jason Mraz's Love is a Four Letter Word by just 44 copies in her 65th week in the album chart.
Mraz's fourth studio album debuted at number two, after leading the pack with a 2,000-copy advantage during the week.
Adele's latest achievement surpasses the chart record of Eminem, who spent 23 weeks across his six-album career in the top spot. The British vocalist has now spent a total of 24 weeks at number one, with both 21 and her debut 19.
Former number one Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj fell one spot to number three, while Lana Del Rey's Born to Die climbed two places to number four.
Jessie J's Who You Are completed the top five, after slipping one place from last week.
Train enter the chart at number ten with California 37, while Spiritualized's latest album Sweet Heart Sweet Light reached number 19 in its first week.
Watch the video for Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep' below:
Source: Official Charts Company
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Carly Rae Jepsen has scored her fourth week at number one in the UK singles chart with 'Call Me Maybe'.
The former Canadian Idol finalist sold almost another 100,000 copies to take its tally to 434,000. It has now risen to be the seventh best-selling track of the year so far.
Calvin Harris achieved the highest and only new entry this week with his Ne-Yo collaboration 'Let's Go', which enters in second place.
fun. are a non-mover at three with 'We Are Young', while Conor Maynard slips two to four with 'Can't Say No'. Jessie J and David Guetta complete the top five with 'LaserLight', which holds steady at five.
Alex Clare climbs an impressive ten places to six with 'Too Close' after its appearance in a recent Internet Explorer TV advert.
The Voice UK continued its recent influence on the chart with the former Stereophonics number one 'Dakota' climbing to 29 and Kings of Leon's 'Use Somebody' entering at 35.
Meanwhile, The Fray saw a re-entry of their biggest hit 'How To Save a Life' climbing back up to 34.
Train achieved their first UK top ten hit since 2001's 'Drops of Jupiter', with 'Drive By' climbing up to ten.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Jack White has entered the UK albums chart at number one with his debut LP.
Blunderbuss outsold Adele's long-running 21 album by two to one, and is White's third UK number one album including his time with The White Stripes.
Lana Del Rey climbed one place to three with Born to Die, swapping places with Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded.
Rufus Wainwright completed the top five with his seventh studio album Out of the Game, his second UK top five album after 2007's Release the Stars.
Feeder's eighth studio album Generation Freakshow lands at 13, while The Chieftain's Voice of Ages is a new entry at 25.
Santigold's latest album Master of My Make-Believe completed the new entries by reaching number 33.
Stereophonics re-enter the chart at 32 with their Best Of: Decade in the Sun, possibly due to their hit 'Dakota' being performed on last week's The Voice UK.
Last week's runner-up Jason Mraz falls ten places to 12 with his latest album Love is a Four Letter Word.
Olly Murs also re-enters the top ten with In Case You Didn't Know at seven, while The Script's 2008 debut album climbs back up seven places to 14.
Source: Official Charts Company
