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Cheryl Cole has stormed to the top of this week's UK singles chart with 'Call My Name'.
The track becomes the fastest selling number one of 2012 so far, with sales of 152,000. It beats the first week sales record of 128,000 set by DJ Fresh's 'Hot Right Now', and the 142,000 record set last week by Gary Barlow's 'Sing'.
'Call My Name' is Cole's third solo number one single, and continues her record of scoring chart-toppers with the lead single of each of her three studio albums.
Flo Rida is a non-mover at two with 'Whistle', while Barlow drops two places to three with 'Sing'.
Coldplay and Rihanna climb four spots to four with 'Princess of China', giving the band their seventh UK top five hit. Rudimental drop one place with 'Feel the Love' to complete the top five.
A 'fake' cover version of Maroon 5's 'Payphone' by Precision Tunes manages to claim a new entry at nine. The original version has already topped the iTunes chart since its midnight release today (June 17).
fun. drop to six with long-runner 'We Are Young', while DJ Fresh and Dizzee Rascal drop a place to seven with 'The Power'. Usher and Carly Rae Jepsen both drop three places to eight and ten respectively.
Emeli Sandé climbs a big 17 spots to 17 with her latest single 'My Kind of Love', while Avicii has a re-entry at 26 with 'Silhouettes'.
Trey Songz gets a new entry at 28 with 'Heart Attack', while Justin Bieber enters at 30 with new track 'As Long As You Love Me'.
Katy Perry scores yet another hit at 31 with 'Wide Awake', and Kelly Clarkson sneaks in at 40 with 'Dark Side'.
The Voice UK finalist Tyler James manages to grab a number 39 entry with his cover of Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love', beating the show's winner Leanne Mitchell, who failed to reach the top 40 last week.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Gary Barlow has managed to hold off new challengers by staying on top of the UK album chart with Sing.
Despite the Diamond Jubilee celebrations ending nearly two weeks ago, the mini-album has scored a third week at the summit of the chart.
Amy Macdonald achieves her third top five album with Life in a Beautiful Light entering at two, beating her last album's peak of four.
Usher enters at three with his latest album Looking 4 Myself. Coldplay climb a place to four with Mylo Xyloto, with Paloma Faith dropping two spots to five with Fall To Grace.
Fleetwood Mac arrive at nine with 25 Years: The Chain, a week after the death of former member Bob Welch.
Maximo Park's fourth studio album The National Health enters at 13, with Hot Chip a position below with In Our Heads.
Bruce Springsteen's recent UK gigs have seen his latest album Wrecking Ball re-enter the chart at 16, while The Stone Roses' highly-publicised comeback shows mean that their Very Best Of collection enters at 21.
Johnny Cash collection The Classics is a new entry at 22, while Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also re-enter at 26.
Neil Young's Official Release Series Discs 1-4 lands at 30, while Orlando Higginbottom's Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs enter at 35 with debut album Trouble.
Classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic also claims a new entry at 38 with Latino.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Justin Bieber has beaten Cheryl Cole in this week's UK albums number one race.
The teen singer's third studio album Believe beat Cole's A Million Lights to the top spot by just over 3,000 copies.
The album is Bieber's first UK number one LP, and stops Cole from scoring a third chart-topper.
Paloma Faith climbs up two places to three with Fall to Grace, along with Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events at four. Amy Macdonald drops three places to five with Life in a Beautiful Light.
Gary Barlow's Sing drops five places to six, while Ed Sheeran has a non-mover at seven with +.
Usher falls five to eight with Looking 4 Myself, followed by Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto at nine. Bee Gees complete the Top 10 with their Number Ones collection.
Carrie Underwood achieves her first UK Top 40 album chart placing at 11 with Blown Away, while Slash re-enters the chart at 12 with Apocalyptic Love.
Reverend and the Makers' latest LP @Reverend_Makers lands at 16, while The Smashing Pumpkins enter at 19 with Oceania.
A number of albums re-enter the Top 40 this week, including One Direction's Up All Night (26), David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat (31) and Olly Murs's In Case You Didn't Know (35).
Source: Official Charts Company
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Maroon 5 have scored their first UK number one single with 'Payphone'.
The American pop-rock band landed straight at the top with their Wiz Khalifa collaboration.
The track sold over 141,000 copies, which marks the third week in a row that the number one single broke the 100,000 barrier after Gary Barlow and Cheryl Cole.
Cole's 'Call My Name' drops one place to number two, while Flo Rida also slips one to three with 'Whistle'.
Stooshe grab the second highest new entry at four with 'Black Heart', their second top five hit of the year. Coldplay and Rihanna's 'Princess of China' completes the top five.
Rudimental's 'Feel the Love' and fun.'s 'We Are Young' each drop a place to six and seven respectively.
Carly Rae Jepsen climbs back up two places to eight with big-seller 'Call Me Maybe', while Usher's 'Scream' falls a spot to nine. Paloma Faith climbs into the Top 10 with 'Picking Up the Pieces' at ten.
Gary Barlow drops 11 spots to 11 with Diamond Jubilee track 'Sing'. Katy Perry climbs a big 19 places to 12 with 'Wide Awake', while Justin Bieber re-enters the Top 40 with 'Boyfriend' at 31.
Florence + the Machine also re-enter the chart at 40 with 2011 hit 'Shake It Out'.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Linkin Park have scored their third UK number one album with Living Things.
The rock band beat Maroon 5's new album Overexposed to the number one spot by just over 3,000 copies.
Ed Sheeran climbs back up four places to three with long-runner +, while Justin Bieber drops from last week's number one to four with Believe.
Emeli Sandé falls one place to five with Our Version of Events
Cheryl Cole drops four spots to six with A Million Lights, while Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne climbs up 13 spots to seven following their BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend performance.
Flo Rida enters at eight with his new album Wild Ones.
Rihanna climbs back up four places to nine with Talk That Talk, while Paloma Faith's Fall to Grace drops seven to complete the top ten.
Ben Howard climbs nine places to 13 with Every Kingdom, with The Stone Roses also climbing 17 to 21 with their Very Best Of collection after their recent comeback gigs.
The Wildhearts frontman Ginger gets a new entry at 27 with 100 Percent, with Belgian drum 'n bass artist Netsky scoring a debut chart placing at 29 with 2.
The Levellers also enter at 36 with their latest album Static on the Airwaves.
Source: Official Charts Company
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will.i.am has scored his first UK solo number one single with 'This Is Love'.
His collaboration with Eve Simons sold over 102,000 copies, continuing the 100,000 sales barrier achieved for number ones over the past month.
The Voice UK coach said: "I've had number ones before with the Black Eyed Peas, but to me this one means so much, because I know people thought I can only be successful in the Black Eyed Peas, they were wrong."
He knocks last week's number one 'Payphone' by Maroon 5 to number two, while Chris Brown lands at three with 'Don't Wake Me Up'.
Flo Rida's 'Whistle' drops one place to four, with Cheryl Cole falling three to five with 'Call My Name'.
Rudimental's 'Feel the Love' is a non-mover at six, while Coldplay and Rihanna's duet 'Princess of China' falls two to seven.
Stooshe drop four places to eight with 'Black Heart', with fun. falling two with big-seller 'We Are Young' at nine.
Katy Perry's 'Wide Awake' enters the Top 10 for the first time at ten.
Taio Cruz's latest single 'There She Goes' with Pitbull enters at 12, while Labrinth climbs up four to 13 with 'Express Yourself'.
Muse's official Olympics track 'Survival' lands at 25 after only a few days of release.
Jay-Z and Kanye West re-enter the top 40 with 'Paris' at 18, after their performance at BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Maroon 5 have taken the number one single spot again this week, toppling will.i.am with their track 'Payphone'.
The band were knocked into second place last week by the Voice coach's first UK solo chart topper 'This Is Love', but held off a challenge from Chris Brown's 'Don't Wake Me Up' to take the top spot for a second time.
Despite a close run-off in the midweek update, Maroon 5's track - which features Wiz Khalifa - finished with a lead of 3,000 copies over Brown, who ended the week at number two.
will.i.am dropped two places to number three, while Flo Rida stayed at number four with 'Whistle'. The top five was completed by Stooshe with 'Black Heart', which climbed three places from last Sunday.
The rest of the Top 40 remained largely unchanged, with only two new entries this week. Blur's 'Under The Westway' - which was debuted on Twitter on Monday July 2 - reached number 34, and Dappy's 'I'm Coming (Tarzan Part 2)' placed at number 35.
Jessie J's 'Domino' re-entered the chart at number 38, while Nicki Minaj's 'Pound The Alarm' was the highest climber, up 18 places to number 16.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Florence + The Machine have scored their first number one single with 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'.
The Florence Welch-fronted band knocked Maroon 5 off the top spot to best their previous highest-charting entry, 2009's 'You've Got The Love', which reached number five.
Both debut album Lungs and 2011's follow-up Ceremonials, however, reached number one after their respective releases.
Maroon 5's 'Payphone' has been pushed down to two as a result, with will.i.am's 'This is Love' standing firm at three. 'Don't Wake Me Up' by Chris Brown drops two places to number four, while girl group Stooshe remain at five with 'Black Heart'.
Only two more new entries make the Top 40 today, as former American Idol star Adam Lambert sees his latest single 'Never Close Our Eyes' go straight in at 17. London indie rockers The Vaccines also squeeze into the chart at 37 with 'No Hope'.
The highest climbers this week are Rizzle Kicks, whose single 'Mama Do The Hump', originally released in December 2011, rockets up the chart to re-enter the Top 40 at 33. David Guetta's 'I Can Only Imagine', featuring Lil Wayne and Chris Brown, also shoots from 43 to 21.
Other tracks making their way back up the tally are LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It', up 17 places from 48 to 31, while Nicki Minaj's 'Pound the Alarm' achieves its highest chart placing to date, climbing from 16 to number ten.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Florence + the Machine have remained at the top of the UK singles chart with 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'.
The Calvin Harris-remixed track was able to hold off the challenge from former number one 'Payphone' by Maroon 5 by over 7,000 copies.
Chris Brown rises one place to three with his number one single 'Don't Wake Me Up', while will.i.am drops one to four with 'This is Love'. Stooshe complete the top five with 'Black Heart'.
Flo Rida stays at six with 'Whistle', while Rudimental enjoy an eighth week inside the Top 10 with non-mover 'Feel the Love' at seven.
Coldplay and Rihanna are a non-mover with 'Princess of China' at eight, while Nicki Minaj rises one spot to nine with 'Pound the Alarm'. Katy Perry drops one place to ten with 'Wide Awake'.
Former X Factor star Misha B scored this week's highest new entry with her debut single 'Home Run', which lands at 11.
Angel's second single 'Wonderful' also enters at 20, while 'Both of Us', B.o.B's duet with Taylor Swift, is a new entry at 22.
Lady Antebellum continue to see a resurgence as their 2010 hit 'Need You Now' climbs a further three spots to 15, a new peak.
Far East Movement and Cover Drive's collaboration 'Turn Up the Love' climbs 41 places to this week's 28, while Kylie Minogue just misses out on the main chart, by rising 105 places to 42 with 'Timebomb'.
Source: Official Charts Company
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Florence + the Machine have held on to the top of the UK singles chart with 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'.
The Calvin Harris collaboration is number one for a third week running, holding off Maroon 5's 'Payphone', which is a non-mover at two.
Stooshe climb two places to three with 'Black Heart', while Conor Maynard has this week's highest new entry with 'Vegas Girl' at four. Flo Rida completes the top five with 'Whistle'.
US duo Karmin score a Top 10 hit with their debut UK single, with 'Brokenhearted' landing at six.
Rudimental are a non-mover at seven, spending their ninth week inside the Top 10 with 'Feel the Love'.
Chris Brown falls three to eight with 'Don't Wake Me Up', will.i.am drops five to nine with 'This Is Love', and fun. climb back up two spots to ten with 'We Are Young'.
Far East Movement and Cover Drive climb 12 places to 16 with 'Turn Up the Love', with Cedric Gervais entering at 26 with dance track 'Molly'.
Public Enemy enter the Top 40 with classic track 'Harder Than You Think' at 27, after it was used in Channel 4's advert for the Paralympic Games.
Madeon has a new entry at 35 with 'Finale', with Clement Marfo & The Frontline landing at 38 with 'Champion'.
Source: Official Charts Company
