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Sam Smith has scored his first solo UK number one single with ‘Money on My Mind’.

‘Money on My Mind’ becomes the fastest-selling debut single from a Brits Critics’ Choice winner, as well as the first debut single from a Critic’s Choice’ winner to go straight to number one.

Smith’s track ends Clean Bandit’s four-week stint at the top of the charts after selling 108,000 copies in its first seven days on sale.

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com about the success of ‘Money on My Mind’, Smith said: “It feels unbelievable, man! It’s completely overwhelming and I don’t actually know what to do with myself! It feels amazing.”

It is Smith’s second number one in the UK following the success of Naughty Boy’s ‘La La La’, on which he featured last year.

“When La La La went to Number 1, I wrote quite a lot of that song and it was kind of just as much mine as it was Naughty Boy’s, but having my own song at Number 1 is just absolutely incredible,” he added.

Pharrell Williams is at number two with ‘Happy’ following his show-closing performance of the the song at the Brit Awards earlier this week.

Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne are down to number three with ‘Rather Be’, while Christina Aguilera wins her 24th hit on the UK Top 40 with her collaboration on A Great Big World’s ‘Say Something’.

Zedd and Paramore’s Hayley Williams complete this week’s top five with ‘Stay The Night’.

Katy Perry is at six with ‘Dark Horse’ after her Egyptian-themed performance of the track at the Brits, while David Guetta and Skylar Grey are at seven with ‘Shot Me Down’.

Pitbull and Ke$ha’s ‘Timber’ and Katy B’s ‘Crying For No Reason’ both spend another week in the Top 10, at eight and nine respectively.

DJ Fresh, Jay Fay and Ms Dynamite complete this week’s top ten with ‘Dibby Dibby Sound’.

Tegan and Sara make their UK Top 40 debut with ‘Everything Is Awesome’ from The Lego Movie, which is this week’s number 17.

Bastille and Rudimental’s Brit Awards performance of ‘Pompeii’ and ‘Waiting All Night’ is a new entry at number 21 after just three days on sale.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé climbs 26 places to number 23 with ‘XO’ following her performance at the ceremony.

Best British Female winner Ellie Goulding has three songs in the Top 40 this week. ‘How Long Will I Love You’ and ‘Goodness Gracious’ are at 25 and 26 respectively, while ‘Burn’ re-enters the chart at number 35.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Clean Bandit have scored a fourth week at UK number one with their single ‘Rather Be’.

The song, which features vocals from Jess Glynne, held on to the top slot despite strong competition.

Although ‘Stay The Night’ by Zedd and Hayley Williams was in at Number 1 on the midweek charts, Clean Bandit managed to overtake them, selling 8,000 more copies.

Elsewhere, Pharrell Williams’ ‘Happy’ falls one place to Number 3, while David Guetta and Skylar Grey enter at Number 4 with ‘Shot Me Down’ – the second highest-charting new entry of the week.

Katy B’s song ‘Crying For No Reason’ also rises two places, making it into the Top Five, as her second longplayer Little Red tops the Official UK Album Chart.

Meanwhile, Californian producer Le Youth and American rapper and model Dominique Young Unique have gained their first UK Top 20 hit. ‘Dance With Me’, which features a sample of TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’, makes it into the standings at number 11.

Another artist making his chart debut this week is Vine star Dapper Laughs, who enters at Number 15 with ‘Proper Moist’.

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Bombay Bicycle Club have topped the UK Album Chart for the first time with So Long, See You Tomorrow.

The London-based band’s fourth full-length album topped this week’s countdown after outselling Avicii’s True by 6,000 copies.

So Long, See You Tomorrow becomes their third album to reach the top ten, following 2010’s Flaws and 2011’s A Different Kind Of Fix, which peaked at eight and six respectively.

Ellie Goulding’s chart-topping album Halcyon slips one place to number three, while London Grammar are up three places to number four with their debut album If You Wait.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s self-titled fifth studio album completes this week’s top five.

Within Temptation have claimed their highest charting album to date in the UK with Hydra, which debuts at number six.

“This is our highest chart entry in the UK so far,” frontwoman Sharon den Adel told OfficialCharts.com. “The reactions are overwhelming. We just want to thank our fans for continuing to champion us so strongly!

“We really can’t wait to come over and play for everyone in April, and when we play Wembley Arena on that tour, it’ll also be our biggest UK show yet too!”

Maximo Park are a new entry at number seven with Too Much Information. It becomes the Newcastle-based band’s third top ten album to date.

Further down the chart, Tina Turner’s Love Songs retrospective is a new entry at number 32, while Andre Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra’s Love Letters enters at 35.

Source: Official Charts Company

You Me At Six have won their first UK number one album with Cavalier Youth.

The Surrey-based band’s fourth LP outsold Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon by almost two copies to one to top the charts this week.

Cavalier Youth serves as the follow-up to 2011’s Sinners Never Sleep, which peaked at number three.

You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi told OfficialCharts.com: “It’s an incredible feeling to have reached Number 1 in the UK; something I don’t think any one of us thought we could achieve.

“It’s a very proud time for us as a band and a special thanks to our management, label, family, friends and, most importantly, our fans, for their ongoing support. Thank you to everyone who’s purchased Cavalier Youth, it means everything and more!”

Beyoncé’s self-titled LP holds firm at number three, spending an eighth successive week in the top five.

Avicii climbs one spot to number four with True, while Sophie Ellis-Bextor drops one to five with her fifth studio album Wanderlust

Sheryl Crow scores this week’s second highest new entry with her ninth studio album Feels Like Home. The LP – Crow’s first new material in almost four years – makes its debut at number 16 on this week’s chart.

US metalcore band Of Mice And Men score their first Top 40 album with Restoring Force, which is a new entry at 17.

Source: Official Charts Company

Ellie Goulding has reclaimed the UK number one album with Halcyon.

The ‘Goodness Gracious’ star returns to the top spot after selling 5,000 more copies than her nearest rival Bruce Springsteen.

Springsteen’s High Hopes – which became his tenth UK number one album last weekend – falls to number two on this week’s countdown.

Beyoncé’s self-titled LP holds firm at number three, while Sophie Ellis-Bextor wins this week’s highest new entry with her fifth studio album Wanderlust, which debuts at four.

Wanderlust becomes the ‘Young Blood’ star’s highest charting album since her 2001 debut Read My Lips, which peaked at number two.

Avicii climbs one spot to number five with True, while US rockers Warpaint are a new entry at nine with their self-titled second album.

Scottish act Mogwai enter at ten on this week’s chart with their eighth LP The Rave Tapes, which has become the group’s highest charting album to date.

Source: Official Charts Company

Bruce Springsteen has debuted at number one in the UK with his new album High Hopes.

The singer scores his tenth UK number one album with the record, which serves as the follow-up to 2012 chart-topper Wrecking Ball.

The success of High Hopes now puts him ahead of the likes of David Bowie, ABBA, Queen and Michael Jackson, who each have nine UK number one albums.

Ellie Goulding slips to number two with Halcyon after two weeks at the top of the chart, while Beyoncé’s self-titled album slips one place to number three.

Bastille’s debut Bad Blood rises to number four on this week’s countdown following its nomination for ‘British Album of the Year’ at the 2014 Brit Awards.

Meanwhile, Gary Barlow slips from three to five with Since I Saw You Last.

The only other new entry on this week’s chart is Irish singer and songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, who scores a personal best at number 28 with his second album Post Tropical.

Source: Official Charts Company

Ellie Goulding has kept hold of the UK album number one with Halcyon.

The ‘Burn’ singer spends a second week at the top of the chart, beating Beyoncé’s self-titled fifth studio album, which lands at number two this week.

Goulding’s Halcyon topped the chart for the first time last week, 65 weeks after she released the album in October 2012. She has sold 680,000 copies of the album reissue Halcyon Days since August.

Gary Barlow’s Since I Saw You Last drops one place to number three on this week’s countdown.

John Newman’s debut album Tribute and Bastille’s Bad Blood both climb one spot to number four and five respectively.

Meanwhile, US rapper Kid Ink has scored his first ever entry on the Official Albums Chart, with My Own Lane entering at number 34.

Source: Official Charts Company

Ellie Goulding has scored her second number one album with Halcyon Days.

The follow-up to her debut Lights was first released 65 weeks ago in October 2012 and re-released with new songs in August 2013.

It has so far sold nearly 665,000 copies in the UK.

Goulding keeps Gary Barlow off the top with his album Since I Saw You Last, which remains at number two.

Beyoncé climbs one place to three with her self-titled album, while Robbie Williams is at four with Swings Both Ways.

The top 5 is completed by John Newman’s Tribute, up 11 places from last week.

Meanwhile, Rudimental’s Home and Haim’s Days Are Gone climb 27 places each to seven and 13 respectively and Irish rockers Kodaline jump 25 places to re-enter the Top 40 at 40 with their debut In A Perfect World.

The Lumineers are this week’s highest climbers, up 39 places with their self-titled debut album to re-enter the chart at 29.

Source: Official Charts Company

Robbie Williams has stayed on top of the UK albums chart with Swings Both Ways.

The LP sold a further 91,000 copies in the past seven days, topping the chart for a fourth week in total, after scoring this year’s Christmas number one album last week.

Meanwhile, Gary Barlow settles for second place this week, selling 79,000 copies of Since I Told You Last.

One Direction slip one place to three with Midnight Memories, while Beyoncé’s self-titled LP climbs one spot to four. Olly Murs slips one to complete the top five with Right Place, Right Time.

Elsewhere in the chart, Emeli Sandé re-enters the Top 40 at 31 with 2012’s best-seller Our Version of Events.

The 1975’s self-titled debut climbs 21 spots to 32, while Lorde’s Pure Heroine is up 19 to 33.

Rudimental also bounced up the chart up 12 places to 34 withHome, as did Calvin Harris’s 18 Months which rose 27 to 35, and Haim’s Days Are Gone climbing eight to 40.

Source: Official Charts Company

Robbie Williams has beaten One Direction to score this year’s Christmas number one album.

The singer’s second swing album Swings Both Ways has fought off competition from One Direction’s Midnight Memories and Gary Barlow’s Since I Saw You Last to spend a third week at the top of the chart.

Swings Both Ways beats Midnight Memories to number one by less than 200 copies, with both records selling over 126,000 this week.

Barlow’s Since I Saw You Last is at number three after selling more than 116,000 copies in the last seven days.

Olly Murs sticks at four with Right Place, Right Time and Beyonce’s self-titled studio album remains at number five after its first full week on sale.

Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon Days re-release is at number six, while Celine Dion rises one place to number seven with Loved Me Back To Life.

Michael Bublé has two albums in this week’s top ten, with To Be Loved at eight and Christmas at nine.

The Killers are this week’s highest climbers, with their greatest hits compilation, Direct Hits, up 15 places to number ten on this week’s countdown.

Source: Official Charts Company