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Bruno Mars has finally dethroned LMFAO from the UK singles chart top spot with ‘The Lazy Song’.

The Hawaii-born singer, who debuted on the listings six weeks ago and finished runner-up for the last two, managed to surpass the electro-hop duo’s ‘Party Rock Anthem’ to notch up his third number one.

He previously topped the chart with ‘Just The Way You Are’ in September 2010 and ‘Grenade’ this January. His debut LP Doo Wops & Hooligans also debuted at the peak of the album chart the same month.

Elsewhere, US rap star Pitbull joins forces with Ne-Yo, Dutch DJ Afrojack and Nayer to lift ‘Give Me Everything’ to four from last week’s 12, as Lady GaGa’s Born This Way promo track ‘The Edge Of Glory’ arrives at six based on iTunes downloads alone.

The song was named as the 25-year-old’s next official single earlier this week following an overwhelmingly positive response from fans, while its predecessor ‘Judas’ shifts nine places to 11 from last week’s 20.

This week’s Top 10 in full:
1. (2) Bruno Mars: ‘The Lazy Song’
2. (1) LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock: ‘Party Rock Anthem’
3. (3) David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida: ‘Where Them Girls At?’
4. (12) Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer: ‘Give Me Everything’
5. (4) Chris Brown ft. Benny Benassi: ‘Beautiful People’
6. (-) Lady GaGa: ‘The Edge Of Glory’
7. (5) Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull: ‘On The Floor’
8. (6) Snoop Dogg ft. David Guetta: ‘Sweat’
9. (10) Aloe Blacc: ‘I Need A Dollar’
10. (9) Jessie J: ‘Nobody’s Perfect’

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LMFAO have stayed at the top of the Official Singles Chart for the fourth consecutive week with ‘Party Rock Anthem’.

The duo held off competition from new Top 10 entries by David Guetta, Jessie J and Aloe Blacc, with the song now having shifted over 400,000 sales since its release.

David Guetta’s ‘Where Them Girls At?’, featuring Flo Rida and NIcki Minaj, entered the chart at number three, marking the producer’s 12th top 20 release and his second current Top 10 song, with Snoop Dogg featuring David Guetta at number five with ‘Sweat’.

BBC Sound of 2011 winner Jessie J earns her third Top 10 hit, as ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ climbs from 18 to number nine, after ‘Do It Like A Dude’, which reached number two late last year, and its number one follow-up ‘Price Tag’.

Katy Perry and Kanye West, and Wretch 32 featuring Example both fall one place, with ‘E.T.’ and ‘Unorthodox’ sitting at six and seven respectively.

US soul singer Aloe Blacc, meanwhile, rises from number 15 to number 10 with ‘I Need A Dollar’ after eight weeks on the chart.

The Top 10 singles in full:
1. (1) LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock: ‘Party Rock Anthem’
2. (2) Bruno Mars: ‘The Lazy Song’
3. (-) David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida: ‘Where Them Girls At?’
4. (4) Chris Brown ft. Benny Benassi: ‘Beautiful People’
5. (3) Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull: ‘On The Floor’
6. (5) Snoop Dogg ft. David Guetta: ‘Sweat’
7. (6) Katy Perry ft. Kanye West: ‘E.T.’
8. (7) Wretch 32 ft. Example: ‘Unorthodox’
9. (18) Jessie J: ‘Nobody’s Perfect’
10. (15) Aloe Blacc: ‘I Need A Dollar’

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LMFAO have scored a third week at the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Party Rock Anthem’.

The electro-hop duo’s collaboration with Lauren Bennet and Goonrock finished the week with a 40% sales lead over its nearest competition, ‘The Lazy Song’ by Bruno Mars.

Mars, who previously reached number one with his first two solo singles ‘Just The Way You Are’ and ‘Grenade’, climbed to the runner-up spot after debuting at 15 last week.

The arrival of Mars at the top of the chart sends previous second place finisher ‘Unorthodox’ by Wretch 32 down five places to seven, one number ahead of Nero’s ‘Guilt’, which becomes the highest new entry of the week at eight.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock: ‘Party Rock Anthem’
2. (15) Bruno Mars: ‘The Lazy Song’
3. (3) Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull: ‘On The Floor’
4. (5) Chris Brown ft. Benny Benassi: ‘Beautiful People’
5. (6) Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta: ‘Sweat’
6. (7) Katy Perry ft. Kanye West: ‘E.T.’
7. (2) Wretch 32 ft. Example: ‘Unorthodox’
8. (-) Nero: ‘Guilt’
9. (4) Tracy Chapman: ‘Fast Car’
10. (10) Mann ft. 50 Cent: ‘Buzzin’

Source: Official Charts Company

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