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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

Robbie Williams has reclaimed the number one spot in the UK album charts with Swings Both Ways.

The LP previously topped the chart on November 24, becoming the UK’s 1,000th number one album. It was knocked down to number two following the release of One Direction’s Midnight Memories.

Williams has now reclaimed the top spot after two weeks, with his album selling 5,000 more copies that One Direction, who slip to second position.

Gary Barlow has stayed at three with his solo album Since I Saw You Last, while Olly Murs remains at four with Right Place, Right Time.

Beyoncé caused a stir this week when she released her surprise self-titled album.

The record, which is only available digitally, shifted over 68,000 copies during its first 48 hours on sale.

Featuring collaborations with Drake, Frank Ocean and Jay Z, the album enters the chart at number five.

The Official Chart Company’s executive Martin Talbon said of the release: “It is a great achievement by Beyoncé to make such an impact so quickly, after just two days sales – and especially only with the digital edition available. Few (if any) albums have sold as many digital copies in such a short space of time.”

Source: Official Charts Company

One Direction have scored a second week at the top of the UK Album Chart with their new album Midnight Memories.

The boyband have shifted a further 124,000 copies of their new LP this week, after it became the fastest-selling artist album of 2013 last Sunday (December 1).

Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow have swapped places on this week’s countdown with their albums Swings Both Ways and Since I Saw You Last.

Williams has sold a further 91,000 copies to climb to number two, while Barlow is at three with his first solo LP in 14 years.

Olly Murs holds at four with his third studio album Right Place, Right Time, while Il Divo claim their sixth Top 10 album with A Musical Affair at five.

Rebecca Ferguson scores a new entry at number six with her second album Freedom, which serves as the follow-up to her 2011 debut Heaven.

Britain’s Got Talent finalists Richard And Adam debut at 24 with The Christmas Album, while Leona Lewis enters one place behind them at 25 with her festive record Christmas With Love.

Britney Spears is a new entry at 34 with her eighth studio album Britney Jean, which features recent singles ‘Work Bitch’ and ‘Perfume’.

Source: Official Charts Company