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