Rihanna has fought off competition from Take That’s highly-anticipated comeback single to keep ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ at the top of the UK singles chart.
The 22-year-old singer relegated ‘The Flood’, Take That’s first release with original member Robbie Williams for over 15 years, into the runner-up spot, thereby giving them their sixteenth top five track.
Meanwhile, McFly also make their UK chart return with Taio Cruz collaboration ‘Shine A Light’, which at four becomes the fifteenth top five hit of their career.
Cheryl Cole slips down the top ten and settles in at seven two weeks after ‘Promise This’ topped the chart, while Adele’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’, which first entered at 26 in 2008, climbs to nine from last week’s 19 following the song’s performance by X Factor contender Rebecca Ferguson.
However, an appearance on the talent show fails to lift 2005 winner Shayne Ward into the top ten as his comeback single ‘Gotta Be Somebody’ debuts at 12, sandwiched between two other new entries in the form of ‘The Time (Dirty Bit)’ by Black Eyed Peas and Pink’s ‘Raise Your Glass’ at 11 and 13 respectively.
Other new entries on this week’s chart include Gyptian’s ‘Hold You’ at 16 and The Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Day release ‘Two Minute Silence’ at 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Rihanna: ‘Only Girl (In The World)’
2. (-) Take That: ‘The Flood’
3. (4) Katy Perry: ‘Firework’
4. (-) McFly ft. Taio Cruz: ‘Shine A Light’
5. (3) Alexis Jordan: ‘Happiness’
6. (7) Mike Posner: ‘Cooler Than Me’
7. (2) Cheryl Cole: ‘Promise This’
8. (6) Bruno Mars: ‘Just The Way You Are’
9. (19) Adele: ‘Make You Feel My Love’
10. (5) Cee Lo Green: ‘Forget You’
Source: Official Charts Company