This year’s X Factor finalists have retained their position atop the UK singles chart with charity track ‘Heroes’.
The David Bowie cover, which was released in support of British charity Help For Heroes, fought off competition from former Pussycat Dolls star and X Factor guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, who scores this week’s highest new entry with ‘Poison’ at three.
Rihanna appears on three singles in this week’s top ten, with ‘What’s My Name’, her collaboration with Drake, climbing two places to number eight, and David Guetta’s ‘Who’s That Chick’, featuring the Barbados-born popstar, landing at nine. Finally, her own ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ slides down to number seven, making her only the fourth artist in UK chart history to be credited on three singles in the top ten simultaneously.
Elsewhere on the chart, Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ and Take That’s comeback single ‘The Flood’ both slip out of the top ten for the first time at 11 and 12 respectively, while Coldplay are a festive-themed new entry at 18 with ‘Christmas Bells’.
Meanwhile, another Yuletide classic – Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ – re-enters the chart at 22, peaking above new entries from N-Dubz, who land at 23 with ‘Girls’, and The Wanted, whose ‘Lose My Mind’ reaches number 29.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) X Factor Finalists: ‘Heroes’
2 (2) Ellie Goulding: ‘Your Song’
3 (-) Nicole Scherzinger: ‘Poison’
4 (4) Olly Murs: ‘Thinking of Me’
5. (7) Far East Movement: ‘Like a G6’
6 (11) The Black Eyed Peas: ‘The Time (Dirty Bit)’
7 (5) Rihanna: ‘Only Girl in the World’
8 (10) Rihanna ft. Drake: ‘What’s My Name’
9 (-) David Guetta ft. Rihanna: ‘Who’s That Chick?’
10 (2) JLS: ‘Love You More’
Source: Official Charts Company