Adele rides Brits acclaim to singles No. 1

Adele, singer

Adele has snatched the UK singles chart top spot away from Jessie J with Brit Award crowd-pleaser ‘Someone Like You’.

The London-born singer soared to pole position with the 21 track following her tearful performance at Tuesday night’s ceremony, which sparked a mass of downloads significant enough to knock last week’s number one ‘Price Tag’ and midweek ruler Lady GaGa down the rankings. The rendition also helped pull her comeback single ‘Rolling In The Deep’ up a spot to four.

As well as Adele’s Brits-inspired success, several of the night’s biggest winners have experienced significant surges in popularity on this week’s chart. Reaping the biggest reward is Rihanna, whose ‘S&M’ is launched into the top ten for the first time at six following her ‘International Female’ win, while Tinie Tempah, who took home two prizes at the event, sees his JLS collaboration ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ reach a new peak of eight, seven weeks after its debut.

Over 90,000 downloads of the ceremony’s live performances – such as Take That’s ‘Kidz’ and Plan B’s ‘She Said/Praying’ mash-up – have been purchased in the four days since their release.

The top ten in full:
1. (-) Adele: ‘Someone Like You’ (Brit Awards live version)
2. (1) Jessie J ft. B.o.B: ‘Price Tag’
3. (3) Lady GaGa: ‘Born This Way’ (Grammy Awards live version)
4. (5) Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’
5. (2) Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown: ‘Champion’
6. (11) Rihanna: ‘S&M’
7. (4) Bruno Mars: ‘Grenade’
8. (17) JLS ft. Tinie Tempah: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’
9. (6) Chris Brown: ‘Yeah 3x’
10. (8) Taio Cruz ft. Kylie Minogue: ‘Higher’

Source: Official Charts Company

Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, stated: “This year’s Brits showed that Britain continues to shine brightly with new musical talent. Adele’s breathtaking performance has deservedly taken her to number one, and all the winners and performers have seen a boost in sales.

“This is good news for the business, but also for good causes, as all proceeds from the Brits performances go to charity for the first month.”

Meanwhile, former number one Ke$ha drops out of the top ten with ‘We R Who We R’, which is this week’s 11, and Far East Movement score the second-highest new entry on the chart with ‘Rocketeer’ at 14.

A good showing at the Brits also helps Cee Lo Green rise 16 places up the listings to 19 with ‘Forget You’, while You Me At Six & Chiddy just miss out on a place in the top half of the chart with ‘Rescue Me’ at 21.