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Ellie Goulding's song Love Me Like You Do has gone straight to number one in the UK singles chart, ending Mark Ronson's reign at the top. The song, from the soundtrack to the Fifty Shades Of Grey film, sold more than 172,000 copies, about 87,000 more than Ronson's Uptown Funk, featuring Bruno Mars. It is Goulding's second number one, after Burn in 2013. Love Me Like You Do - her […]
Ed Sheeran has been measured by Madame Tussauds staff so they can create a waxwork effigy of him. The waxwork company confirmed it had plans to add Sheeran to one of its six museums in the US. Sheeran said being measured in his underwear was "one of the weirdest experiences of my life". Madame Tussauds could not confirm when the waxwork would be ready for display or which museum it […]
Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars has spent six weeks in the chart, all at the top except for when it was briefly ousted by X Factor winner Ben Haenow. Philip George's Wish You Were Here remained at two, while Hozier's Take Me to Church rose to three, having spent 25 weeks in the charts. The album chart saw George Ezra back at number one. Ezra, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith […]
X Factor winner Ben Haenow has won the race for the Christmas number one, the Official Charts Company has announced. The former van driver sold 214,000 copies of his single Something I Need, which was originally recorded by US pop band OneRepublic. His nearest rivals were Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, whose song Uptown Funk dropped one place to number two. Shortly after it was announced, Haenow thanked his fans […]
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has become the first British female solo artist to have five number one singles in the UK. Her latest song, I Don't Care, entered the Official Charts in pole position on Sunday. The 31-year-old overtook Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora, who both have four chart-toppers. The star gave the credit for the chart achievement to "my supporters and the fans that have done everything they could […]
Former X Factor finalist Ella Henderson has called topping the UK album chart with her debut release Chapter One "a moment in time I will never forget". "Being number one with my first album is where a dream has met reality." The 18-year-old singer from Grimsby sold about 16,000 copies more of her record this week than its nearest rival, Ed Sheeran's X. Henderson came sixth in the 2012 series of […]
Singer-songwriter George Ezra has topped the album chart with his debut Wanted On Voyage, 14 weeks after it was released. The album includes the top 10 singles Budapest and Blame It On Me, giving the artist his first number one. It has been in the top 10 since it came out and this week is spending its 11th week in the top five. Ezra, told OfficialCharts.com: "Thank you so much to […]
Norway's Nico and Vinz have become the first all-Norwegian band to have a UK number one single since A-ha in 1986. The Scandinavian duo achieved the feat after their single Am I Wrong climbed 51 places to wrestle the top spot from last week's number one, Magic!'s Rude. Nicolas Sereba (Nico) and Vincent Dery (Vinz) said it was "completely surreal" to top the UK singles countdown. On the album chart, […]
Ed Sheeran's album X has sold more than 367,000 copies, making it the longest running number one album of 2014. It has spent four weeks at the top of the UK chart since its release in June. The previous record-holder, Paolo Nutini, had three weeks leading the charts in April with Caustic Love. Manchester boy band Rixton are at number one on the singles chart with their first release, Me […]
