Weekly music charts for 2016

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UK charts overview for 5th February:

singles:

Zayn’s Pillowtalk has worked its magic over this week’s Official Singles Chart, as the former One Direction singer’s debut solo single lands straight in at Number 1.The track enters in pole position with impressive combined sales of 112,000 (including 4.97 million streams), making Pillowtalk the fastest-selling single of 2016 so far.
Zayn fends off competition from Jonas Blue’s Fast Car, which climbs a place to 2 this week, and last week’s Number 1 Stitches by Shawn Mendes falls to 3. The Canadian was surprised earlier this week with his Official Number 1 Award during his debut TV performance on BBC’s The One Show.


[h=4]New entries and high climbers[/h]Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham charge 18 spots to Number 6 with 7 Years, and Craig David lifts four places to Number 10 with When The Bassline Drops. The climb gives David his first Top 10 in eight years, since 2007’s Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) hit Number 7. Click here to check out his full chart history.
Jason Derulo’s Get Ugly continues to scale the chart, moving from 25 to 17 this week, as does Zara Larrson’s Lush Life, up eight places to 19.
Further down the tally, Drake’s new single Summer Sixteen makes its debut at 23, Charlie Puth’s One Call Away enters the Top 40 at 29, and Sia’s Chandelier is back in the Top 40 at 35 thanks in part to former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm’s rendition on last week’s episode of The Voice.

UK top100 chart: http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/


albums:

Following his passing in January, David Bowie's star continues to shine on this week's Official Albums Chart.
The music icon has seen off a strong challenge from Sia to claim the Number 1 spot for a fourth week – but with a different album.
Bowie has become the first act to knock themselves off the top of the Official Albums Chart in nearly six years, as his Best Of Bowie compilation – originally released in 2002 – has replaced his final studio album Blackstar at Number 1.
Michael Jackson was the last act to achieve this feat, following his death in 2009, when his The Essential retrospective replaced hits collection Number Ones at the summit.


Blackstar slips to Number 2, meaning Bowie is the first artist since 2011 to occupy the Numbers 1 and 2 spots on the Official Albums Chart. Adele was the most recent, when 21 and 19 dominated the Top 2.
Midweek leader and highest new entry Sia rounds off a very close Top 3. Only 1,213 chart sales separate her album This Is Acting from the chart-topping Best Of Bowie, which leads seven entries in the Top 40 for the late, great star. See all David Bowie's UK hit singles and albums in his Official Chart archive.
MORE: See this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full
Elsewhere, Adele's 25 falls two to Number 4, while Justin Bieber's Purpose slides a slot to 5.
[h=4]New entries and high climbers[/h]Charlie Puth scores his Official Albums Chart debut with Nine Track Mind going straight in at Number 6, while Rihanna's long-awaited eighth studio album Anti is new at 7.
US metal band Dream Theater score a new Official Chart personal best with 13th album The Astonishing, at Number 11, and Bloc Party are new at 12 with their fifth album Hymns.
Scottish rockers Runrig are new at 26 with The Story, while Shawn Mendes' Handwritten leaps 15 places to return to the Top 40 at 29, and Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear also makes a comeback, rocketing 32 spots to land at Number 30 today.

UK top100 albums chart: http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/