Justin Timberlake secures his first solo chart topper in nearly seven years with Mirrors.
Justin Timberlake cruises all the way to Number 1 today with Mirrors, his first solo chart topper since 2006 smash, Sexyback.
The US star, who performed at the BRIT Awards the week before last, was neck and neck with London quartet Bastille earlier in the week, before pulling away to end the week 13,000 copies clear of the competition at the Official Singles Chart summit today.
Mirrors is the ex-*NSyncer’s second solo Number 1 in the UK as a lead artist, and his fifth overall including hit collaborations Where Is The Love? (with Black Eyed Peas,) 4 Minutes (with Madonna,) and 2007’s Give It To Me (with Timbaland and Nelly Furtado). Mirrors is taken from Timberlake’s forthcoming third album, The 20/20 Experience, which is due for release later this month.
Mirrors becomes the longest Number 1 single of the millennium. It is the longest Number 1 since Oasis' All Around The World in '98. Mirrors is 8:05 minutes long, while Oasis' All Around The World was 9:38 long.
Really surprised how well this is doing. I don't understand how it has spent so long at #1 on itunes considering the BRIT performance was a week and a half ago.
Amazing, with an 8 minute song. Now he needs to release a music video and start pushing this as a single in the US.
#3.
Suit & Tie is still doing well in the US (working it's way back up on iTunes, currently back to #5) so I think they'll ride that out for a couple more weeks still.