After playing second fiddle to Adele’s Hello for the last three weeks, Justin Bieber has not only ousted her from the top spot with Sorry on this week’s Official Singles Chart, he's broken a new Official Chart record!
Bieber dominates this week’s rundown following the release of his new album Purpose, including no less than three singles in the Top 5: Sorry (1), Love Yourself (3) and What Do You Mean? (5). No other male artist has achieved this in 34 years, since John Lennon in January 1981 with Imagine (1), Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (3) and (Just Like) Starting Over (5) following his tragic death.
And it doesn’t stop there for Bieber's takeover this week, with every track from the album charting inside the Top 100, eight of which cracked the Top 40 – the first time ever that a living act has achieved this many entries simultaneously in the Official Singles Chart Top 40. The closest was Elvis some 58 years ago in 1957 who managed a maximum of seven entries.
Very impressive. His showing on the UK charts is far more impressive than 1D's and I'd say that he won the chart battle in their home turf, looking a the overall picture.
EDIT: Album sales 93k vs 90k. Yea, he definitely won in the UK.