Singles
As recently as September, Justin Bieber had had no number one singles. Now he has had three, and with the latest Love Yourself replacing the second, Sorry, at the top of the chart, he joins the small and elite group of artists who have dethroned themselves. The only other acts to do it are the Beatles in 1963, when She Loves You yielded to I Want To Hold Your Hand; John Lennon in 1981, when Woman usurped Imagine; and Elvis Presley in 2004, when Jailhouse Rock made way for One Night/I Got Stung. The Lennon and Presley feats were both posthumous, so Bieber is only the second living act to do so, and the first soloist.
He also takes the record for the shortest time taken to achieve a hat trick of number ones by a living person, with Love Yourself's coronation taking place just 13 weeks after What Do You Mean became his first number one. John Lennon's death 35 years ago next week saw him then score three number one singles in eight weeks. Bieber has now spent eight weeks at the summit, five with What Do You Mean, two with Sorry and one with Love Yourself.
Helped by the fact it was covered on The X Factor by Louise Johnson last week, Love Yourself sold 115,821 copies (including 59,733 streaming sales) to topple Sorry, which slips to number two on sales of 97,052 copies. What Do You Mean holds steady at number four (56,124 sales) but 11 of the other 12 songs Bieber had in the Top 75 last week are in decline, with the 10th static. They are: I'll Show You (16-17, 21,475 sales), Where Are U Now (with Skrillex & Diplo, 27-29, 16,516 sales), Company (25-30, 16,252 sales), The Feeling (feat. Halsey, 34-37, 14,446 sales), Mark My Words (33-39, 13,707 sales), No Pressure (feat. Big Sean, 38-40, 13,022 sales), Purpose (41-42, 12,667 sales), Children (46-53, 11,127 sales), No Sense (feat. Travis Scott, 50-57, 10,687 sales), Life Is Worth Living (61-61, 9,316 sales). Been You (66-83, 6,580 sales) and We Are (feat. Nas, 75-93, 5,551 sales) both exit the Top 75.
After five straight weeks topping the paid-for sales chart, Adele's Hello is now second to Love Yourself. On the overall singles chart, it remains the track that prevents Bieber from scoring a historic takeover of the medal positions, holding at number three (79,466 sales).
Originally recorded by Lesley Gore - who died earlier this year - in 1963, You Don't Own Me was a number two hit for her in her homeland the following year blocked from topping the chart by The Beatles' first number one, I Want To Hold Your Hand. It was a global smash but somehow failed to make the chart here. 52 years on, that oversight is addressed with the success of a new version of the song by Australian singer Grace - brother of Conrad Sewell, who voxed Kygo's number eight hit Firestone earlier this year - with a cameo from US rapper, G-Eazy.
Doubling as the soundtrack to the current TV advertising campaign by House Of Fraser, You Don't Own Me was co-produced by Quincy Jones - who also produced Gore's original - and dashes 44-5 this week (42,155 sales). It is conspicuously more successful than John Lewis' latest TV campaign song, Half The World Away, which debuted and peaked three weeks ago at number 11 for Aurora, and now sags 37-48 (11,754 sales).
The rest of the Top 10: Sax (5-6, 39,020 sales) by Fleur East, Never Forget You (6-7, 37,277 sales) by MNEK & Zara Larsson, Take Me Home (7-8, 34,485 sales) by Jess Glynne, In2 (10-9, 31,294 sales) by WSTRN and The Hills (11-10, 29,164 sales) by The Weeknd.
Exiting the Top 10 are Perfect (9-12, 25,734 sales) by One Direction and Over And Over Again (8-18, 20,248 sales) by Nathan Sykes.
Craig David scores his first chart entry since 2008, and his 21st Top 75 single in all with When The Bassline Drops (feat. Big Narstie) debuting at number 50 (11,622 sales).
There are also debuts for Everglow, another preview track from Coldplay (number 52, 11,205 sales) and Sweet Lovin' (80-68, 8,259 sales) by Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher,
It debuted seven weeks ago at number 16, and has fallen as low as number 27 but Kiss Me is now on the verge of becoming Olly Murs' ninth Top 10 hit, advancing 13-11 (27,583 sales).
There's a tenth week in the tens for Rudimental's Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran), which slips back from its high of number 12 to number 13 (25,588 sales).
There are new peaks for Coming Home (58-26, 18,134 sales) by Sigma feat. Rita Ora, Eyes Shut (32-27, 17,606 sales) by Years & Years, Girl Is Mine (43-33, 15,671 sales) by 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy, Sugar (54-36, 14,457 sales) by Robin Schulz feat. Yates, Stitches (55-47, 12,050 sales) by Shawn Mendes and One Call Away (73-69, 8,080 sales) by Charlie Puth.
Christmas perennials finally hit the chart - but this year they are late, and there are fewer of them than for some time. Those making the Top 75 are: All I Want For Christmas Is You (94-35, 15,054 sales) by Mariah Carey, Fairytale Of New York (141-58, 10,239 sales) by The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl and Last Christmas (153-65, 8,635 sales) by Wham!
Overall singles sales are up 5.54% week-on-week at 8,061,709. Streams accounted for 6,082,026 sales - 75.44% of the total. Paid-for sales are up 0.85% week-on-week at 1,979,683 - 20.83% below same week 2014 sales of 2,500,557, and the 121st week in a row that they have fallen versus a year earlier.
Code: OVERALL UNITS SALES STREAMING POINTS
1 Justin Bieber [Love Yourself] 115,821 56,088 59,733
2 Justin Bieber [Sorry] 97,052
3 Adele 79,466
4 Justin Bieber [What Do You Mean?] 56,124
5 Grace feat. G-Eazy 42,155
6 Fleur East 39,020
7 MNEK & Zara Larsson 37,277
8 Jess Glynne 34,485
9 WSTRN 31,294
10 The Weeknd 29,164
11 Olly Murs 27,583
12 One Direction 25,734
13 Rudimental [Feat Ed Sheeran] 25,588
18 Nathan Sykes 20,248
26 Sigma & Rita Ora 18,134
27 Years & Years 17,606
33 99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy 15,671
36 Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates 14,457
48 Aurora 11,754
50 Craig David (feat. Big Narstie) 11,622
52 Coldplay [Everglow] 11,205
68 Sigala 8,259
47 Shawn Mendes 12,050
69 Charlie Puth [One Call Away] 8,080
35 Mariah Carey 15,054
58 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl 10,239
65 Wham! 8,635
16 Justin Bieber [I'll Show You] 21,475
29 Skrillex & Diplo Feat. Justin Bieber 16,516
30 Justin Bieber [Company] 16,252
34 Justin Bieber [The Feeling Feat. Halsey] 14,446
39 Justin Bieber [Mark My Words] 13,707
40 Justin Bieber [No Pressure Feat Big Sean] 13,022
42 Justin Bieber [Purpose] 12,667
53 Justin Bieber [Children] 11,127
57 Justin Bieber [No Sense] 10,687
61 Justin Bieber [Life Is Worth Living] 9,316
83 Justin Bieber [Been You] 6,580
93 Justin Bieber [We Are] 5,551
Albums
After selling upwards of 800,000 copies on its first week on release, Adele's third album, 25, continued to sell at a ferocious pace on its second frame, setting a new record by passing a million sales in less than 10 days on its way to a massive second week.
Remaining at number one (natch), it sold 364,810 copies on CD, 3,712 on vinyl and 70,815 downloads for a grand total of 439,337, turning in the sixth biggest weekly sale of all time, and the highest by any album on its second week. The previous highest second week sale of 319,265 was set by Take That's The Circus in 2008, but the same band's Beautiful World set the previous record for best sale outside week one when it sold 443,070 copies on its fourth week in 2006.
25 sold slightly more copies than the rest of the Top 10 combined, and ends week two on sales of 1,239,765 copies (including a leak of 121 prior to its release). It thus becomes the biggest seller of 2015, pushing Ed Sheeran's X to second place with a year-to-date tally of 844,613 sales.
The only new release to muster enough sales to debut inside the Top 10 is The Vamps' second album, Wake Up. Released in the wake of its title track and first single's failure to extend their run of Top 10 hits to six - it peaked at number 12 and spent only three weeks in the Top 75 - the album secured disappointing first week sales of 27,839 to debut at number 10. Although buoyed by seasonal factors, that is still way below the 47,160 copies that their debut album Meet The Vamps sold when it opened and peaked at number two in April 2014. That album has thus far sold 270,430 copies.
Elvis Presley & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's If I Can Dream racks up its fifth straight week in the top three, holding at number two on sales of 96,152 copies - surpassing the number of copies it sold on either of its first two weeks in the chart, when it was number one. Overall sales of the album now stand at 410,131.
With the exception of One Direction's Made In The A.M. (5-6, 33,930 sales) and Enya's Dark Sky Island (4-9, 30,612 sales), every other album in the Top 10 enjoys increased sales.
Justin Bieber's Purpose holds at number three with sales up 12.02% at 82,927; Little Mix's Get Weird rebounds 6-4, with sales climbing 40.32% week-on-week to 49,430; and Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh jumps 8-5, after a 49.69% surge in sales to 44,879.
Also: Jeff Lynne's ELO hold at number seven with Alone In The Universe adding 5.92% to secure 32,736 sales; and Rod Stewart's Another Country rallies 10-8, as sales improve 29.34% to 30,777.
With 15 straight weeks in the Top 10, Glynne's album has spent three times as long in the top tier as any other current resident.
The only album expelled from the Top 10 this week is Olly Murs' Never Been Better, which falls 9-12, despite increasing sales 12.10% week-on-week to 27,111.
Two weeks after debuting at number 12, Kylie Minogue's Kylie Christmas remains the highest charting album of seasonal songs thus far this year. Rallying 31-26 (12,386 sales) it is joined in the chart by The Overtones' Good Ol' Fashioned Christmas, which debuts at number 24 (14,190 sales). Unless one of the two - or Michael Buble's Christmas, which makes the Top 20 for the fifth straight year by jumping 26-19 (17,033 sales) - reach the Top 10, it will be the first time since 2009 that no Christmas-themed album has made it. If The Overtones' album doesn't, it will also break their string of four straight Top 10 albums. Folk singer Kate Rusby's seasonal set, The Frost Is All Over, enters the Top 200 at number 143 (1,338 sales) on her 42nd birthday but there is no room at the inn for Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley's The Christmas Album, which falls well short of the Top 200's bottom marker of 974 sales, attracting just 825 buyers.
20 years since The Corrs released their first album and 10 years after they released their last album, the Irish siblings return with White Light, which debuts at number 11 (27,648 sales). Although slow to find favour initially, the band's folk-flavoured pop output was incredibly successful, with their second and third albums, Talk On Corners (1997) and In Blue (2000) both topping the chart, sandwiched by the number two successes Forgiven, Not Forgotten (1995) and Borrowed Heaven (2004). Their fifth and last studio album in their original era, Home, was a comparative flop, debuting and peaking at number 14 in 2005. Talk On Corners is one of the UK's biggest selling albums of all-time with to-date sales of 2,955,419.
With one of the longest tenures of any of the many acts who have been signed to the Syco label (Simon Cowell's Sony Music imprint) multi-national classical crossover act Il Divo safely secured Top 10 - actually, top six - placings with their first six studio albums, released between 2004 and 2013. Their seventh studio album Amor & Pasion debuts this week at number 13 (26,482 sales).
Now That's What I Call Music! 92 completes a second week atop the compilation chart on sales of 159,716 copies. With 371,395 sales in a fortnight, it is 23.01% below same stage sales of 482,378 for 2014 equivalent Now! 89.
Overall album sales are up 4.31% week-on-week at 3,588,504 - their highest level of 2015 for the second week in a row. Streaming accounted for 433,280 sales - 12.07% of the total. Sales of paid-for albums are up 6.56% week-on-week at 3,155,224 - 11.32% below same week 2014 sales of 3,558,004.
1 Adele 439,337 [1,239,765]
2 Elvis Presley 96,152 [410,131]
3 Justin Bieber 82,927
4 Little Mix 49,430
5 Jess Glynne 44,879
6 One Direction 33,930
7 Jeff Lynne's ELO 30,777
8 Rod Stewart
9 Enya 30,612
10 The Vamps [27,839]
Ed [844,613]
11 The Corrs 27,648
12 Olly Murs 27,111
13 Il Divo 26,482
19 Michael Buble 17,033
24 The Overtones 14,190
26 Kylie 12,386
143 Kate Rusby 1,338
Tony Hadley 974
To date:
The Vamps [Meet the Vamps] 270,430
The Corrs [Talk on Corners] 2,955,419
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