{"id":31589,"date":"2014-07-14T07:59:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T07:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=31589"},"modified":"2014-07-14T07:59:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T07:59:24","slug":"will-i-am-celebrates-10th-uk-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=31589","title":{"rendered":"Will.i.am celebrates 10th UK number one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rapper Will.i.am has scored his 10th UK number one single, as It’s My Birthday tops the official chart.<\/p>\n

The song, featuring 17-year-old singer Cody Wise, follows hits such as Scream and Shout, This Is Love and I Gotta Feeling, with his band Black Eyed Peas.<\/p>\n

The Voice judge knocked last week’s number one, Ariana Grande’s Problem, down to number two, while Ella Henderson’s Ghost fell to three.<\/p>\n

In the album chart, Ed Sheeran spent a third week in the peak position.<\/p>\n

His second album, X (pronounced multiply), held off challenges from the Manic Street Preachers and Dolly Parton to retain the crown.<\/p>\n

The record, featuring the hit single Sing, has sold more than 327,000 copies to date, according to the Official Chart Company.<\/p>\n

It is also number two in the US, having debuted at the top spot in its opening week.<\/p>\n

Further down the chart, Nicola Benedetti’s Homecoming entered at 19, to make her the first British classical violinist to crack the UK Top 20 since Vanessa Mae in 1995.<\/p>\n

The musician, who will perform at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to have reached the Top 20, not something a classical artist ever expects.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Official UK Top 10 – albums<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

SOURCE: OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n
1) X<\/td>\nEd Sheeran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2) Futurology<\/td>\nManic Street Preachers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3) Blue Smoke – The Best Of<\/td>\nDolly Parton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4) In The Lonely Hour<\/td>\nSam Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5) Wanted On Voyage<\/td>\nGeorge Ezra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6) 5 Seconds of Summer<\/td>\n5 Seconds of Summer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7) Ghost Stories<\/td>\nColdplay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8) Live Life Living<\/td>\nExample<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9) Caustic Love<\/td>\nPaolo Nutini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10) 48:13<\/td>\nKasabian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other new entries in the album chart came from dance act Example, whose fifth record, Live Life Living, debuted at eight, and singer-songwriter Sia, whose critically-acclaimed 1,000 Forms of Fear made its first appearance at 11.<\/p>\n

The Australian singer has never made the top 40 in her own right before – but her profile received a boost after she co-wrote and sang David Guetta’s number one single, Titanium.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old has also achieved success as a writer, working with the likes of Rihanna (Diamonds), Britney Spears (Perfume), and Beyonce (Pretty Hurts).<\/p>\n

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Official UK Top 10 – singles<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

SOURCE: OFFICIAL CHARTS COMPANY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n
1) It’s My Birthday<\/td>\nWill.i.am ft Cody Wise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2) Problem<\/td>\nAriana Grande ft Iggy Azalea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3) Ghost<\/td>\nElla Henderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4) Somebody To You<\/td>\nThe Vamps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5) Budapest<\/td>\nGeorge Ezra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6) Right Here<\/td>\nJess Glynne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7) Sing<\/td>\nEd Sheeran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8) Gecko (Overdrive)<\/td>\nOliver Heldens and Becky Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9) Chandelier<\/td>\nSia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10) Stay With Me<\/td>\nSam Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Back in the singles chart, Jess Glynne scored her third top 10 hit of the year with the deep house track Right Here.<\/p>\n

Climbing from 200 to number six in the space of a week, it is the first solo hit for the British singer.<\/p>\n

Combined with her guest appearances on the Clean Bandit’s Rather Be and Route 94’s My Love – both of which reached number one – the newcomer has sold more than one million singles this year.<\/p>\n

The Vamps also made a massive leap up the charts, climbing 35 places to number four with Somebody To You.<\/p>\n

The British boyband enjoyed a sales boost after re-recording their single with US star Demi Lovato.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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