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Justin Bieber tops United Kingdom singles chart and breaks top 40 record
Posted On Nov 21 2015
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One Direction climbed from number 16 to number 10 with ideal following their performance on last week’s X Factor results show. With streaming and downloads that figure hikes up to 628,806 total consumption units for the week ending November 19.
It is the first time a living act has achieved this many entries simultaneously in the Official Singles Chart top 40.
Had Justin Bieber’s fourth album “Purpose” been released a week earlier, it too would have taken the title of fastest seller of the year.
It gets better for Bieber.
As of Friday, Bieber has eight top 40 entries (which includes the three top five’s) in the United Kingdom singles chart.
Sadly, after three long weeks at the top, Adele has had a slight fall from grace as “Hello” has slipped to number 2, whilst Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” is at the top of the chart, according to the Official Charts Company.
Bieber shifted an impressive 104,000 combined chart sales to claim the Number 1 spot this week, including a massive 5.35 million streams, which is a new personal best for the singer.
The Canadian heart-throb dominates this week’s run down with three singles in the Top 5: Sorry, Love Yourself at number 3 and What Do You Mean? at number 5.
The third most popular album was Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream”, produced almost 40 years after his death.
While Justin hits No. l on Hits Top Album Chart and will debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart next week, he did not manage to stave off One Direction from taking the top spot on the U.K’s album chart with Made in the A.M.
Their first record as a four piece is the fastest-selling album of the year.
They achieved first-week chart sales of 93,189 to ensure their fifth studio album beat the record previously held by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds long-player, Chasing Yesterday.
Spotify announced the record the same day that English singer Adele released her hotly anticipated “25”, which the music industry expects to be the best-selling album in years.
