British DJ Sigala has scored his first No 1 with Easy Love, a track which samples Jackson 5’s 1970 hit ABC. The producer, real name Bruce Fielder, moved up 71 places in this week’s charts with a combined sales figure of over 82,000.
“This is so amazing. I had no idea this would ever be a Number 1 record,” Sigala told OfficialCharts.com. “I wrote this song in my bedroom on a Sunday evening after a couple of beers. I had no idea it would go to the top of the charts!”
Last week’s No 1, Justin Bieber, has moved down one place, but the appeal of his single What Do You Mean? has not slowed down in terms of digital streams: the track breaks the UK’s all-time streaming record, racking up 3.87m plays in the last seven days.
This week’s No 3 is Jess Glynne with Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself, Calvin Harris & Disciples’ How Deep Is Your Love is at No 4 and The Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face at No 5.
New entries include Norwegian DJ Kygo, who scores a third top 40 with new Ella Henderson collaboration Here For You at No 18. Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk is back in at No 36, and this week becomes the fifth biggest selling single in UK history.
On the albums chart, Iron Maiden’s Book Of Souls is the week’s biggest seller, with their 16th studio album debuting at No 1 with combined sales of just over 60,000. It’s Bruce Dickinson and the band’s first No 1 since 2010’s The Final Frontier. Perhaps boosted by Tesco’s vinyl sales, the album also topped the official vinyl chart this week.
Jess Glynne’s I Cry When I Laugh stays at No 2 this week, while last week’s No 1, Canadian singer The Weeknd, slips to No 3 with The Beauty Behind The Madness. Bond’s new theme tune singer, Sam Smith, sits at No 4 with In The Lonely Hour and the top 5 is completed by rising star Troye Sivan and his Wild EP.
The top 40 sees a surge in sales of veteran rock and pop artists this week: A-ha land their 6th UK top 10 album today with Cast In Steel, which enters at No 8, Duran Duran’s classic 1982 album Rio returns at No 28 and Public Image Ltd score their first top 40 album for 25 years with album What The World Needs Now, at No 29.
