Charity single tops charts
The BBC Children In Need single sung by pop group Girls Aloud has gone straight to the top of the UK charts.
The song – I’ll Stand by You – was originally a hit for rock band The Pretenders and will raise money for disadvantaged children.
RnB trio Destiny’s Child keep their number-two spot with the dance track Lose My Breath while singer Lamar’s latest release, If There’s Any Justice, debuts in the number-three spot.
No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani’s first solo single, What You Waiting For, is a new entry one place below and boy band McFly’s Room On The 3rd Floor enters at number five.
Controversial rapper Eminem falls three to six with Just Lose It while last week’s number-one song Vertigo by Irish rockers U2 falls to number seven.
American teenage sensation Jo Jo featuring rapper Bow Bow debuts at number eight with Baby It’s You, and RnB star Usher with Confessions Part II/My Boo falls four to number nine.
Falling four to the 10th spot is Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliot with the track Car Wash.
In the album charts Eminem is still top with his fourth CD, Encore, in which he vents on everything from his unhappy childhood to his contempt for the mainstream media.
Robbie Williams jumps two places to number two with his Greatest Hits album while Britney Spears and her 'best of' release, My Prerogative, drops one to number three.
Classical outfit Il Divo, the latest group from music svengali Simon Cowell, climb a place to number four with their platinum selling first album Il Divo.
Destiny Fulfilled, the new album from RnB divas Destiny’s Child, comes straight into the charts at number five.
