Meanwhile Paul Simon scores his first UK No 1 album in 25 years with The
Ultimate Collection and the Manic Street Preachers’ Holy Bible reissue
tops the vinyl charts
After breaking the record for the most Spotify
streams in the US over 24 hours, Wiz Khalifa has topped the UK singles
chart with his track See You Again.
Featuring Charlie Puth, the
Fast and Furious 7 soundtrack rose 21 places to become the
fastest-selling single of 2015 so far, with combined chart sales of
193,000 copies. See You Again pays tribute to the late actor Paul
Walker, who died in 2013.
Elsewhere on the UK singles charts,
Omi’s Cheerleader jumped 25 places to No 2, Jess Glynne dropped from
last week’s top spot to No 3 with Hold My Hand, and Spanish DJ Dr
Kucho’s collaboration with Gregor Salto, Can’t Stop Playing, was the
highest new entry at No 4.
In the UK album charts, Paul Simon’s
The Ultimate Collection, released via Sony Commercial Music Group on 14
April, headed straight to No 1. A career-spanning album, it is the first
chart-topping LP for the musician since the release of The Rhythm of
the Saints in 1990.
The rest of the chart is made up of top five
mainstays: James Bay’s Chaos and the Calm is at 2, Ed Sheeran’s X is at 3
and Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour is at No 4. The Wombats’ third
studio album, Glitterbug, is a new entry at No 5 – the indie group’s
second album to enter the top 10 following 2011’s This Modern Glitch.
Glitterbug
also charted highly in the vinyl charts, sitting at No 6. Elsewhere
reissues soared following this year’s Record Store Day: Manic Street
Preachers’ Holy Bible 20 was in at No 1, Biffy Clyro’s Puzzle at No 2,
Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols at No 3, Happy Mondays’ Pills
‘N’ Thrills and Bellyaches at No 4 while David Bowie’s 1966 capped off
the second official vinyl top five.
Wiz Khalifa Flow
