The soundtrack to Tom Hooper's Oscar-nominated Les
Miserables has become the first cast recording to top the UK and Ireland album
chart in 16 years.
It has knocked
Brit-nominated Emeli Sande's best-selling Our Version of Events into
second-place with newcomer Jake Bugg's self-titled debut in third.
The last
musical to achieve a similar feat was the soundtrack to the film Evita,
starring Madonna, in 1997.
Will.I.Am and
Britney Spears had the number one single for a second week.
Their track
Scream & Shout has held off competition from rapper 50 Cent, whose new
release, My Life, featuring Eminem and Maroon 5's Adam Levine, entered the
chart at number two.
Also failing to
claim the top spot was singer-turned-actor Justin Timberlake with his first
single in six years.
There was a
flurry of excitement when he released the track Suit and Tie, featuring Jay-Z
earlier this week.
The last time
Timberlake, who has recently starred in films including The Social Network and
Friends with Benefits, had a UK chart hit was as a guest on rap producer
Timbaland's Carry Out in April 2010.
He had to
settle for number three, with Taylor Swift and Rihanna rounding off the top
five.
Also in the
album charts, Manchester-based indie rockers Everything Everything - whose
debut album Man Alive was Mercury prize-nominated, enjoyed their highest
charting album to date as Arc entered at number five.
Rapper and
former BBC Sound of 2012 finalist, A$AP Rocky, had his first top ten album with
Long Live A$AP, debuting at number seven.
Other new
entries were Irish folkster Villagers whose Awayland charted at sixteen and
veterans New Order, whose Lost Sirens - made up of tracks recorded during
sessions for their 2005 album Waiting For The Sirens' Call - charted at 23.
Les
Miserables's success was not limited to the album chart as actress Anne
Hathaway scored her first ever UK Top 40 hit with I Dreamed A Dream, which
climbed 58 places to number 22.
Source: BBC
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