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R&B singer Rihanna has scored the longest-running number one single in a decade after claiming a 10th week at the top of the UK chart. Rihanna has scored the longest-running number one single since 1994, topping the UK chart for a 10th week.
Umbrella becomes the first song since Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around in 1994 to spend more than nine weeks in pole position on the countdown. The R&B singer's track Umbrella is the first song since Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around to spend more than nine weeks in pole position.
Frankie Laine's I Believe holds the record, with 18 weeks on top in 1953. But its nearest rival, Foundations by Kate Nash, came within 131 sales of knocking Rihanna off the top spot.
Tenor and Britain's Got Talent Winner Paul Potts entered the album chart at number one with his debut One Chance. Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts entered the album chart at number one with his debut release One Chance.
The 36-year-old former mobile phone salesman, who was signed by Simon Cowell after winning the ITV1 show, displaced rock band The Enemy from the top of the charts.The 36-year-old former mobile phone salesman, who was signed by Simon Cowell after winning the ITV1 show, displaced rock band The Enemy from the top of the charts.
Double figures MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE 18 weeks - Frankie Laine, I Believe (1953)16 weeks - Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)15 weeks - Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around (1994)11 weeks - Slim Whitman, Rose Marie (1955)10 weeks - David Whitfield, Cara Mia (1954)10 weeks - Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You (1992)10 weeks - Rihanna, Umbrella (2007) Source: Official UK Charts Company
Behind Rihanna - only the seventh artist in the history of the chart to reach a 10th week - was Kate Nash, Timbaland, Fergie and Enrique Iglesias. Frankie Laine's I Believe holds the record for the longest run at number one, with 18 weeks on top in 1953.
MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE 18 weeks - Frankie Laine, I Believe (1953)16 weeks - Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1991)15 weeks - Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around (1994)11 weeks - Slim Whitman, Rose Marie (1955)10 weeks - David Whitfield, Cara Mia (1954)10 weeks - Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You (1992) Source: Official UK Charts Company Rihanna has become only the seventh artist in the history of the chart to score a 10th week at number one.
Mark Ronson's cover of Kaiser Chiefs' hit Oh My God - with vocals by Lily Allen, climbed into the top 10 at number eight. Umbrella has sold about 354,000 copies since it was first released, according to Music Week magazine.
Amy McDonald, Mika and Biffy Clyro all climbed up the chart into the top 20, while the cast of High School Musical 2 scored a new entry with What Time Is It at 20. But that is "pretty low" compared to other long-running chart-topers, according to the magazine's managing editor Paul Williams.
Wet Wet Wet's 1994 hit song remained at the top of the charts for 15 weeks, but was surpassed by (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams, which clung on for 16 weeks in 1991. "Any track in the past that would have spent 10 weeks at number one - and there weren't that many - could have expected at this stage to have passed a million sales," he said.
Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You reigned at number one for 10 weeks one year later. THIS WEEK'S TOP FIVE SINGLES 1. Rihanna, Umbrella2. Kate Nash (above), Foundations3. Timbaland, The Way I Are4. Fergie, Big Girls Don't Cry5. Enrique Iglesias, Do You Know? Source: Official UK Charts Company Rihanna's lower total could be put down to changing buying habits in the download age, he said.
David Whitfield's Cara Mia and Rose Marie by Slim Whitman also made double figures in 1954 and 1955. "There are more tracks selling now, so sales are spread over many more songs.
"In the days of the physical singles market, most of the sales were focused on the songs in the top 40.
"Now, there are more to choose from, so the biggest sellers these days aren't the same as their equivalents a few years ago."
There was also "a good chance" that Nash would replace Rihanna at number one next Sunday, Mr Williams added.
"But Rihanna's managed to hang around for two-and-a-half months, so don't write it off yet."