Girls Aloud gatecrash Pink party

Girls Aloud top UK singles chart for first time in four years and third time overall with The Promise
Girls Aloud top UK singles chart for first time in four years and third time overall with The Promise

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Sunday, 26, Oct 2008 07:34

Girls Aloud are tonight sitting pretty atop the UK singles chart for the first time in four years.

The fivesome's latest single – The Promise – pushed Pink's So What into second place to give the Popstars: The Rivals winners their first number one in four years.

Infinity 2008 by Guru Josh Project was one behind in third, with Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire and Wire to Wire by Razorlight completing the top five.

In the albums chart veteran rockets AC/DC scored their first UK number one album in two decades, with Kaiser Chiefs, Leon Jackson and Katherine Jenkins all making a splash in the top five.

Top ten UK singles (last week's position)

1 Girls Aloud – The Promise (new entry)
2 Pink – So What (1)
3 Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008 (new entry)
4 Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire (2)
5 Razorlight – Wire to Wire (30)
6 Saturdays – Up (5)
7 Katy Perry – Hot and Cold (26)
8 Kanye West – Love Lockdown (11)
9 Sash featuring Stunt – Raindrops (Encore une Fois) (9)
10 Geraldine – The Winner's Song (2)

Top give UK albums

1 AC/DC – Blake Ice (new entry)
2 Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads (new entry)
3 Kings of Leon – Only by the Night (3)
4 Leon Jackson – Right Now (new entry)
5 Katherine Jenkins – Sacred Arias (new entry)

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