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South Korean rapper Psy tops UK chart | South Korean rapper Psy tops UK chart |
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Rapper Psy has become the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style. | Rapper Psy has become the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style. |
The track has become a global phenomenon and the video featuring his famous horse-riding dance is YouTube's most "liked" of all time. | The track has become a global phenomenon and the video featuring his famous horse-riding dance is YouTube's most "liked" of all time. |
It entered the top 40 at number 37 two weeks ago, jumping to number three last Sunday. | It entered the top 40 at number 37 two weeks ago, jumping to number three last Sunday. |
Gangnam Style knocked The Script's Hall of Fame off top spot. | Gangnam Style knocked The Script's Hall of Fame off top spot. |
The Irish band are now at number two, with US rapper Flo Rida at number three with his single I Cry. | |
The highest new entry was DJ Fresh's The Feel at number 13. | The highest new entry was DJ Fresh's The Feel at number 13. |
Mumford & Sons' new album, Babel, has gone straight to the top of the UK album chart. | Mumford & Sons' new album, Babel, has gone straight to the top of the UK album chart. |
The band recently revealed that a song on Babel features a line "lifted completely" from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. | The band recently revealed that a song on Babel features a line "lifted completely" from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. |
The band's frontman, Marcus Mumford, admitted to being inspired by the Man Booker Prize-winning novel in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Front Row. | The band's frontman, Marcus Mumford, admitted to being inspired by the Man Booker Prize-winning novel in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Front Row. |
He said it was "definitely" a line spoken by central character Thomas Cromwell, but chose not to elaborate. | He said it was "definitely" a line spoken by central character Thomas Cromwell, but chose not to elaborate. |
"I'm not going to tell you which, because I think it might be illegal." | "I'm not going to tell you which, because I think it might be illegal." |
Babel follows their 2009 award-winning debut, Sigh No More, which also re-entered the top 40 this week at number 10. | Babel follows their 2009 award-winning debut, Sigh No More, which also re-entered the top 40 this week at number 10. |
There is another new entry at number two, Green Day's Uno, the first of a trilogy of albums. | There is another new entry at number two, Green Day's Uno, the first of a trilogy of albums. |
Opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte, who were contestants on the last series of Britain's Got Talent, debuted at number five on the chart with their album, Together. | Opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte, who were contestants on the last series of Britain's Got Talent, debuted at number five on the chart with their album, Together. |
No Doubt's first album in more than a decade entered the chart at number 16. | No Doubt's first album in more than a decade entered the chart at number 16. |
Push and Shove is the follow up to 2001's Rock Steady. | Push and Shove is the follow up to 2001's Rock Steady. |
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