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Australia – #8 (#9 on Physical Album Chart)
Belgium (Flanders) – #2
Belgium (Wallonia) – #7
Germany – #1
Hungary – #2
Ireland – #1
Italy – #1
Netherlands – #2
New Zealand – #2
Norway – #5
Switzerland – #3
UK – #1

FIMI Top Albums:
1. CELEBRATION – MADONNA (WARNER BROS/WMI)
2. 6 COME SEI – D’ALESSIO GIGI (RCA/SONY)
3. THE RESISTANCE – MUSE (WARNER BROS/WMI)
4. BACKSPACER – PEARL JAM (ISLAND/UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
5. GET LUCKY – KNOPFLER MARK (MERCURY/UNIVERSAL MUSIC)

Madonna’s new compilation Celebration leaps straight to number one in the Official Album Chart and brings her level with Elvis Presley’s record of eleven UK number one albums, the Official Charts Company reveals today.

No other solo artist can match this achievement. Only The Beatles, with a total of fifteen, have had more number one albums in chart history.

This feat marks yet another record for Madonna, the most successful female solo artist of all time. She has also:

- Spent more weeks (29) at number one of the Official UK Album Chart than any other female solo artist.
- Had more UK number one singles (13) than any other female solo artist.
- Achieved the chart double (simultaneous number one album and single) more times (4) than any other female solo artist.
- Completed the highest grossing tour in history (her recent Sticky & Sweet tour) for a female artist.

Celebration album debuts at #1:

#1 Madonna – Celebration (Warner Bros) – 77000 copies sold
#2 Muse – The Resistance (Helium 3/Warner Bros)
#3 Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N’cheek (Dirtee Stank)
#4 Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Casablanca/Island)
#5 Peter Andre – Revelation (Conehead)

Celebration single drops from #3 to #8 :

#1 Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart (Island)
#2 David Guetta Ft Akon – Sexy Chick (Positiva/Virgin)
#3 Jay-z Ft Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind (Roc Nation)
#4 Shakira – She Wolf (Epic)
#5 Jay-Z Ft Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town (Roc Nation)
#5 Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling (Interscope)
#7 Pixie Lott – Boys & Girls (Mercury)
#8 Madonna – Celebration (Warner Bros)

Madonna is looking to equal Elvis Presley’s total of 11 UK album number ones this weekend with her new retrospective Celebration opening up a narrow lead at retail.

The double set is presently a few thousand sales ahead of its nearest rival, fellow Warner Bros release The Resistance by Muse, which debuted at one last Sunday.

If Celebration remains in front it will place Madonna in joint second place with Presley behind The Beatles with the most UK chart-topping albums. Her tally of 10 album number ones dates back to 1984’s Like A Virgin and also takes in the Evita soundtrack, which features both her and other artists.

Madonna’s album leads another bumper week of new releases with four other newly-issued albums among the 10 biggest sellers of the week so far. These include Dizzee Rascal’s new Dirtee Skank-issued album Tongue N’ Cheek, which features his three number one singles, Casablanca/Island act Mika’s second album The Boy Who Knew Too Much and Pearl Jam’s Island debut Backspacer.

source: musicweek

1. Madonna 21.9k
2. Muse 17.7k
3. Dizzee Rascal 16.8k
4. Mika 14.8k
5. Pearl Jam 13.3k

Australia – #4
Austria – #5
Belgium – #3
Denmark – #3
Finland – #4
France – #4
Germany – #4
Greece – #1
Ireland – #5
Italy – #1
Luxembourg – #5
Netherlands – #4
New Zealand – #4
Norway – #3
Portugal – #1
Sweden – #2
Switzerland – #8
UK – #3

1. Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart
2. David Guetta Ft Akon – Sexy Chick
3. Madonna – Celebration
4. Jay-Z Ft Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town
5. Shakira – She Wolf

Austria – #3
Belgium – #3
Germany – #2
Ireland – #4
Italy – #1
Luxembourg – #2
Netherlands – #3
Switzerland – #3

1. Taio Cruz
2. Madonna
3. David Guetta
4. Shakira
5. Jay Z/Rihanna/Kanye West