Monday 31 December 2007

Leon Jackson celebrates birthday atop charts

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"X Factor" winner Leon Jackson celebrated his 19th birthday on Sunday with a second week at the top of the pop charts for his debut release "When You Believe".

The single, already the fastest selling of the year, has sold 395,000 copies in the two weeks since Jackson won the ITV talent show this month.

Jackson, from West Lothian in Scotland, will cap his chart success with a performance on Monday night opening Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party celebrations alongside rock band Kasabian and singer Calvin Harris.

Last year's "X Factor" winner Leona Lewis was close behind at number two with "Bleeding Heart" -- itself a former number one -- and topped the album charts for a seventh week with "Spirit".

Elsewhere in the singles charts American rapper Soulja Boy Tellem rose two places to number three with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", while American producer Timbaland and Colorado rock band OneRepublic were six higher at number four with "Apologize".

Reformed boy band Take That climbed two places to number five with "Rule The World".

Producer Mark Ronson also rose two places to number six with "Valerie" featuring Amy Winehouse.

The highest climber in the top 10 was "Goodbye Mr A" from indie band The Hoosiers, which jumped 19 spots to claim 10th place.

In the album charts boy band Westlife were steady at number two with "Back Home".
Take That's "Beautiful World" climbed to number three from eighth place, while Amy Winehouse's best-selling "Back to Black" rose five places to number five.

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