The 27-year-old Liverpool singer / songwriter shot to fame in 2010 after becoming the runner-up on that year’s X Factor. Rebecca Ferguson is new in at Number 6 with her second album, Freedom. In addition to Il Divo (Number 5), there are six other new entries on this week’s Official Albums Chart. Olly Murs’ Right Place, Right Time holds firm at Number 4, while Il Divo claim their sixth Top 10 album today with A Musical Affair (5). Gary’s Since I Saw You Last finishes the week in third place. Take That stars Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow trade places with Robbie’s Swings Both Ways album climbing to Number 2 with more than 91,000 sales this week. If momentum continues at its current rate, by Christmas Midnight Memories could become one of the Top 5 biggest selling albums of this year. According to the Official Charts Company’s sales data, a further 124,000 copies of Midnight Memories have been purchased over the last seven days.
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Last Sunday, the group’s third studio full-length became the fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far, shifting an incredible 237,000 copies during its first week on sale. One Direction have held onto the Number 1 spot on the Official Albums Chart for a second consecutive week with Midnight Memories.
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Midnight Memories tops the Official Albums Chart for a second consecutive week, while Il Divo, Rebecca Ferguson, Richard And Adam, Leona Lewis and Britney Spears score new entries.