JLS top the charts

The X Factor finalists' first single has gone straight to No 1...

08:53 20 July 2009

X Factor finalists JLS have topped the UK singles chart with their debut track 'Beat Again'.

The group, made up by Marvin Humes, Jonathan Gill, Ason Merrygold and Ortise Williams, have managed to sell over 100,000 copies – the biggest-selling first week for a debut single so far this year.

'Beat Again' is also the tenth X Factor No 1 since the show began in 2004.

JLS made it as one of the final two acts on the X Factor last year, losing out only to Alexandra Burke in the public vote.

Their debut single has taken over the top spot from Euro-pop act Cascada, who had been there for two weeks.

Michael Jackson retains the No 1 spot in the album charts with 'The Essential' for the third week running.

The top 10 singles

1. JLS - 'Beat Again'
2. Cascada - 'Evacuate The Dancefloor'
3. Black Eyed Peas - 'I Gotta Feelling'
4. La Roux - 'Bulletproof'
5. Lady Gaga - 'Paparazzi'
6. David Guetta Feat Kelly Rowland - 'When Love Takes Over'
7. Chicane - 'Poppiholla'
8. Michael Jackson - 'Man In The Mirror'
9. Pitbull - 'I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)'
10. Chipmunk Ft Emeli Sande - 'Diamond Rings'

The top 10 albums

1. Michael Jackson - 'The Essential'
2. Florence & The Machine - 'Lungs'
3. Michael Jackson - 'Thriller'
4. Michael Jackson & Jackson Five - 'The Motown Years'
5. Lady Gaga - 'The Fame'
6. Paolo Nutini - 'Sunny Side Up'
7. Michael Jackson - 'Off The Wall'
8. La Roux - 'La Roux'
9. Cascada - 'Evacuate The Dancefloor'
10. Michael Jackson - 'Number Ones'