Pink beats Oasis to number one spot

1:16pm Monday 6th October 2008

American pop singer Pink emerged victorious over British rockers Oasis by claiming a number one single, the Official UK Charts Company said.

The punky Pennsylvanian pop star's latest single So What bagged the top spot after leaping from 38th place in last week's chart.

In the end, Oasis could only secure third place in what was being tipped as a close-run contest for the top spot.

New entry The Shock of the Lightning is the fourth track from the Mancunians impending seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul.

Instead, this week's second best-selling single was last week's number one Sex on Fire by Tennessee rock band The Kings of Leon.

However, The Kings of Leon spent another week at the top in the album charts with Only By The Night, one of the fastest selling albums of the year, with over 220,000 sales in its release week.

The only album to sell more in its first week this year was Coldplay's fourth offering, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, the charts company said.

Pop Idol winner Will Young's new album Let It Go went straight in to the charts at number two.

Controversial Californian Kate Perry saw her single I Kissed a Girl dropped from second spot to seventh.

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