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Singer Rihanna scores the sixth UK chart-topping single of her career with We Found Love.

In the contest, she finished second. But on the charts, she's number one. According to the Official Charts Company, which tracks music sales in Britain, the more than 410,000 copies of "I Dreamed a Dream" sold since its release Nov. 23 make it the fastest selling album so far this year, and are the largest first-week sales for a debut album in U.K. chart history.

Michael Jackson's songs and albums went to the top of the charts in the days and weeks following his death --and there may be plenty more hits to come, if his rumored plethora of unreleased songs find their way to the public.

US pop star Lady GaGa takes the number one spot on the UK singles chart for a second week with Poker Face.

Lily Allen and Bruce Springsteen were the new champions on the U.K. singles and album charts yesterday (Feb. 1). Allen's "The Fear" (EMI) debuted atop the singles chart, while Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (Columbia) entered the album survey at No. 1.