Cheryl Cole's new single Promise This has knocked Bruno Mars's Just the Way You Are from the number one spot. The single was released ahead of her second solo album Messy Little Raindrops which is released on Monday.
Promise This sold 157,000 copies since its release at the start of week and has become the biggest selling first week non-charity single of the year.
Her fantastic performance on Xfactor kicked off massive sales. Debut Fight For This Love had one of the biggest first week single sales of 2009. Which sold more than 290,000 copies, so even though Promise This has reached number one it never reached the sales of her first single.
Also doing well in the singles chart is Rihanna, whose new single Only Girl (In The World) went straight in at number two, giving her a 14th UK top 10 hit. Her track also broke the non-charity single record, with 126,000 copies shifted.
Is Promise This better than Fight? I think you can never beat the original from an iconic performer as Cheryl has become. But Promise is a catchy song and with all the publicity surrounding her at the moment it comes as no surprise that she has hit the dizzy heights of the top of the charts. I suspect her album will be a massive success also.
