Usher makes 'Stand' at top of album chart

Usher has sailed to the top of the albums chart with Here I Stand, his fifth studio release.

The R&B star has now scored three number one albums in the UK, having previously hit the top spot with 2001's 8701 and fourth album Confessions, released four years ago.

Last week's chart-toppers Ting Tings drop three places to four with We Started Nothing, while Duffy rises to two with Rockferry, which spends its thirteenth consecutive week inside the top four.

Leeds indie stars The Pigeon Detectives score a number five debut for sophomore release Emergency. Debut Wait For Me opened at number three in the same week of 2007.

Elsewhere, Ashlee Simpson fails to crack the Top 40 with her new album, stalling at 57 with Bittersweet World.

The top ten in full (click to read our reviews):

1. (-) Usher: 'Here I Stand'
2. (3) Duffy: 'Rockferry'
3. (2) Neil Diamond: 'Home Before Dark'
4. (1) The Ting Tings: 'We Started Nothing'
5. (-) The Pigeon Detectives: 'Emergency'
6. (4) Scooter: 'Jumping All Over The World'
7. (9) Cistercian Monks: 'Chant - Music For Paradise'
8. (5) Pendulum: 'In Silico'
9. (8) Neil Diamond: 'The Best Of'
10. (6) Beth Rowley: 'Little Dreamer'

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