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Madonna clinches chart double

Published Sunday, May 4 2008, 19:02 BST | By Nick Levine
Madonna clinches chart double
Pop queen Madonna has scored a rare UK chart double this week - the fourth of her career.

Hard Candy, her 11th studio collection, enters the albums chart at number one, while she spends a third week atop the singles chart with '4 Minutes'.

Candy matches the number one performance of her last studio album, 2005's Confessions on a Dancefloor, becoming her tenth album to top the UK charts.

Elsewhere, Portishead's Third album enters the chart at two, while Sam Sparro's self-titled debut bows at five.

The top ten albums in full (click links for reviews):

1. (-) Madonna: 'Hard Candy'
2. (-) Portishead: 'Third'
3. (4) Duffy: 'Rockferry'
4. (1) The Last Shadow Puppets: 'The Age of the Understatement'
5. (-) Sam Sparro: 'Sam Sparro'
6. (2) The Kooks: 'Konk'
7. (6) Scouting For Girls: 'Scouting For Girls'
8. (3) Leona Lewis: 'Spirit'
9. (-) Platters: 'The Very Best Of'
10. (18) Gabriella Cilmi: 'Lessons To Be Learned'

> Who's behind Madonna on the singles chart? Click here to find out!

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