UK chart roundup
Seven female solo artists have registered simultaneous number ones on singles and albums charts, writes Alan Jones. Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Beyonce Knowles have all done it once - but Madonna has done it three times, spending three weeks simultaneously number one in 1986 with single Papa Don't Preach and album True Blue, two weeks in 1989 with the Like A Prayer single and album, and completing her hat trick this week with Hung Up remaining atop the singles chart, while Confessions On A Dancefloor storms to the top of the album chart with first week sales of 217,610.
Renewed TV advertising in support of The Emancipation Of Mimi album - which was released in two new editions last week - and rapidly increasing radio, TV and club exposure for upcoming single Don't Forget About Us, help Mariah Carey's latest album jump 47-34, with sales up 104% to 17,299 - its highest level for 17 weeks. The album has now sold 424,896 copies, but is still playing a support role to Carey's 2001 Greatest Hits album, which slips 13-16 this week, despite selling 32,817 copies - the highest weekly tally of its career. Greatest Hits' cumulative sales are now 323,190. (ChartSingles.net - Mariah Connection)
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