KELLY CLARKSON - SECOND TIME LUCKY FOR EDITORS

SECOND TIME LUCKY FOR EDITORS

Indie band Editors are celebrating their first ever UK number one album after fending off competition from Kelly Clarkson.

The Birmingham alt-rock outfit are at the top of the album charts for the first time-ever with An End Has a Start, beating the top position their debut studio album The Back Room reached by one place.

American Idol winner Clarkson meanwhile has to settle for second place with My December, her third studio album in four years.

In the singles chart Umbrella by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z is at number one for the seventh week, with Kate Nash's official debut single Foundations just falling short.

Enrique Iglesias' Do you Know (The Ping Pong Song) is a non-mover at three, while The Enemy gatecrash the top five with Had Enough.

Top ten UK singles

1 Umbrella – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z (1)
2 Foundations – Kate Nash (new entry)
3 Do you Know (The Ping Pong Song) – Enrique Iglesias (3)
4 Had Enough – The Enemy (new entry)
5 Any Dream Will Do – Lee Mead (2)
6 Worried About Ray – The Hoosiers (16)
7 Torn on the Platform – Jack Penate (25)
8 Like This – Kelly Rowland featuring Eve (5)
9 The Girls – Calvin Harris (4)
10 Heavyweight Champion of the World – Reverend and the Makers (11)

Top five UK albums

1 An End Has a Start –Editors (new entry)
2 My December – Kelly Clarkson (new entry)
3 Collection – Traveling Wilburys (2)
4 Icky Thump – The White Stripes (1)
5 Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (6)