Avicii and Nicky Romero scoop first UK Number 1 single

Avicii and Nicky Romero score their first ever Official Singles Chart Number 1 with I Could Be The One.

23 year old Swedish DJ Avicii celebrates his first UK chart topper today as new track I Could Be The One with Dutch DJ Nicky Romero lands straight in the Number 1 slot on the Official Singles Chart.

Having previously scored two Top 5 hits in 2011 with Leona Lewis’ Collide and Levels - the latter of which was later sampled by Flo Rida for his 2012 Number 1 hit Good Feeling – Avicii AKA Tim Bergling now walks away with the highest charting single of his career, courtesy of I Could Be The One.

The track’s official video follows the story of a bored office worker who dramatically flees her mundane existence, throwing herself into an entertaining sequence of hedonistic adventures. I Could Be The One ends the week nearly 8,000 copies ahead of last week’s chart toppers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s Thrift Shop (Number 2).

Avicii - I Could Be The One [Avicii vs Nicky Romero] on MUZU.TV.

New Entries

In addition to New York DJ Baauer’s Harlem Shake breaking into the Official Singles Chart Top 3 at Number 3, rising star Gabrielle Aplin is new in at Number 6 with Please Don’t Say You Love Me. The single is the follow up to her December 2012 chart-topping debut The Power Of Love, a haunting cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s 1984 classic.

Foals (whose new album Holy Fires debuts at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart today) take up position at Number 23 with My Number, while Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors enters at 28, taken from forthcoming studio album The 20/20 Experience. Timberlake this week announced a surprise gig at London’s Kentish Town Forum, taking place the same evening that the US star performs at the BRITs, the show sold out in just ten minutes.

This week’s highest climber is Bruno Mars whose new single When I Was Your Man, taken from latest album Unorthodox Jukebox, shoots up 39 places to Number 7 today.

The Official Singles Chart Top 10 is as follows. Click here to see the Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full.

1	I COULD BE THE ONE	AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO
2	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ
3	HARLEM SHAKE	BAAUER
4	STAY	RIHANNA FT MIKKY EKKO
5	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
6	PLEASE DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME	GABRIELLE APLIN
7	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
8	DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE	CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH
9	CLOWN	EMELI SANDE
10	GET UP (RATTLE)	BINGO PLAYERS FT FAR EAST