Robbie Williams knocks One Direction off top of Official Albums Chart

Robbie Williams reclaims his Official Albums Chart crown, knocking One Direction into second place.

Robbie Williams’ latest album, Swings Both Ways, looks set to be one of 2013’s top Christmas gifts, according to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data.

As the British public put the finishing touches to their Christmas shopping in earnest, Robbie returns to the top of the Official Albums Chart today. Swings Both Ways became the UK’s 1000th Official Number 1 Albumupon its release four weeks ago and has since sold over 400,000 copies putting it on track to be one of the UK’s biggest sellers of the year.

However, after one week at the Official Albums Chart summit, Robbie was knocked off Number 1 by One Direction’s Midnight Memories. Robbie reclaims his throne from the young pretenders (who slide one place to Number 2 today), with a winning margin of over 5,000 copies.

Meanwhile, Gary Barlow holds firm at Number 3 with his latest album, Since I Saw You Last and Olly Murs also remains static at Number 4 with Right Place, Right Time. This week’s Top 5 is completed by a surprise new entry from Beyoncé, which debuts at Number 5 today after just 48 hours on sale.

The Official Albums Chart Top 10 is as follows. Click here to see the Official Albums Chart Top 100 in full after 7pm.

1	SWINGS BOTH WAYS	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
2	MIDNIGHT MEMORIES	ONE DIRECTION
3	SINCE I SAW YOU LAST	GARY BARLOW
4	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME	OLLY MURS
5	BEYONCE	BEYONCE
6	TO BE LOVED	MICHAEL BUBLE
7	CHRISTMAS	MICHAEL BUBLE
8	LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE	CELINE DION
9	THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2	EMINEM
10	THE NATION'S FAVOURITE ELVIS SONGS	ELVIS PRESLEY