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Summary Chris Browns fans have a reason to celebrate today with success of singers new album.
R&B singer and rapper Chris Brown scored his first British number one album on Sunday as his new release Fortune span to the top of the charts in its first week on sale, the Official Charts Company said.Fans of the 23-year-old U.S. artist ignored poor critical reviews and snapped up his fifth studio album, pushing to number three last weeks top seller, Living Things from American rock band Linkin Park.U.S. pop group Maroon 5 held on to second place with their album Overexposed, and returned to number one in the singles charts with Payphone, featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa.Veteran singer-songwriter Paul Simon was the weeks highest climber in the album rankings, rising 39 places to number six with a reissue of his 1986 recording Graceland.Elsewhere in the singles charts Brown climbed one notch to second place with Dont Wake Me Up, while last weeks number one, from American rapper will.i.ams This Is Love, slid to third place.
