Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' Is 2016's First No. 1 Single on U.K. Charts

1/1/2016 by Paul Sexton

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Justin Bieber performs at Power 96.1's Jingle Ball 2015 at Phillips Arena on December 17, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" (Def Jam/Universal), which had previously topped the U.K. chart for three weeks before Christmas, has returned to the summit to become the market's first No. 1 single of 2016. Adele's 25 (XL Recordings) begins a sixth week atop the album chart, but was only 6,000 weekly sales ahead ofElvis Presley's If I Can Dream (RCA/Sony Legacy).

Bieber's fourth aggregate week at the top with "Love Yourself" is part of another stellar singles showing for him, with the former No. 1s "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean" back up 3-2 and 5-4 respectively.

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Adele's "Hello" moved back 4-3, while "You Don't Own Me" (RCA/Sony), by Grace featuring G-Eazy, which reached No. 4 two weeks ago, climbed back 6-5. In one of the steepest declines from No. 1 in memory, last week's bestselling single, "A Bridge Over You" (Emubands) by the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, finished this week at No. 29.

With 25 unshakeable at No. 1 on the album chart and Presley at No. 2, Bieber's Purposeremained in third place and Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh (Atlantic/Warner Music) edged up 5-4. One Direction's Made In The AM (Syco Music/Sony) climbed 8-5; Taylor Swift's 1989 (EMI/Universal, up 18-8) and James Bay's Chaos and the Calm(Republic/Universal, 17-10) were notable returnees to the top ten. 

Tepis Isu Bubar, One Direction Rilis "History"

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One Direction saat menerima penghargaan Artist of the Year di American Music Awards, (23/11).

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Boyband asal Inggris One Direction meluncurkan video klip terbaru dengan judul lagu "History". Video ini menampilkan kisah perjalanan grup yang awalnya berisikan lima personil pria keluaran ajang pencarian bakat "The X Factor".

Dalam masa hiatus atau cutinya personil One Direction dari panggung musik, para penggemar sudah dibuat waswas akan kemungkinan kelompok musik ini bubar. Ditambah banyaknya kabar setelah hengkangnya Zayn Malik membuat rumor bubar makin santer.

Dikutip dari Aceshowbiz, Rabu (27/1), meski album kelima One Direction "Made in the A.M." telah lama dirilis, video "History" seakan menjadi jawaban atas rumor bubarnya grup ini. Dengan memasukkan Zayn ke dalam video klip dan mempertontonkan keakraban dan kebersamaan mereka merintis kareir dari awal, video ini seakan menunjukan kesolidan One Direction.

Sebelumnya, Simon Cowell menyatakan keharuannya setelah melihat pemutaran video yang menampilkan keempat personil One Direction. Potongan-potongan konser, video klip, dan keseharian mereka yang dibalut nuansa hitam putih seakan membuat Simon terhayut.