Albums sales are on the up.(The Market)

To a star-studded list comprising Elvis Presley, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, The Stylistics, Blondie, The Pretenders, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, Mariah Carey, Hanson, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Beyonce, Usher and (arguably) Akon, there is now a 20th American act to register simultaneous number one singles and albums in the UK--Gnarls Barkley.

The duo, comprising Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse, do it the hard way, remaining at the top of the singles chart for a fifth straight week with Crazy, while debuting at the summit with first album, St. Elsewhere. It is only six months since Madonna was the last artist to lead both lists at the same time but Gnarls Barkley are the first act to simultaneously top the chart with their debut single and album since Evanescence did so in 2003 with introductory single Bring Me To Life and first album Fallen.

Crazy held up much better than expected last week, selling a further 69,202 copies--a mere 9.1% dip week-on-week--to take its cumulative sales to 490,416. It is the first single by an American act to spend more than four weeks at number one since Black Eyed Peas' Where Is The Love ...