Singles market improves.

Although its sales are down 9.9% week-on-week to 29,109, Shakira and Wyclef Jean's Hips Don't Lie returns to the top of the singles chart. Rebounding 3-1, it is the first single to reclaim the number one position since Eric Prydz's Call On Me in October 2004. Prydz's single debuted at number one but Shakira and Wyclef's did not and is the first single to rise through the ranks to reach the top twice since Mr Blobby's self-titled 1993 hit. They are the only singles in the last 30 years to climb to number one twice.

While Shakira and Wyclef's number one sales are the lowest since Ne- Yo's So Sick topped the list on sales of 28,287 18 weeks ago, the singles market overall actually improved last week by 5% to 1,189,254, with all of the top five clearing 20,000, the first 17 singles selling more than 10,000 copies and the number 20 (Busta Rhymes' I Love My Chick) selling 9,159 copies - the highest sale for that position for more than two years,

With the bar raised, there is no room in the Top 10 for new singles by either Snow Patrol or the Pet Shop Boys.

Their 38th Top 40 hit - more than any other duo - in a chart career that stretches back more than 20 years, The Pet Shop Boys debut at ...