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* Depeche Mode outmanoeuvre REM to the number one position in France and Germany with Exciter, which also instantly makes it to the top in Sweden. The Mute album further outclasses the Warner band in Spain, where it debuts a place above them at two, but elsewhere in Europe REM have the edge. In Austria, Italy and Switzerland Exciter starts its chart life at two and in Norway at three as REM's Reveal arrives at one in all four territories.
* Parlophone's Paul McCartney last week landed the best chart start yet in his post-Beatles career in Canada with the retrospective Wingspan -- Hits And History debuting at four. The album, which beat his previous solo first-week best of seven set by Wings' Greatest Hits in 1978, helped to revive sales in the territory of The Beattes' 1, which resumed its chart climb with a 36-25 hike, in Japan, meanwhile, Macca's album arrived at 14 on the all-comers Dempa Publications countdown, while in the US he led six UK artists inside Billboard's Top 20 internet sales chart by entering at one.
* BMG act Westlife are wasting no time in trying to secure their biggest hit to date in Australia with Uptown Girl claiming the highest new entry slot at 15. Its arrival there follows on from the record becoming the group's most successful release to date on the continent, where it now moves into the German Top 10 with a 14-8 lift and is also climbing in Austria (17-12), Italy (17-15), Norway ...