Celebrating 60 years of the Official Singles Chart in 2012, the Official Charts Company has this year created and launched the new award.
The trophy will be presented to each new single that lands the Number 1 spot on the UK's Official Chart.
Dizzee Rascal, aka Dylan Kwabena Mills, and hailing from London's Bow area, has become the first male contemporary artist to be presented with his full set of Official Number 1 Awards.
Soul pioneer and fellow Londoner Jazzie B passed on the musical baton to Dizzee, handing over five awards to recognise the 27 year old's five UK Number 1s:
o Dance Wiv Me (2008)
o Bonkers (2009)
o Holiday (2009)
o Dirtee Disco (2010)
o Shout (2010)
Dizzee's celebrated Official Number 1 singles combined have sold in excess of 2.06m copies to date.
Dizzee said: "It's an honour to receive these very unique awards and to be recognised by the Official Charts Company for my five UK Number 1s. I've had a good time making these records and am excited about my new album as there will definitely be a few more on there"
In a video interview with OfficialCharts.com (above), he went on to say: "To get to Number 1, everyone wants to get to Number 1. No matter who talks about 'they don't want to make music for the radio, they don't care about being big' and blah blah blah...Really, from being a kid, if you make music you think about being Number 1 in the charts.
"Everyone does. Even when I made underground music, I looked at the charts and thought 'One day. One day. One Day'. It took a while, but I got there!"
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