Westlife pull off chart double

Chart regulars since 1999, Westlife have had five number one albums and 13 number one singles but never topped both charts simultaneously - until this week, writes Alan Jones.
 
They do so by dint of the fact that their 17th single, You Raise Me Up, sold a further 58,175 copies last week - a 40.2% dip week-on-week but far in excess of the 22,986 copies the number two single by Arctic Monkeys sold - even as their seventh album ...

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