September 5, 2004 19:28

MY PLACE IS AT NUMBER ONE

Finally, something for both Pete and Carl to smile about...

NELLY has blasted straight back to the top of the UK singles chart.

His comeback AA side, ’Flap Your Wings’ / ‘My Place’ is straight in at number one, knocking Natasha Bedingfield down to four.

And on the album chart, The Libertines have delivered on expectations with their eponymous second album going straight in at number one. The next highest new entry comes from Bjork with 'Medulla’ at nine.

Elsewhere on the singles chart, Embrace continue their extraordinary comeback, with the Chris Martin-penned 'Gravity' a new entry at seven.

Meanwhile, Armand Van Helden is in at 15 with ’My My My’ with Kanye West one space lower with ’Jesus Walks’.

The Killers are in at 18 with ’All These Things That I’ve Done’, while The Prodigy’s comeback tune ’Girls’ enters at 19.

The Thrills’ new single ’Whatever Happened To Corey Haim’ is new at 22.

This week’s singles top ten is:

1. Nelly – ‘My Place / 'Flap Your Wings’
2. Jojo – ‘Leave (Get Out)’
3. Twista – ‘Sunshine’
4. Natasha Bedingfield – ‘These Words’
5. 3 Of A Kind – ‘Babycakes’
6. 411 – ‘Dumb’
7. Embrace – ‘Gravity’
8. The Pirates – ‘You Should Really Know’
9. Maroon 5 – ‘She Will Be Loved’
10. Goldie Lookin’ Chain – ‘Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do’