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Wiz Khalifa's tribute to Paul Walker 'See You Again' has given the rapper his first solo UK No.1.
With Fast & Furious 7 making over a billion dollars in under 17 days, it's unsurprising that the film's key theme has entered the chart.
As the Official Charts Company reports, Khalifa's track featuring Charlie Push, rose 21 places ths week to become the fastest selling single of the year so far with chart sales of 193,000 copies. The track also set a new streaming record with 3.68 million streams in seven days.
Watch Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' below
Other notable new entries into the chart include Gigwise favourite Lethal Bizzle entered the charts at No.11 with Fester Skank and Major Lazer Lean On leaps 11 places to 13. 'The Wolf', Mumford and Sons second single from their forthcoming new album entered the chart at No.56.
In the album charts, Paul Simon achieved his first No.1 for 25 years with a new compilation The Ultimate Collection. The Wombats third studio album Glitterbug entered at No.5. Tyler, The Creator’s fourth album Cherry Bomb enters at No.16, Stornoway's Bonxie at 20 and Villagers' Darling Arithmetic come in at 27 Calexico’s Edge Of The Sun entered at 37 and Eels extraordinary live concert at Royal Albert Hall comes in at 40.
