The singer-songwriter's Lay Me Down collaboration with John Legend, which the duo recorded in aid of charity Comic Relief, has shot to top of the chart to become Smith's fourth number one in just two years.

And his album in on the rise too - In The Lonely Hour returned to the top of the album charts for an eighth week on Sunday (15Mar15).

In The Lonely Hour's success stumped many music experts who expected Madonna to crash into the top spot and claim her 12th number one. Smith's album outsold Madonna's Rebel Heart by 12,000 copies, while Ed Sheeran's x claims the third spot on the new countdown.

Back to the singles chart, and electronica trio Years and Years fall to two with King, while Flo Rida's GDFR debuts at three.

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