Dappy has revealed that he leaked a naked photo of himself online to boost sales of one of his singles.

The UK rapper turned heads in 2011 after he was pictured fully naked whilst drinking some orange juice, showing what looked like some considerable manhood.

His girlfriend initially claimed responsibility, but it soon emerged that Dappy himself uploaded the raunchy image.

He has now revealed inside the Celebrity Big Brother house that he released the picture in an effort to get his single 'No Regrets' to No.1 - a plan that worked.

He said: "Midweek it was at number three, number four and my manager said 'mate, we're going to have to something so by Sunday it gets to number one'."

Dappy added: "I took a picture of the baby's arm holding the apple. I made it out as if my girlfriend took it - released it. It went in every newspaper and magazine...and by Sunday I was number one by miles."