Adele has retained her place at the top of the UK albums chart despite strong competition from Coldplay.

The singer's album '25' has now spent a third week at No.1 in the country after selling a massive 354,000 in the last seven days.

The Official Charts Company revealed today (December 11) that Coldplay's new record 'A Head Full of Dreams' sold 236,000 units - their biggest first week sales since 2008’s 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends'.

At No.3 on the albums chart is Elvis Presley's 'If I Can Dream', while Justin Bieber's 'Purpose' drops one place to No.4.

Completing the top five this week is Jess Glynne's 'I Cry When I Laugh'.

Fleur East is a new entry at No.14 with her debut album 'Love, Sax and Flashbacks', while Kylie Minogue’s 'Christmas' rises eight places to No.18.

Sigma's first album 'Life' meanwhile enters at No.28.

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