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Pitbull and Ke$ha score this week's UK No.1 single with 'Timber'

Pitbull and Ke$ha have claimed the first official No.1 single of 2014 with their track, 'Timber'. Knocking Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' off the top of the charts.

Inspired by Avicii’s crossover hit 'Wake Me Up', 'Timber' fuses rap with country music, and is both Pitbull and Ke$ha’s third UK No.1 single; Pitbull topped the Official Singles Chart twice in 2011 with Jennifer Lopez ('On The Floor') and with Nayer, Afrojack and Ne-Yo ('Give Me Everything'), while Ke$ha reached No.1 in 2009 with Flo Rida ('Right Round') and again in 2011 with 'We R Who We R'.

Timber has also significantly outperformed what is traditionally one of the quietest weeks of the year for singles sales, selling nearly 139,000 copies this week.

The news comes less than 24 hours after Ke$ha announced that she has checked herself into rehab to treat an undisclosed eating disorder.

 

 

 

Watch the official 'Timber' video, and Pitbull and Ke$ha performing the track at the AMA's below:

 

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