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Singer Cheryl Cole, who rose to fame on ITV's "Popstars: The Rivals", has topped the official UK book charts.
Her latest single, "Under the Sun", only peaked at number 13 in the official UK music chart, but thanks to a sale of 27,678 copies in the week ending 20th October, Cole's memoir, My Story (Harper), takes pole position in this week's official UK book chart.
Cole becomes the first singer to top the Official UK Top 50 since Victoria Beckham in September 2001.
Jamie Oliver's Jamie's 15-minute Meals (Michael Joseph) climbs two places into second position week on week, while the latest edition of fact compendium Guinness World Records jumps three places into third position. All three titles at the top of the charts were discounted by more than 50% on average last week, with retailers giving away £827,000 in promotional discounting on at-r.r.p. sales of more than £1.5m.
Last week's number one, J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown), falls three places into fourth position week on week, with Miranda Hart's Is it Just Me? (Hodder) completing the top five.
Thirteen new or re-entries grace this week's Official UK Top 50, led by Hilary Mantel's Man Booker winners Bring up the Bodies and Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate). Following Mantel's Man Booker prize win on Tuesday (16th October), hardback sales of the former rocketed 474% week on week, while sales of the latter, which scooped the prize in 2009, jumped 707%. They take 17th and 21st positions in the Official UK Top with sales of 10,605 copies and 9,828 copies respectively.
The sales boost enjoyed by Bring Up the Bodies was very similar to recent recipients of the prestigious literary award. Last year, sales of Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending (Cape) jumped 473% week on week in the week it won the award, while hardback sales of Wolf Hall sales rocketed 463% week on week following its win in 2009.
Three other new entries into the Official UK Top 50 this week are annuals, with overall sales of the Christmas stocking-filler favourites jumping 40% week on week according to Nielsen BookScan top 5,000 data. Moshi Monsters: The Official Annual 2013 (Sunbird) proved the pick of the bunch, selling 6,439 copies. The Beano Annual 2013 (D C Thomson) and One Direction: The Official Annual (HarperCollins) also both enjoyed sales of more than 5,000 copies.
In total, £30.0m was spent on printed books at UK booksellers in the seven days to 20th October - down 7.2% (£2.3m) week on week and down 5.3% (£1.7m) on the same week last year. The week on week drop is similar in proportion to previous years: in 2011 sales fell 6.4% week on week over the same two weeks, while in 2010 the decline was 6.8%. Spending on books traditionally slows in October following a "back to school" and academic season-inspired September, but climbs dramatically in November before a bumper December.