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Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft


Background information
Birth name Richard Paul Ashcroft
Born September 11, 1971
Born place Billinge, Lancashire, England
Origin Wigan, Lancashire, England
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Britpop
Space Rock
Neo-psychedelia
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Parlophone Records
Hut Records
Associated acts Coldplay
RPA & The United Nations of Sound
The Verve
UNKLE
DJ Shadow
The Chemical Brothers
Pino Palladino
Website Website



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X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK Charts

November 28, 2010
X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK ChartsThe X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one on the UK singles chart with their charity single 'Heroes'.

The track, a cover version of the David Bowie classic, features all 16 of this year's finalists, and pushed JLS off the top spot.

Rihanna had two entries in this week's chart with 'Only Girl (In The World)' slipping to number five and new sngle 'What's My Name' featuring Drake entered the chart at number ten.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding climbed one spot to number two with 'Your Song', while Olly Murs scored his second UK top 10 with 'Thinking Of Me'.

In the album chart, Take That's 'Progress' held the top spot for the second week running, selling more than 580,000 copies. The other new entry in this week's album chart was JLS's 'Outta This World' at number two.

(by Holly Frith)



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