Zayn Malik Debut Single Hits Number One

Zayn Malik's first solo single since he left One Direction has gone straight to number one and is the fastest-selling song of the year so far.

Pillowtalk hit the top spot with combined sales of 112,000 and 4.97 million streams, according to the Official Charts Company.

The song is a departure from the pop music Malik made with his former bandmates and includes expletives and steamy scenes with his model girlfriend Gigi Hadid.

Malik fought off competition from Jonas Blue's Fast Car, which is at two this week, and last week's number one Stitches by Shawn Mendes is at three.

Rihanna's Work climbs from 13 to four, and Justin Bieber's Love Yourself completes the top five.

Malik has pulled out of a number of interviews to promote the single, which is the first from his debut album which is released in March.

Meanwhile, David Bowie, who died from cancer on 10 January aged 69, continues to dominate the albums chart , claiming the number one spot for a fourth week - but with a different album.

Bowie has become the first act to knock themselves off the top of the official albums chart in nearly six years, as his Best Of Bowie compilation - originally released in 2002 - has replaced his final studio album Blackstar at number one.

Michael Jackson was the last act to achieve this feat, following his death in 2009, when his The Essential retrospective replaced hits collection Number Ones at the summit.

Bowie's Blackstar is now at number two, and the last time any act dominated both the top two positions on the chart was when Adele did it back in May 2011 with 21 and 19.