Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti returned to the singles charts for the first time in almost 15 years on Sunday as fans bought his "Nessun Dorma" following his death.
His recording of the aria from Puccini's "Turandot" jumped to number 24 from 160, according to the Official UK Charts Company.
The song, played over loudspeakers at his funeral service in Modena on Saturday, reached number two in June 1990.
It has been an anthem for soccer fans ever since Pavarotti performed it at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
In the album charts, indie rock band Hard-Fi shot to number one with their new release "Once Upon A Time In The West".
The album, the second from the four-piece act from Staines in Surrey, pushed last week's top seller "Hand Built by Robots" from singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner down to number four.
Fans of Amy Winehouse continued to ignore her father-in-law's appeal to boycott her music in protest at her drug abuse, keeping her album "Back to Black" at number two after 45 weeks in the charts.
U.S. pop band Plain White T's debuted at number three with their album "Every Second Counts" and were one stronger at number two in the singles chart with the track "Hey There Delilah".
Also new in the album charts were London indie band Athlete at five with "Beyond The Neighbourhood".
Reuters
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