LONDON (Reuters) - Basshunter's Euro dance track "Now You're Gone" fought off troubled pop star Britney Spears to become Britain's new number one single.
Spears's single "Piece of Me" climbed 17 places to two, but Basshunter -- the pseudonym used by Swedish DJ Jonas Altberg -- went one better as "Now You're Gone" rose 13 places to take top spot, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.
Earlier this month Spears spent almost two days in a Los Angeles hospital after being taken from her home on a stretcher follow a standoff with police after hysterically refusing to hand back her two children to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Spears's life has careered out of control since she divorced Federline in 2006. She lost custody of the boys last year.
Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" dropped one place to three, with Canadian rock band Nickelback's "Rockstar" at four, while former X-Factor winner Leon Jackson -- last week's number one -- slipped to number five with "When You Believe".
There was just one new entry in the singles chart's top 10 with U.S. rapper Lupe Fiasco and "Superstar" coming in at number seven.
The album charts also had a new number one with Scottish singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald's debut long player -- "This is The Life" -- pushing rock band Radiohead's "In Rainbows" down to two.
The success of MacDonald, whose record first entered the charts in August, ensured the Oxford-based quintet's seventh studio album held top spot for just one week.
There were no new entries in the album chart's top 10, though Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss -- "Raising Sand" -- made a strong showing, rising 16 places to number six.
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