Madonna tops UK charts for 13th time

Pop queen Madonna showed no sign of relinquishing her crown as the most successful female solo artist of all time by clocking up a lucky 13th UK number one single today.

Her track, '4 Minutes' featuring Justin Timberlake, deposed British hip-hop star Estelle who slipped to number two with 'American Boy' featuring Kanye West after four weeks at number one.

The song '4 Minutes' is taken from Madonna’s album 'Hard Candy', which is released on April 28, and is the first time she has released a single featuring a guest artist, according to the Official UK Charts Company.

For Madonna, 49, it marks a further milestone in a career which has seen her amass more UK number one singles than any other female solo artist.

Kylie Minogue trails behind her with seven number one singles to date.

Elsewhere in the singles chart, 'Black & Gold' by Sam Sparro dropped one place to number three, while 'Low' by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain slipped a place to number four.

Those that climbed into the top 40 included 'Happiness' by Goldfrapp at number 25, the second single to be taken from the group’s gold-selling fourth album, and 'Flashing Lights' by Kanye West featuring Dwele at number 29.

Meanwhile in the album chart, Brighton indie-popsters The Kooks saw their keenly-anticipated second album, 'Konk', storm into the top slot.

X Factor winner Leona Lewis’s album, 'Spirit', climbed three places to number two, while Mariah Carey’s new release, E=MC2, entered in at number three.

Other new entrants included Elliot Minor’s self-titled debut LP which reached number six, while last week’s number one, 'Rockferry' by Welsh soul singer Duffy, fell to number four.