Justin Bieber has ousted Adele from the top of the UK Singles Chart with Sorry, and broken a new Official Chart record in the process.

Every track from his current album Purpose also charted inside the top 100, while eight cracked the top 40.

Justin Bieber's riding high in the UK Charts
Justin Bieber is riding high in the UK Charts (Charles Sykes/Invision)

It is the first time a living act has achieved this many entries simultaneously in the Official Singles Chart top 40.

The closest was Elvis Presley 58 years ago in 1957. He managed a maximum of seven entries.

But the Bieber takeover does not stop there this week.

The Canadian heartthrob dominates this week’s run down with three singles in the top five – the previously mentioned chart-topper Sorry, Love Yourself at number three and What Do You Mean? – currently at number five.

The last male artist to achieve this feat was John Lennon in January 1981.

Imagine topped the chart, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) climbed to number three and (Just Like) Starting Over reached number five in the wake of the former Beatle’s death.

After playing second fiddle to Adele’s Hello for the last three weeks, Justin shifted an impressive 104,000 combined chart sales to claim this week’s top spot – including a massive 5.35 million streams.

It is a new personal best for the 21-year-old.

Sorry marks the star’s second UK number one single after What Do You Mean?, which logged five weeks at the top in September/October.
Elsewhere in this week’s top five, Adele’s Hello slips to number two, and Sax by The X Factor’s Fleur East is at number four.

Jess Glynne earns her eighth top 10 single with Take Me Home, which served as this year’s Children In Need single.

One Direction climbed from number 16 to number 10 with Perfect following their performance on last week’s X Factor results show.

Over on the Official Albums Chart, One Direction have scored the fastest-selling album of the year, and a fourth number one, with Made In The AM.

It was a close race, but the biggest boyband in the world finished in front of Bieber.

One Direction are chart-toppers again
One Direction are chart-toppers again (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

They achieved first-week chart sales of 93,189 to ensure their fifth studio album beat the record previously held by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds long-player, Chasing Yesterday.

Made In The AM is the band’s first release as a foursome, following the departure of Zayn Malik earlier this year.

Justin had to settle for the runner-up spot with his fourth studio album – which has notched up just over 90,000 combined chart sales this week.

Former chart-topper If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley falls to number three.

Elsewhere, Kylie Minogue lands herself a 22nd top 40 album with her festive release, Kylie Christmas.