Haiti single goesto top of charts

The star-studded charity single for Haiti earthquake victims roared to the top of the charts, recording sales of almost 500,000.

Helping Haiti’s Everybody Hurts, orchestrated by pop mogul Simon Cowell, sold more records in its first week than any other charity single since the turn of the century, the Official Charts Company said. The re-recorded REM favourite sold more than 453,000 copies.