British singer Jamie Lawson beats mentor to top UK album chart

LONDON, Oct (HKSE: 3366-OL.HK - news) 23 (Reuters) - British singer Jamie Lawson's new self-titled album went straight into Number 1 on the British album chart, the Official Charts Company said on Friday, while DJ KDA held off British pop group One Direction to top the singles chart.

Lawson (Other OTC: LWSOF - news) 's album "Jamie Lawson" finished with almost double the sales of his musical mentor Ed Sheeran's "x", which was unchanged at No. 2 after 70 consecutive weeks in the Top 10.

Lawson is the first act signed to British singer Sheeran's new record label Gingerbread Man Records.

London-based DJ KDA's "Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)" gave him his first Number 1 single, finishing only 2,000 sales ahead of One Direction's "Perfect."

The Weeknd's "The Hills" was up two at No. 3 on the singles chart.

Elsewhere, 59-year-old Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi scored the highest charting album of his career with "Elements" at Number 12.

(Reporting by Angus Berwick; editing by Stephen Addison)