Fame Academy winner David Sneddon is celebrating after his debut single stormed to the top of the charts.

Sneddon's single, Stop Living the Lie, topped the official UK Top 40 pushing Popstars girl band Girls Aloud down two places to number three with their Christmas hit Sound of the Underground.

Top 10 singles

1. David Sneddon - Stop Living the Lie 2. Busted - Year 3000 3. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground 4. Jamieson - True 5. Panjabi MC - Mundian to Bach Kie 6.Eminem- Lose Yourself 7. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One 8. Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story 9. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage 10. Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling Source: The Official UK Charts Company

The 24-year-old from Paisley, near Glasgow, who until winning the Academy last month earned cash by busking, said: "I never thought this would happen.

"I wrote Stop Living The Lie when I was 17 so it's taken me seven years to get to number one - and that's quite a long time.

"Thanks to everyone who bought it, I'm really overwhelmed. Now I'm going to go and have a drink to celebrate."

After winning Fame Academy, Sneddon secured a year-long superstar lifestyle and a �1m record contract.

The group Busted are also celebrating after their single Year 3000 was a new entry at No 2.

Other entries straight into the Top 10 include Jaimeson's True in at No 4 and Panjabi MC's Mundian to Bach Ke at No 5.

Layo & Bushwacka! are in at No 8 with Love Story and at No 10 there is a new entry for Feeder with Just the Way I'm Feeling.

Meanwhile, there was not much change in the album chart, with no new entries in the Top 10.

Avril Lavigne stays in pole position with Let Go.