Wiz Khalifa's tribute to tragic Fast & Furious star Paul Walker hits No.1 in the UK singles chart... and become year's fastest selling 

By Emily Sheridan for MailOnline

Published: 15:29 EST, 19 April 2015 | Updated: 03:17 EST, 20 April 2015

Wiz Khalifa's musical tribute to tragic Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker has become the fastest selling single of the year after hitting No.1 in the UK charts.

See You Again, which features the vocals of rising American singer Charlie Puth, climbed 21 places this week, shifting over 193,000 sales.

Wiz's single performance overtakes previous quickest selling single, Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack.

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Chart-topper: Rapper Wiz Khalifa's new single See You Again has become the fastest selling track of 2015 so far

Chart-topper: Rapper Wiz Khalifa's new single See You Again has become the fastest selling track of 2015 so far

It has also hit a new streaming record after hitting over 3.68million streams in seven days. 

Wiz's track was written as a poignant tribute to the actor on the soundtrack of his final film Fast & Furious 7.

Paul was just 40 when he was killed in a car crash in November 2013 while the film was being made.

Following a break, the cast completed the film with Paul's brothers standing in in some shots as his character Brian O'Connor.

Tragic: Paul Walker was filming Fast & Furious 7 when he was killed in a car accident in November 2013

Tragic: Paul Walker was filming Fast & Furious 7 when he was killed in a car accident in November 2013

See You Again has been a huge hit worldwide and hit No.1 in the US Billboard charts.

In a recent interview, Wiz told MTV News: 'To have the responsibility to do the Paul Walker record was really dope.

'I basically thought about what the movie stands for as far as family and the brotherhood, and of course, using the metaphor of the last ride and the last race because of that last scene.'

Tribute: Wiz's track is a poignant tribute to the actor, who was just 40 when he died

Tribute: Wiz's track is a poignant tribute to the actor, who was just 40 when he died

The track marks the second time Wiz Khalifa has hit No.1 in the UK singles chart, having previously appeared on Maroon 5's 2012 hit Payphone.

Last week's No.1 Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand has dropped to No.3, while Spanish DJ Dr Kucho!'s Can't Stop Playing is the highest new entry at 4.

Meanwhile, Paul Simons' greatest hits compilation has become the week's best-selling album - his first No.1 in 25 years. 

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