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DJ Khaled has ended Despacito’s reign at the top to claim his second Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Wild Thoughts – featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – climbs a place to 1 after three weeks at Number 2. It gives the Miami producer his second Number 1 single this year, while Rihanna claims her ninth and first in almost four years, since 2013’s The Monster with Eminem.

Wild Thoughts samples Santana’s Maria Maria, which peaked at Number 6 in 2000.

Meanwhile, rapper/singer French Montana holds at 3 with Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee, Calvin Harris’ Feels ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean is at 4, and Jonas’s Blue’s Mama ft. William Singe logs a fourth week in the Top 5 at 5.

New entries and high climbers

Little Mix rebound two spots to 8 with their latest single Power ft. Stormzy, Crying In The Club by former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello reaches a new peak of 13, and Imagine Dragons crack the Top 20 with Thunder, up four places to 20.

This week’s highest new entry comes from The Script – Rain opens at Number 26, their first Top 40 entry since No Good In Goodbye peaked at the same position in November 2014.

Further down, Demi Lovato zooms 42 places to Number 27 with her latest track Sorry Not Sorry, her tenth UK Top 40 hit, while her collaboration with Jax Jones, Instruction, lifts six spots to 32.

Selena Gomez lands at Number 33 with her new single Fetish ft. Gucci Mane, Dua Lipa vaults 39 places to Number 37 with New Rules, and UK rappers Yungen and Yxng Bane make their Top 40 debut with Bestie, up 17 places to Number 38.

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Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber have logged another week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, jumping into the history books in the process.

Despacito has now sat on top for nine non-consecutive weeks, becoming only the 20th song in UK chart history to spend nine or more weeks at Number 1. The song managed to hold onto the top spot after accumulating 6.7 million streams and 28,000 downloads.

It’s also good news for Calvin Harris, Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean this week. The quartet have collaborated on Calvin’s track Feels, which floats to a new peak of Number 4, climbing up two places. The track is Calvin’s 19th Top 5 hit and Katy Perry’s 13th.

New entries and high climbers

Sigala and Ella Eyre climb six spots to Number 6 with Came Here For Love, while Rudimental and James Arthur’s Sun Comes Up also rises six to Number 18. There’s a new peak for Major Lazer too this week, Know No Better featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello and Quavo jumps up seven to Number 19.

Calvin Harris is back again, this time as the week’s highest climber. Slide, the former Number 10 hit featuring Frank Ocean & Migos rises 12 to Number 21.

Meanwhile, two tracks released last Friday debut inside the Top 40: Russian DJ Zedd has tag teamed with Liam Payne on Get Low, which starts out 26, ahead of Kesha’s comeback anthem Praying, which opens at Number 30.

Finally, Jax Jones’ latest track Instruction featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don rockets nine places to Number 38.

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Despacito continues to be the soundtrack of the summer as the track extends its reign at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The track, by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber notches up an eighth stint at the summit and is the week’s biggest selling and most streamed single, with just over 30,000 downloads sold and 7.2 million plays across streaming services.

Despacito holds off strong competition from DJ Khaled’s Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, settling for second place for a second week.

Meanwhile, French Montana’s Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee climbs a place to a new peak at 3, as does Jonas Blue’s Mama ft. William Singe at 4, while Liam Payne’s Strip That Down ft. Quavo completes the Top 5.

New entries and high climbers

Calvin Harris’ latest track Feels ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean zooms 15 places to Number 6, earning him a 23^rd Top 10 single, Rita Ora’s Your Song lifts three places to 7, and after a ten-week climb, Pretty Girl by Maggie Lindemann cracks the Top 10 for the first time, up three places to 9.

Three songs make big gains inside the Top 20: Sigala & Ella Eyre’s Came Here For Love jumps seven spots to Number 12, Signs by Drake rises eight places to 14, and Miley Cyrus’ Malibu rebounds five places to 19.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Rudimental, whose new single Sun Comes Up ft. James Arthur lands at 24.

Further down, Norwegian singer ALMA makes her UK Top 40 debut with Chasing Highs, up 24 rungs to Number 30, Unpredictable ft. Louisa Johnson becomes Olly Murs’ 18^th Top 40 single, climbing 17 places to 32.

Finally, two more songs break the Top 40 for the first time: rapper Post Malone’s Congratulations ft. Quavo jumps 12 spots to 39, and Hailee Steinfeld’s Most Girls lifts five places to Number 40.

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Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber have reclaimed pole position on this week’s Official Singles
Chart with Despacito.

The bilingual track now enjoys a seventh non-consecutive week at Number 1 after it achieved 34,000 downloads and 7.5 million streams. The track wasn’t the most downloaded of the week however – that honour goes to Artists for Grenfell’s Bridge Over Troubled Water.

The benefit single released in aid of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, slips to Number 3 this week but leads on downloads with another 53,000 sold, as well as 2 million streams.

DJ Khaled’s Wild Thoughts, the Santana-sampling single that features Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, hops one place to Number 2, a new peak position for the song. Jonas Blue’s Mama also rises to a new peak in the Top 5, up one to Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

Little Mix and Rita Ora both enjoy uplifts this week, as Power and Your Song reach new personal bests of Number 9 and 10 respectively. The latter enters the Top 10 for the first time and becomes Rita’s ninth Top 10 hit.

Another three songs reach new peaks inside this week’s Top 20; Maggie Lindemann’s Pretty Girl is boosted to Number 12, there’s a two-place climb for Camila Cabello’s Crying In The Club (18), and Sigala’s collaboration with Ella Eyre, Came Here For Love, lifts three spots to Number 19.

Elsewhere, Drake’s new track Signs – released as part of a Louis Vuitton campaign – is new at Number 22, and Imagine Dragons’ Thunder is the biggest gainer inside the Top 40, up 10 to Number 26 following the release of their third album Evolve.

Finally, charity single Smile For Bradley performed by LIV’n’G becomes the duo’s first ever UK Top 40 single at Number 28. Proceeds from the song’s release will go directly to the Bradley Lowery Foundation, set up in honour of terminally ill six-year-old Bradley Lowery.

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The Grenfell Tower single Bridge Over Troubled Water enters at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart, just 48 hours after its release.

Released at 8am on Wednesday (June 21), the all-star rendition of Simon & Garkfunkel’s track shifted 170,360 across digital and streaming equivalent sales to take the top spot. The majority of the song’s sales came from downloads, making up just under 169,000 of the total.

The track, which features more than 50 artists including Stormzy, Emeli Sande, Robbie Williams and Paloma Faith had the biggest opening day combined sales of any single this decade, shifting 120k.

The previous biggest day 1 of decade was Adele’s Hello, logging just under 78,000 sales on its first day. The biggest day 1 sales of all time is Elton John’s Candle In The Wind (1997) with 655,000.

Artists For Grenfell’s Bridge Over Troubled Water is now the second fastest-selling single of the year, second to Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You, which opened with 226,808 back in January.

The song knocks Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s Despacito from Number 1 after six weeks at the summit and finishes 69,000 combined sales behind Bridge Over Troubled Water.

New entries and high climbers

DJ Khaled debuts at Number 3 with his Rihanna and Bryson Tiller collaboration Wild Thoughts, marking the producers second Top 5 single in two months after the chart-topping I’m The One. The entry also gives Rihanna her 30^th Top 10 single.

Meanwhile, Little Mix’s Power ft. Stormzy lifts three places to Number 10, earning the girl group their 11^th Top 10 single.

Rita Ora’s Your Song reaches a new peak, jumping four spots to 11, and Camila Cabello’s Crying In The Club jumps three places to sneak into this week’s Top 20 at Number 20.

Finally, Calvin Harris is new at 21 with Feels ft. Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean, his 30^th Top 40 hit on the Official Singles Chart, and Selena Gomez’s Bad Liar rebounds 20 places back into the Top 40 at 33.

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There’s no displacing Despacito – the longest reigning foreign-language Number 1, from Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee secures a sixth week at the top.

The track, which features guest vocals from Justin Bieber, sold 38,620 downloads and racked up 8.39 million streams in the last seven days.

This week’s highest new entry also comes from Justin Bieber – he teamed up with David Guetta on 2U, straight in at Number 5, returning Guetta to the Top 10 for the first time in two years.

Along with former chart-topper from DJ Khaled’s I’m The One (7), which also features Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, Justin has three songs in this week’s Top 10.

Chart highlights

Charlie Puth’s Attention rises one to return to the Top 10, while Little Mix enjoy this week’s biggest boost. Following the release of its music video, Power, which features Stormzy, rockets 22 places to 13.

Sigala and Ella Eyre are new at 26 with Came Here For Love, while Major Lazer’s Know No Better, feat. Travis Scott, former Fifth Harmony star Camila Cabello and Quavo, rises 13 to break the Top 40 at 35.

Also edging into the Top 40 this week are Imagine Dragons with Thunder, up 11 to 38; and Lil Uzi Vert who scores his very first UK hit with XO TOUR Llif3, up 7 places to land at Number 39.

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Ariana Grande’s One Last Time has reached a new peak on the Official Singles Chart, soaring into the Top 3 for the very first time.

Recently re-released as a charity single, the track achieved 2.9 million streams and 61,000 downloads to finish at Number 2 on this week’s chart. A majority of proceeds from the song will go to the We Love Manchester fund, which was the focus of Ariana’s One Love Manchester benefit concert held last week.

One Last Time originally peaked at Number 24 back in 2014, and soared to Number 11 two weeks ago following the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 22 people. Its new peak position makes it Ariana’s 5th Top 10 single.

Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s Despacito holds on to the top spot for a fifth consecutive week, with 8.8 million streams and 43,000 downloads logged in the last seven days. One song breaks into this week’s Top 5 for the first time; French Montana’s Unforgettable featuring Swae Lee hops one spot to Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

There are two more notable gains in this week’s Top 10, the first being Jonas Blue’s Mama. The collaboration with YouTube star William Singe flies two ranks to Number 6. Niall Horan’s Slow Hands vaults 14 places into the Top 10 at Number 7, beating the Number 9 peak of his debut single This Town.

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay’s Something Just Like This rockets nine placings to Number 16 this week following Coldplay’s performance of the song at One Love Manchester. Liam Gallagher, who also performed at the event, sees his solo single Wall of Glass enter the Top 40 at Number 21, while Oasis’ classic chart-topper Don’t Look Back In Anger returns to the Top 40 for the first time since May 1996. It’s made a gain of 41 slots this week to reach Number 25.

Finally, Camila Cabello’s first headline solo single since leaving Fifth Harmony, Crying In The Club, climbs 23 rungs to a new peak at Number 23.

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Liar Liar, the song criticising Prime Minster Theresa May by Captain Ska has made its debut on the Official Singles Chart.

The track enters at Number 4 on this week’s Top 40, giving the seven-piece London band this week’s highest new entry.

Liar Liar has been scaling the Official Chart all week, ahead of the General Election on June 8. The song was originally released in 2010 in response to the coalition government, but band recorded a new version of their track that includes soundbites from several of May’s speeches and the lyrics: “She’s a liar liar, you can’t trust her, no, no, no”.

Sales of Liar Liar are being driven by downloads, with 42,000 people picking up a digital download of the track this week, while the song has so far been streamed just over 300,000 times.

The song’s music video, which includes statistics on UK poverty levels and references to school and police cuts, is now has almost two million views on YouTube.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee make Official Chart history today as Despacito becomes the longest reigning foreign language Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Meawhile, the rest of the Top 3 remains unchanged: DJ Khaled’s I’m The One ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne is at 2, and Liam Payne’s Strip That Down holds at 3.

British producer Jonas Blue claims his third Top 10 single this week with Mama ft. William Singe, up four places from last week to Number 8. Close behind is Rita Ora – her first headline single in two years Your Song debuts at 13.

Further down, Little Mix’s Power ft. Stormzy makes its debut at Number 27. The track is the fourth single from their chart-topping Glory Days album and earns the group at 17^th Top 40 hit.

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Ariana Grande’s One Last Time has re-entered the Top 40 on this week’s Official Singles Chart as the UK remembers the victims of the attack at her Manchester concert.

The song launches back in at Number 11 today, sending it to a new chart peak.

One Last Time was a single from Ariana’s second album My Everything and originally peaked at Number 24 in June 2015.

Ariana’s latest album Dangerous Woman also climbs back up the Official Albums Chart, rising 32 places to Number 30.

Six dates from Ariana’s Dangerous Woman tour have been cancelled following the attack, including her two dates at London’s O2 Arena on May 25 and 26.

A statement from her team said time is needed to “assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost.” It is hoped she will resume the tour in early June.

Despite some strong competition from Liam Payne, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee’s Despacito remix ft. Justin Bieber has held on to claim a third week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Meanwhile, DJ Khaled’s I’m The One ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne holds at 2 for a third week, and former One Direction star Liam Payne enters at Number 3 with his debut single Strip That Down ft. Quavo.

Charlie Puth earns his third UK Top 10 with his latest single Attention, which lifts from 12 to 9. Jonas Blue’s Mama ft. William Singe leaps ten places to 12, and two songs crack the Top 20: Pretty Girl by rising star Maggie Lindemann jumps up four spots to 17, and Cheat Codes’ No Promises ft. Demi Lovato climbs seven places to Number 18.

Further down, Selena Gomez lands her tenth UK Top 40 hit with Bad Liar (35), and two new Katy Perry tracks close out this week’s Top 40: Bon Appetit rebounds eight places to 37, and Swish Swish ft. Nicki Minaj debuts at 40.

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Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber will be celebrating again tonight as Despacito logs a second week as the UK’s Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Despacito, which translates to ‘Slowly’, won’t be budged from Number 1 quickly, and is the first Number 1 of the last five to hold onto the top spot for more than one week. The Spanglish track enjoyed its strongest week yet to hold the top spot, downloaded 42,000 times while accumulating 7.9 million streams.

Justin Bieber also holds firms at Number 2 with I’m The One, his collaboration with DJ Khaled, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne, meaning it’ll be the 11^th time in Bieber’s career that he’s held both the Number 1 and 2 position at the same time, tying with Ed Sheeran.

The Top 5 is completed by Clean Bandit & Zara Larsson’s Symphony at 3, Shawn Mendes’ There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back at 4 (a new peak for the song), and Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You at Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

J Hus enters the Official Singles Chart Top 10 for the first time; Did You See has climbed the chart for an eighth straight week and hits a new peak of Number 9. Miley Cyrus’ comeback track Malibu debuts at 11, ahead of Charlie Puth’s Attention, up four to Number 12.

Disciples’ On My Mind rises eight spots to make its first appearance in the Top 20 at Number 15, while up and coming US star Maggie Lindemann jumps a huge 37 ranks to 21 with her breakthrough hit Pretty Girl.

Jonas Blue’s latest single Mama ft. William Singe is also on the rise, lifting seven placings to Number 22. There are also leaps for Kyle and Lil Yachty’s iSpy, which propels seven to Number 33, and Paramore’s Hard Times, a re-entry into the Top 40 that matches its previous peak position of Number 34.

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