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Clean Bandit aren’t loosening their grip at the top of the charts as they score a fourth week at number one with their hit single ‘Rockabye’.

The group racked up 82,500 combined sales, including 4.24 million streams, over the last week to keep hold of their place at the top.

That means they’ve now equalled the success of their breakthrough hit ‘Rather Be’ in terms of weeks at the top while scoring their seventh Top 40 hit overall.

Elsewhere Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane’s ‘Black Beatles’ stays at two while The Weeknd and Daft Punk’s collaboration ‘Starboy’ climbs five places to three.

James Arthur’s ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ is at four while Little Mix’s ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ drops two places to round off the Top 5.

Rag’n’Bone Man’s ‘Human’ leaps 66 places to 11 as Jonas Blue’s ‘By Your Side’ ft. Raye climbs six places to a new peak of 15.

And now, as it’s December, Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is back in the Top 40 at 29 after being streamed 1.2 million times in the UK in the last week alone.

On a similarly festive note The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ is at 66, Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ is at 75 and Shakin’ Stevens’ ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ is at 93.

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Clean Bandit are at the top of the UK Official Singles Chart for the third week in a row.

The group’s ‘Rockabye’, featuring Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, fended off competition from the Mannequin Challenge song ‘Black Beatles’ by Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane.

‘Rockabye’ managed combined sales of 74,000, and was also the most streamed and most purchased track of the week, earning 31,000 downloads and 4.3 million streams.

Behind it at No.2 is ‘Black Beatles’, which shot up from No.4 in part due to its use in the Mannequin Challenge videos being uploaded by everyone from Beyoncé to the England football team.

Little Mix, who have just claimed their first ever UK No.1 album with Glory Days, stay at No.3 with ‘Shout Out To My Ex’, followed by fellow X Factor veteran James Arthur with ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’. Bruno Mars rounds off the Top 5 with ’24K Magic’.

A new entry to the Top 20 this week is Swedish DJ Nevada with his Fetty Wap-featuring track ‘The Mack’, which moves up to 17.

The Weeknd has also scored three spots in the Top 40, with ‘I Feel It Coming’ featuring Daft Punk at 18, ‘Party Monster’ at 33 and ‘Starboy’ (again with Daft Punk) the highest-placed at No.8.

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Clean Bandit claim a second week at Number 1 with Rockabye on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The trio’s latest track, which features Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, notched up 76,000 chart sales to keep the top spot, made up of 34,400 downloads and 4.18 million streams.

Rockabye is Clean Bandit’s second Number 1 single following Rather Be in 2014, the first for featured singer Anne-Marie and the third chart-topper for Sean Paul, after Breathe with Blu Cantrell (2003) and What About Us with The Saturdays (2013).

Elsewhere in the Top 10, hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd zoom 32 places to Number 4 with Black Beatles ft. Guuci Mane. The track has taken off across the world thanks in part to its use as the unofficial theme song of the #MannequinChallenge.

Stockholm producer Nevada enters the Top 40 this week at 23 (up 21 places) with his debut single The Mack; a re-working of Mark Morrison’s Return Of The Mack, which celebrates its 20^th anniversary this year. Meanwhile, Olly Murs’ Grow Up climbs 36 spots to Number 25 to give him his 18^th Top 40 single.

Nathan Sykes’ Famous, taken from his debut solo album Unfinished Business, leaps from 62 to 28, and Robbie Williams bags his first Top 40 single in three years with Love My Life, up 24 places to 28.

Finally, The xx’s brand new single On Hold debuts at Number 38, and Sigma’s Find Me ft. Birdy lifts seven spots to 39.

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Clean Bandit are ruling the charts after knocking Little Mix off the No.1 spot.

Despite being a member down, the group are in the top position with their Sean Paul and Anne Marie collaboration ‘Rockabye’ after snagging 2,000 combined chart sales, comprised of 37,000 downloads and 3.5 million streams.

“Thank you so much to everyone who has been listening to this song,” Clean Bandit said. “‘Rockabye’ is a song that means a lot to us and it means even more to us that so many of you are listening to it and liking it. Thank you!”

That means Little Mix slip to two with ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ while James Arthur drops a place to three with ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’, The Weeknd stays at four with ‘Starboy’ and Bruno Mars round off the Top 5 with ’24k Magic’ after climbing a spot.

Elsewhere, Maroon 5’s Kendrick Lamar collaboration ‘Don’t Wanna Know’ climbs four places to seven, to give the band their ninth Top 10 single.

Louisa Johnson’s ‘So Good’ leaps seven places to 13 while The Vamps nab their eighth Top 40 hit with ‘Black Beatles’ ft. Gucci Mane at 36.

Finally, Fifth Harmony soar 11 places to 26 with their single ‘That’s My Girl’.

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Iconic singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82.

The sad news of the Grammy-winning musician’s passing from undisclosed causes was announced on his Facebook page early on Friday morning (November 10).

A statement from Sony Music Canada read: “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away.

“We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.”

Along with Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, Cohen’s confessional songwriting set the tone for the singer-songwriter movement of the early and mid-1970s.

Cohen actually started out as a novelist, but turned to the budding folk music scene in the late 1960s when he failed to make a living with his writing in spite of wide critical acclaim.

Highlights of his early work included the country-tinged ‘Bird on the Wire’, which has been covered throughout the decades by the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Joe Cocker.

Arguably his most commercially successful track was 1984’s spiritually-tinged ‘Hallelujah’, which reached an entirely new generation a decade later when it was re-imagined by the late Jeff Buckley.

Through the years, Cohen has been honoured with induction in the Rock and Roll and Canadian Music Halls of Fame and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 – among many other prestigious music prizes.

Cohen’s 14th student album You Want It Darker was only released in October, and received some of the best reviews of his later career.

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Little Mix’s Shout Out To My Ex is the UK’s Official Number 1 single for a third consecutive week.

A combined chart sales tally of 79,000 sees Jade, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Perrie reign supreme on the Official Singles Chart once more. SOTME joins Black Magic as the girls’ longest-reigning Number 1 single. Their first two chart toppers Cannonball and Wings each spent a sole week at the top.

James Arthur’s Say You Won’t Let Go hold firm at Number 2 this week for the third straight week, and was this week’s most streamed track. James very nearly complete a singles and albums chart double – his second album Back from the Edge is Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.

Up four places to climb into the Top 3 for the first time is Rockabye, Clean Bandit’s infectious collaboration with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie. The song marks Clean Bandit’s sixth Top 5 appearance, Sean Paul’s 11th and Anne-Marie’s first.

New entries and high climbers

Bruno Mars’ X Factor and Live Lounge performances of 24K Magic send it up the Official Singles Chart Top 10, rising five places to a new peak of Number 6. Drake’s Fake Love becomes his eighth Top 10 hit and fourth of 2016, rising from last week’s 37 to this week’s Number 10.

Maroon 5’s hook-up with Kendrick Lamar also continues to scale the chart – Don’t Wanna Know vaults six places to reach a new personal best of Number 11. Galantis and Hook N Sling also reach a new peak with their track Love On Me, up nine to Number 18.

X Factor winner Louisa Johnson is this week’s highest new entry with So Good, new at Number 20. Louisa is just ahead of Jonas Blue, who along with Raye is new at 21 with By Your Side.

Finally, after six weeks on chart, Kideko and George Kwali’s Crank It (Woah!) makes its Top 40 debut, rising 10 places to Number 32.

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Little Mix can crack open the sparkling water again, as ‘Shout Out to My Ex’ makes it two weeks at number one.

Not only that, it sold even better this time than it did last week, apparently.

The Official Charts Company reports that the girls notched up 112,000 combined sales, higher than last week’s 95,000, which was the highest opening-week download sales for this year.

Not only that, but it’s officially number one longer than Zayn Malik’s ‘Pillowtalk’ – not that there’s any connection of course… just saying that the Glory Days era is off to a good start, despite the occasional Instagram hiccup.

The rest of the top five hasn’t moved since last week either, so that’s James Arthur with ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ at two, Chainsmokers with ‘Closer’ featuring Halsey at three, The Weeknd with ‘Starboy’ featuring Daft Punk at four and Hailee Steinfeld and Zedd rounding out the top five with ‘Starving”.

Let’s change things up a little bit next week, yeah guys?

Just outside the top five, we’ve got Norwegian producer/DJ type Neiked with his track ‘Sexual’. Fun fact: Dyo is the guest vocalist on the track, and this is her fifth UK Top 10.

Elsewhere, Clean Bandit may have said goodbye to Neil Amin-Smith but they can also say hello to another top ten in the form of ‘Rockabye’, which debuts at seven.

After his performance on The X Factor last week, Shawn Mendes’s track ‘Mercy’ has shot 25 places to No. 15.

And on the outskirts of the top 40 we’ve got Drake entering at 37 with ‘Fake Love’ – is this going to become a ‘One Dance’ sized sleeper hit?

Not if the charts don’t move around much next week. Sort it out people.

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Little Mix just scored their fourth number one hit with ‘Shout Out To My Ex’ and joined a special elite in the process.

They’re now only the third artist to enter the charts at the highest position following Major Lazer and Justin Bieber’s ‘Cold Water’ and Zayn’s ‘Pillowtalk’ (awkward).

‘Shout Out To My Ex’ has also enjoyed the biggest opening week download sales for a No.1 single this year and shifted 95,000 combines sales.

“We want to say a massive thank you for getting us here,” Little Mix said. “Everyone can relate to this song. Everyone’s had an ex or a bad relationship and this is a big positive break up anthem.”

Elsewhere last week’s chart topper James Arthur slips to two with ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ while Chainsmokers and Halsey’s ‘Closer’ is also down a place to three.

The Weeknd and Daft Punk’s collaboration ‘Starboy’ is at four while singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld scores her first UK Top 10 with her Grey and Zedd collaboration ‘Starving’, which climbs 12 places to five.

Maroon 5 enter at 16 with their Kendrick Lamar collaboration ‘Don’t Wanna Know’, giving them their 18th UK Top 40 single in the process while Fifth Harmony’s ‘That’s My Girl’ enters at 31.

Finally, Galantis & Hook N Sling are up seven places to 37 as Shawn Mendes’s latest single ‘Mercy’ climbs the charts by two places to enter the Top 5.

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James Arthur has notched up another week at number one following his performance on The X Factor over the weekend.

The former champion of the singing competition has snagged a third week at the top with his comeback single ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’.

It’s racked up nearly 50,000 downloads and over 5.6 million streams in the last seven days, meaning it’s celebrating its highest weekly combined sales so far.

Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s ‘Closer’ climb a place to two, The Weeknd’s new single ‘Starboy’ with Daft Punk slips to three and Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Side To Side’ climbs a place to four.

Sia’s ‘The Greatest’ with Kendrick Lamar rounds off the Top 5 after climbing three places.

Elsewhere, Bruno Mars scores his 10th Top 10 with his new single ’24K Magic’ entering at nine and claiming this week’s highest new entry in the process.

Zara Larsson’s ‘Ain’t My Fault’ is up three to number 13 while Hailee Steinfeld, Grey and Zedd vault 11 slots to 17 with ‘Starving’.

Finally, Drake’s ‘Controlla’ returns to the Top 40 after climbing four places to 39 following the announcement of his UK arena tour.

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James Arthur is taking the title of his latest hit Say You Won’t Let Go literally this week – he’s refusing to budge from the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Say You Won’t Let Go logs a second week at Number 1, over 27,000 combined chart sales of nearest rival The Weeknd’s Starboy feat. Daft Punk who rises one place to 2.

Say You Won’t let Go is also the most streamed track of the week, racking up 5.03 million listens over the last seven days.

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s Side To Side goes up one place to break the Top 5 for the first time.

New entries and high climbers

It’s a big week for former One Direction star Niall Horan, as he scores his very first solo Top 10 with debut single This Town. The track rockets 91 places to land at Number 9, following its surprise release late last Thursday.

Zara Larsson lands a fifth Top 20 as Ain’t My Fault advances seven places to 16, while Craig David & Sigala leap 16 spots to 23 with Ain’t Giving Up.

Chainsmokers score another Top 40 with All We Know, featuring Phoebe Ryan, and Hailee Steinfeld, Grey and Zedd jump nine places to 28 with Starving.

Dua Lipa’s Blow Your Mind (Mwah) hits a new chart peak, rising seven slots to 31, while Neikid’s Sexual breaks the Top 40 for the first time, up seven to 34.

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