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James Arthur makes a triumphant return to the top of the Official Singles Chart as his comeback track Say You Won’t Let Go claims this week’s Number 1.

The song notched up 85,000 combined sales (made up of 41,000 downloads and 4.4 million streams) to knock The Chainsmokers’ Closer (2) from the summit after a four week stint at the top.

James told OfficialCharts.com: “This is incredible… I wasn’t in any way expecting it. I knew it was a good song and I thought some people might like it, but if you’d said to me it would be this well received, I would have thought you were pulling my leg.”

James is the second British act to land at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this year. Back in February, Zayn debuted at the top with his first solo single Pillowtalk.

Say You Won’t Let Go is James’ second Number 1 on the singles chart, following his X Factor winner’s single Impossible in 2012.

Meanwhile, Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd makes an impressive debut with his new single Starboy ft. Daft Punk at Number 3, and Calvin Harris’ latest track My Way lifts a spot to 4.

Outside the Top 10, Ellie Goulding’s track Still Falling For You from the new Bridget Jones film reaches a new peak at 11, and Matoma & Becky Hill’s False Alarm jumps five places to 28.

Finally, two songs climbs into the Top 40 this week; Dua Lipa’s Blow Your Mind (Mwah) at 38 (up eight places) and Craig David & Sigala’s Ain’t Giving Up climbs three spots to Number 39.

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James Arthur’s been set for an almighty comeback all week, towering over Lady Gaga in the singles chart and heading for his first No.1 since his X Factor win.

So did he pull it off? Not quite.

James’s new single ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ has ended the week at number two, just missing out on the top spot.

Chainsmokers and Halsey’s reigning chart topper ‘Closer’ secures No.1 for a fourth week with combined sales of 82,500, also scooping the title of most streamed track.

James Arthur surged from 25 to two and scored the most downloaded single of the week, claiming combined sales of 60,000.

Elsewhere, DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s ‘Let Me Love You’ drops a place to three while Major Lazer’s ‘Cold Water’ similarly slips a place to four and Calvin Harris’s ‘My Way’ rounds off the Top 5.

At 6, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Side To Side’ becomes Ariana’s third highest-charting single, behind her number ones ‘Problem’ and ‘Bang Bang’, while Emeli Sande’s comeback track ‘Hurts’ debuts at 22.

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The Chainsmokers extend their reign over the Official Singles Chart this week, as Closer keeps the Number 1 spot.

The US duo’s collaboration with Halsey notched up 89,000 combined sales to lead the Top 40 for a third week, made up of 31,000 downloads and 5.8 million streams.

Closer finishes a sizable 31,000 ahead of its closest rival, DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s Let Me Love You (2), while Major Lazer’s former Number 1 Cold Water holds at 3.

Calum Scott’s Dancing On My Own is a non-mover at 4, and Sia’s The Greatest zooms 44 places to Number 5 – the biggest climber in this week’s Top 40.

New entries and high climbers

Ariana Grande celebrates her fourth Top 10 single today with Side To Side ft. Nicki Minaj, which leaps from 24 to Number 8. The song is now the highest charting from her Number 1 album Dangerous Woman, following the title track (Number 17 peak) and Into You (Number 14).

This week’s highest new entry comes from Lady Gaga and her comeback track Perfect Illusion, which lands at Number 12. The song serves as the lead single from her new album Joanne, which is out on October 21.

Bastille’s Good Grief rebounds seven spots to Number 20 following the release of their new album Wild World this week, and former X Factor champion James Arthur debuts at Number 25 with Say You Won’t Let Go – his first single in three years.

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The Chainsmokers have extended their reign at the top of the UK singles chart, clocking up a second week at No.1 with their latest hit.

The duo’s new collaboration ‘Closer’ with Halsey took pole position with combined sales of 92,000 copies. That’s 12,000 more than last week.

It means DJ Snake and Justin Bieber have to settle for two once again with ‘Let Me Love You’, while Major Lazer’s hit ‘Cold Water’ (which is also a Biebs collab) rounds off the Top 3.

Calum Scott is at four with ‘Dancing On My Own’ in the completely unchanged Top 5, meaning Twenty One Pilots are still at five with ‘Heathens’.

However, Martin Garrix climbs into the Top 10 with ‘In The Name Of Love’, while Olly Murs has reached a new peak of 15 with ‘You Don’t Know Love’.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding’s Bridget Jones’s Baby single ‘Still Falling For You’ climbs to No.19, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj jump to 24 with ‘Side To Side’, and Zara Larsson starts at 30 with ‘Ain’t My Fault’.

Further down, Offaiah’s ‘Trouble’ starts to scale the chart, climbing to 31, while Matoma & Becky Hill’s ‘False Alarm’ is up to 35.

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Congratulations to The Chainsmokers and Halsey, who have scored their first ever number one single with ‘Closer’.

The song knocked Justin Bieber and Major Lazer’s ‘Cold Water’ off the top spot after finishing the week with 80,000 chart sales. Biebs racked up five weeks at number one before being dethroned.

The American duo told OfficialCharts.com: “Well this is awesome ’cause I (Alex) have a lot of family in the UK that don’t have a clue what I have been doing for the last 10 years so this will make waves during the holidays this year.

“But in all seriousness this is an amazing achievement for us. We are beyond grateful at all the support from our UK fans and radio stations; as a relatively new artist, it means a lot to us and gives us a lot of confidence in the music we have coming up!”

DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s ‘Let Me Love You’ stays at 2, while Bieber and Major Lazer’s ‘Cold Water’ drops two spots to 3, despite being the most streamed song of the last week.

Calum Scott’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ is at 4 and Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Heathens’ rounds out the top 5.

Outside the top 5, Tieks and Dan Harkna’s ‘Sunshine’ climbs eight places to 15, while LVNDSCAPE and Bolier’s remix of Bob Marley’s ‘Is This Love’ is up to 20.

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The Official Singles Chart is once again drenched in Cold Water this week, as Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and MØ hang on to Number 1 for a fifth consecutive week.

It’s been a closely run race all week between Cold Water and DJ Snake’s Let Me Love You, which also features Justin Bieber. Cold Water shifted just over 71,500 combined chart sales, meaning DJ Snake couldn’t charm his way to the top, finishing 1,469 behind to spend a third straight week at Number 2.

Major Lazer’s Cold Water drowns out the competition when it comes to streaming too – it’s notched up 5.03 million plays to be the most listened to track of the week.

The Chainsmokers edge up one place to 3 with Closer, featuring Halsey, and Calum Scott’s cover of Robyn’s Dancing On My Own drops one to 4, while Twenty One Pilots’ Heathens hits a new chart high, rising two to 5.

It’s a new chart peak for Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez’s We Don’t Talk Anymore, which leaps nine places to break into the Top 20 for the first time, at 14. Anne-Marie’s Alarm has also gone Top 20, up five to 19.

Highest brand new entry this week belongs to Ellie Goulding, with Still Falling For You, from the latest Bridget Jones movie, going in at 25, and Craig David & Sigala are also new at 29 with Ain’t Giving Up.

Two tracks break into the Top 40 for the very first time this week: a remix of Is This Love, from Bob Marley feat. Lvndscape and Bolier, is up 3 to 39, while Cheat Codes & Dante Klein rocket 37 slots with Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) up to 40.

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He may have disappeared from Instagram this week, but it looks like Justin Bieber isn’t moving from the UK No.1 position any time soon.

The singer has claimed a fourth week at the top with his Major Lazer and MØ team-up ‘Cold Water’, which took the title with 83,000 combined sales.

They were made up of 26,000 downloads and 5.67 million streams, reports the Official Charts.

Bieber fended off tough competition from, um, himself for a second week, with his DJ Snake anthem ‘Let Me Love You’ stuck at number two.

Calum Scott holds firm at number three with ‘Dancing On My Own’, Chainsmokers and Halsey jump from 12 to four with ‘Closer’, and Jonas Blue slips to five with ‘Perfect Strangers’.

Outside the Top 10, Lil Wayne’s Suicide Squad single ‘Sucker For Pain’ is at 12, while Olly Murs climbs to 19 with his latest single ‘You Don’t Know Love’.

Elsewhere, Tieks’ ‘Sunshine’ featuring Dan Harkna advances nine places to 22 this week, while Martin Garrix is up to 28 with his Bebe Rexha team-up ‘In The Name Of Love’.

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Major Lazer, MØ and Justin Bieber are Number 1 for a third consecutive week with Cold Water, fending off… Justin Bieber.

Justin’s new collaboration with DJ Snake Let Me Love You is a new entry at Number 2, boasting strong combined chart sales of 70,000. Despite LMLY being the most purchased single of the week with 40,000 sold, JB’s featured slot on Major Lazer’s track is still Number 1 with 93,000 combined chart sales, and was the most streamed song over the past seven days.

The rest of this week’s Top 5 are made up of music that all slips one place since last week. Calum Scott’s Dancing On My Own falls from 2 to 3, Jonas Blue and JP Cooper’s Perfect Strangers drops from 3 to 4, and The Chainsmokers’ Don’t Let Me Down featuring Daya slips one spot to 5.

New entries and high climbers

Rocketing 11 places to this week’s Number 9 is twenty one pilots’ Suicide Squad soundtrack single Heathens, the first UK Top 10 single for the Ohio duo. The Chainsmokers are back with another Top 20 entry this week, their Halsey collaboration Closer has risen 21 ranks to Number 12, Halsey’s first Top 20 single in the UK.

MØ’s Final Song hops up one place on the chart to Number 14 and Christine and the Queens’ Tilted also jolts one position, hitting the Top 20 for the first time at 20. Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez’s We Don’t Talk Anymore is up three to 23, closely followed by Fifth Harmony’s All In My Head (Flex), which enjoys a jump of 11 to Number 25.

Suicide Squad soundtrack cut Sucker For Pain marks a 19th Top 40 hit for Lil Wayne, an 8th for Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons’ 7th. The track which also features X Ambassadors, Logic and Ty Dolla $ign is this week’s joint highest climber, rising 37 places to 28.

Finally, another song that experienced a 37 spot boost on the Official Singles Chart is Tieks and Dan Harkna’s Sunshine. Featured on a Fiat 500 advert, the song vaults from 68 to 31.

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Major Lazer’s collaboration with Justin Bieber and MØ is the UK’s Official Singles Chart Number 1 for a second consecutive week.

Cold Water has passed 100,000 chart equivalent sales for the second week in a row with 104,000 of you buying or streaming the track over the past seven days. The Ed Sheeran-penned song was the most streamed single of the week and outperformed its 102,000 garnering figure from last week.

Major Lazer told Official Charts last week: “We can’t believe we have our first Number 1 and are amazed at the support from the UK. We have a lot more coming for you this summer!”

Calum Scott’s slow burning single Dancing On My Own climbs one place to Number 2, a new peak after 15 weeks on the chart. Jonas Blue’s BPI certified Silver single Perfect Strangers falls one place to 3, followed by two non-movers – The Chainsmokers’ Don’t Let Me Down and Drake’s One Dance at 4 and 5 respectively.

New entries and high climbers

Bastille’s Official Trending Chart Number 1 Good Grief climbs two positions to 13, while MØ’s Final Song enjoys a similar experience, up two to 15. A bigger jump comes from girl group M.O; their hit Who Do You Think Of becomes their first Top 20 single, rising seven places to 18.

Three high climbers follow shortly after at Numbers 20, 21 and 22. twenty one pilots’ Heathens becomes their second Top 20 entry, up 14 to Number 20, Titled from Christine and the Queens jolts six places to 21 and Anne-Marie’s Australian Top 10 single Alarm rises 10 spots to 22.

Halsey scores her first Top 40 single courtesy of her featured slot on The Chainsmokers’ new entry Closer (33) and finally, Fifth Harmony’s All In My Head (Flex) springs into the Top 40 for the first time, up 10 to 36.

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It’s happened – Drake is no longer Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Drizzy’s 15-week stay at the top spot – the second longest consecutive stint in UK chart history – is over; his Wizkid and Kyla collaboration One Dance has slipped four places and finishes at this week’s Number 5.

Our new Number 1 is Cold Water, Major Lazer’s powerhouse collaboration with Justin Bieber and MØ, which notches up 102,000 combined sales to take the top spot, including 5.56 million streams and 47,000 downloads. The track is Major Lazer and MØ’s first Number 1 single and Justin’s fourth.

The rest of this week’s Top 5 looks like this: Jonas Blue and JP Cooper’s Perfect Strangers holds firm at Number 2, Calum Scott’s Dancing On My Own climbs one to hit a new peak of Number 3 and The Chainsmokers tumble one spot with Don’t Let Me Down.

New entries and high climbers

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Shawn Mendes’ Treat You Better climbs three places to a new high of Number 6, and Kent Jones’ Don’t Mind rises 10 to 9 following his performance in BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge earlier this week.

Bastille’s Good Grief is a big climber this week, vaulting to a new peak of 15, up nine places from last week’s 24. MØ is back again with her solo hit Final Song which climbs two rungs (17), and she is closely followed by M.O – the girl group’s first Top 40 entry Who Do You Think Of rises from 35 to 25.

Christine and the Queens’ Tilted moves two places to a new PB of 27, as does Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez’s We Don’t Talk Anymore (28). Anne-Marie’s Alarm is a new entry in this week’s Top 40, up 23 placings to 32, and finally Snakehips’ Cruel featuring Zayn floats five places to 33.

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