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It may be Friday the 13th, but Drake definitely has luck on his side as he claims a fifth week at Number 1 with One Dance.

Despite strong competition from Calvin Harris’s This Is What You Came For, feat. Rihanna, and Justin Timberlake’s surprise release Can’t Stop The Feeling, Drake notched up an impressive 123,500 combined chart sales to hold on to the top spot.

The Canadian rapper has been having a great week when it comes to streaming, too. While he doesn’t quite match the new record he set last week with 8.9 million listens, One Dance has racked up 8.37 million plays over the last seven days.

Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For settles for another week at Number 2, and Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop The Feeling, taken from the soundtrack for upcoming movie Trolls, is new at 3.

Sia’s Cheap Thrills slips a place to 4, while the former Number 1 from Mike Posner, I Took A Pill In Ibiza, continues its comedown, falling one spot to round off our Top 5.

Not satisfied with dominating the Top 2, Drake and Rihanna have teamed up for a new entry, with Too Good, taken from Drake’s chart-topping album Views, rising 18 places to Number 23.

will.i.am scores his 39th Top 40 hit this week, with Boys & Girls feat. Pia Mia leaping 16 places to Number 26, while Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam score their very first – Sex is new at 35.

Drake’s back again at 39, as Controlla climbs seven places, and Paradise, from Benny Benassi feat. Chris Brown rises four to 40.

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It’s another big week for Drake on the Official Singles Chart, as One Dance fends off some strong competition to continue its lead at Number 1.

The track logs a fourth stint at the summit this week, holding off a challenge from Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s collaboration This Is What You Came For, new at Number 2.

And the love for One Dance is going anywhere yet: this week the song racks up 141,000 chart sales – it’s biggest one-week total yet. It also sets a new one-week streaming record, notching up a massive 8.95 million streams over the last week, beating his own record set last week.

Meanwhile, Calvin and Rihanna’s This Is What You Came For settles for second place with 107,000 combined sales, earning Calvin his 20th Top 10 single. See his full Official Chart history here.

The rest of this week’s Top 5 is made up of Sia’s Cheap Thrills at 3, Mike Posner’s I Took A Pill In Ibiza at 4, and Fifth Harmony’s Work From Home at 5.

Production duo Galantis earn their third Top 10 this week with No Money, climbing four places to Number 8, Beyonce’s Hold Up moves six spots to Number 11, and DJ Snake’s Middle ft. Bipolar Sunshine lifts six spots to 12.

There are three more big climbers on this week’s Official Singles Chart: Desiigner’s Panda vaults ten places to 15, Drake’s Pop Style is up 25 spots to 34, and Nick Jonas’ Close ft. Tove Lo makes its Top 40 debut, up six to 39.

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It’s a good week for Drake in more than one way, because as well as releasing his new album, the rapper’s also scored a third week at the top of the charts with ‘One Dance’.

And he’s notched up a record-breaking 7.86 million streams, which just so happens to be the highest number in a week ever, beating Adele’s ‘Hello’, which landed 7.32m plays when it was first released back in October.

‘One Dance’ is lifted from the rapper’s new album Views, which you can expect to see make a big impression in next week’s chart.

Elsewhere, Sia’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ is at two for the fourth week in a row, followed by Mike Posner’s ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ at three, while DNCE’s ‘Cake By The Ocean’ is at four and Fifth Harmony’s ‘Work From Home’ is at five.

Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ hits a new peak at six following the late music legend’s death, with ‘When Doves Cry’ appearing at 26, ‘Kiss’ at 38, ‘Raspberry Beret’ at 47 and ‘Little Red Corvette’ at 70.

Now let’s get to Beyoncé. The singer’s new album Lemonade sees six of the record’s tracks enter the Top 40.

The highest entry, ‘Hold Up’, debuts at 17, followed by ‘Formation’ at 31, ‘Sorry’ at 33, ‘6 Inch’ at 35, ‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ at 36 and ‘Freedom’ at 40.

Finally, Little Mix’s ‘Hair’ breaks the Top 20 after climbing 12 places to 19.

See this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

Drake is king of the charts for another week.

The Canadian rapper has landed a second week at the top with ‘One Dance’ after scoring an impressive 115,000 chart sales.

‘One Dance’ also just so happens to be the most-streamed track of the week after racking up just over 7 million plays during the last seven days.

Sia sticks at two with the Sean Paul version of her track ‘Cheap Thrills’ while Mike Posner’s ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ is at three and Fifth Harmony’s ‘Work From Home’ remains at four.

Tinie Tempah hops two places to round off the Top 5 with his Zara Larsson collaboration ‘Girls Like’.

Elsewhere, Sean Paul makes another appearance at 31 on Little Mix’s new single ‘Hair’ as Chainsmokers’ track ‘Roses’ climbs six places to break the Top 20 at number 16.

Finally, Pink makes a return to the Top 40 after nearly three years away with her Alice Through The Looking Glass song ‘Just Like Fire’.

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Drake’s only gone and scored his very own number one single.

It’s taken him long enough, but the Canadian rapper has finally topped the UK charts for the first time with his own track thanks to ‘One Dance’ hitting 72,000 sales.

Drizzy previously topped the charts on Rihanna’s single ‘What’s My Name?’ back in 2011.

‘One Dance’, which features Wizkid and Filipino singer Kyla, just so happens to be the first number one of the year to feature a female.

Elsewhere, Sia is at two with ‘Cheap Thrills’ while Mike Posner slips two places to three with ‘I Took a Pill In Ibiza’, Fifth Harmony drop to four with ‘Work from Home’, and Zara Larsson completes the Top 5 with ‘Lush Life’.

Joe Jonas’s group DNCE break the Top 10 with ‘Cake by the Ocean’ hopping two places to nine, as Meghan Trainor’s ‘No’ leaps 12 places to 11 thanks to her performance on The Voice UK and Graham Norton’s show.

Speaking of The Voice UK, this year’s winner, former Liberty X star Kevin Simm, debuts at 24 with his first solo single ‘All You Good Friends’.

Finally, Years & Years climb 19 places to 27 with ‘Desire’ after releasing a new version of the track featuring Tove Lo.

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Sia has a lot to celebrate this evening as she has just scored a new personal best on the UK Top 40.

The Aussie singer-songwriter climbs to two with ‘Cheap Thrills’ on this week’s Official Chart, making it her highest placing as a lead artist.

Sia has reached number one in the UK before, but that was as a featured vocalist on David Guetta’s ‘Titanium’ in 2012.

Meanwhile, Mike Posner logs a fourth week at number one with the Seeb remix of his single ‘I Took a Pill in Ibiza’.

The American singer-songwriter takes the crown with 76,000 combined sales, which includes 4.1 million streams in the UK this week.

Fifth Harmony fall to three with ‘Work from Home’, Lukas Graham are at four with ‘7 Years’ and Zara Larsson stays firm at five with ‘Lush Life’.

Selena Gomez shoots up to 14 with latest single ‘Hands to Myself’, while Drake’s surprise new single ‘One Dance’ is new at 21.

The Vamps begin at 30 with the single version of ‘I Found a Girl’ featuring OMI, while Kanye West’s new single ‘Famous’ featuring Rihanna vaults up a massive 161 places to 33 after it was made available on Spotify and Apple Music last week.

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Simon Cowell will be a happy man this evening as his X Factor USA girl group Fifth Harmony have reached a new chart peak in the UK.

The five-piece’s new anthem, ‘Work From Home’, climbs up another place to No. 2 on this week’s Official Chart.

It’s the highest Fifth Harmony have ever placed on the UK Top 40. Their previous peak was No. 3 with ‘Worth It’ last summer.

However, Mike Posner has kept hold of the No.1 spot with the Seeb remix of his latest single ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’.

The American singer-songwriter has now enjoyed pole position for three consecutive weeks.

Lukas Graham slip to three with ‘7 Years’, Sia climbs to four with ‘Cheap Thrills’, and Zara Larsson is at five with ‘Lush Life’.

Elsewhere, Joe Jonas’s new band DNCE are up to number 17 with ‘Cake By The Ocean’, while Meghan Trainor begins to climb at 30 with her new single ‘No’.

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It’s bad news for Capcom and Street Fighter 5, which has completely dropped out of the all-format gaming charts.

The PS4 and PC brawler debuted in second back in February, but dropped eight places the following week before eventually dropping out of the top 20 earlier this month.

It now finds itself outside of the top 40 altogether, having landed at 28 last week.

It’s better news for Ubisoft, which has three games in the top ten. The Division continues to dominate the gaming chart in first, followed by EA Sports UFC 2 and Far Cry Primal.

FIFA 16 follows at four, Black Ops 3 charts at five and GTA 5 climbs one place to six. Star Wars: Battlefront lands at seven, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers charts at eight, while Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 and Rainbow Six: Siege round things off at nine and ten.

Here’s the all-format gaming chart in full:​

1. ​The Division (Ubisoft)
2. EA Sports UFC 2 (EA Sports)
3. Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft)
4. FIFA 16 (EA Sports)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Activision)
6. Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
7. Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
8. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (EA)
10. Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft)
11. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (Sony)
12. Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
13. Hyrule Warriors: Legends (Nintendo)
14. Pokken Tournament (Nintendo)
15. WWE 2K16 (2K Sports)
16. LEGO Jurassic World (Warner Bros)
17. Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
18. Minecraft: Story Mode (Telltale Games)
19. Forza Motorsport 6 (Microsoft)
20. Just Cause 3 (Square Enix)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Mike Posner has spent a second week at number 1 in the singles chart with ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’.

The American singer comfortably retained the position after knocking Lukas Graham off the top of the chart last week by the closest margin in nearly a decade.

This week Posner beats the Danish band by a comfortable 11,000 sales, compared with 261 last week.

“To be number 1 in the UK is quite an honour,” Posner told OfficialCharts.com. “It’s very flattering to know this many people are listening to my music and enjoying it enough to give me money for it!“

Lukas Graham’s ‘Seven’ stays at number 2, while Fifth Harmony’s ‘Work From Home’ rises to number 3, matching the peak of their single ‘Worth It’ last year.

Zara Larsson’s ‘Lush Life’ also rises a place to number 4, while Sigala’s ‘Say You Do’ completes the Top 5.

Sia got her eighth Top 10 hit with ‘Cheap Thrills’, jumping to number 8 from 16, while  Tinie Tempah and Zara Larsson’s ‘Girls Like’ moves up from 10 to 9.

Production duo Blonde’s collaboration with Craig David, ‘Nothing Like This’, is the week’s highest new entry at number 17.

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Lukas Graham have lost their number one crown by a thread.

Mike Posner’s ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ has stolen the top spot from ‘7 Years’ in a last minute overnight jolt.

In fact, there were only 261 combined sales between the two singles, making it the closest chart race of the year.

It’s also the narrowest margin between the Top 2 since 2007, when Timbaland and Keri Hilson’s ‘The Way I Are’ beat Kate Nash’s’ ‘Foundations’ to number one by just 16 copies.

Meanwhile, Zara Larsson’s ‘Lush Life’ climbs a spot to number three as Fifth Harmony’s ‘Work From Home’ leaps seven spots to four, and Rihanna’s ‘Work’ completes the Top 5.

Ariana Grande scores this week’s highest new entry with ‘Dangerous Woman’ entering at 17, while Selena Gomez’s ‘Hands To Myself’ climbs 11 places to 21.

Finally, Zayn has scored his second solo Top 40 with ‘Like I Would’ swooping straight in at 30.

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