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He was beaten by the NHS choir to last week’s Christmas number one, but Justin Bieber is back on top of the singles chart for New Year’s Day with ‘Love Yourself’.

The singer records the first number one of the year with the track, and occupies three places in the top five.

Bieber’s single ‘Sorry’ is back up to 2 and Adele’s ‘Hello’ is at 3. Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean’ follows at 4, while Grace ft. G-Eazy rounds out the top five with ‘You Don’t Own Me’.

Elsewhere, Fleur East’s ‘Sax’ climbs eight places to 6 and MNEK & Zara Larsson’s ‘Never Forget You’ climbs to 10.

Little Mix’s ‘Love Me Like You’ climbs from 20 to 11, and Shawn Mendes’ ‘Stitches’ is up 13 places to 12.

A host of further tracks also climbed the charts to re-enter the top 40, including  Walk The Moon’s ‘Shut Up & Dance’ (27), R City’s ‘Locked Away’ (28), Little Mix’s ‘Black Magic’ (30), One Direction’s ‘Drag Me Down’ (31) and Ariana Grande’s ‘Focus’ (35).

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After one of the closest races for the Christmas No.1 in years, the NHS Choir have won the festive top spot.

The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir’s mash-up single ‘A Bridge Over You’ managed to fend off tough competition from Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Myself’, which has settled for number two.

The track won the race with a total of 127,000 combined copies, compared to Bieber’s 97,000.

“We are absolutely overwhelmed and couldn’t be any happier,” the choir told OfficialCharts.com.

“It’s a brilliant celebration for the NHS across the country so well done and thank you everyone for downloading and streaming. A massive cheer for the NHS, thank you!”

Although Bieber missed out on the Christmas No.1 – which would’ve been the first of his career – we don’t think he’ll mind too much.

Earlier in the week when ‘Love Yourself’ was ahead in the race, the 22-year-old told his 71.9 million Twitter followers to buy the NHS Choir’s single instead of his because it was for a good cause.

Also, the Canadian star rounds off the Christmas Day Top 3 with his October single ‘Sorry’.

Adele is just behind at four with ‘Hello’, and Bieber continues his run of having a Top 5 hat-trick with ‘What Do You Mean?’ at number five.

“It’s a brilliant celebration for the NHS across the country so well done and thank you everyone for downloading and streaming. A massive cheer for the NHS, thank you!”

Stormy finishes at number nine for the Christmas chart, while X Factor champion Louisa Johnson falls to 12 with ‘Forever Young’.

As for the festive classics, Mariah Carey leads the way with ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ at 11, while The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ is at 13.

Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ is at 18, Shakin’ Stevens is at 26 with ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’, and Wizzard’s ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ is just behind at 27.

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The newest X Factor champion Louisa Johnson has recorded the lowest-placing winner’s single debut ever with ‘Forever Young’.

Her cover of Bob Dylan’s classic track enters the UK singles chart at number 9 in a disappointing debut for the 17-year-old.

Meanwhile, it was a much more successful week for Justin Bieber, who has broken a UK chart record previously held by The Beatles.

The singer has become the first artist ever to log four weeks at numbers 1 and 2 in the UK after ‘Love Yourself’ recorded a third successive week at the top, and ‘Sorry’ stayed strong in second spot.

Elsewhere, Adele’s ‘Hello’ is at 3, Grace ft G-Eazy’s ‘You Don’t Own Me’ is at 4, and Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ round out the top 5.

Notably, Stormzy’s ‘Shut Up’ has also risen from 91 to 8 following a Christmas campaign.

There are also Top 40 appearances from classic Christmas hits including Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ (12), The Pogues’ and Kirsty MacColl’s ‘Fairytale of New York’ (15), Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ (24), Wizzard’s ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ (34) and Shakin’ Stevens’ ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ (35).

Source: Official Charts Company

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Justin Bieber’s record-breaking reign at the top of the charts lives on for another week.

‘Love Yourself’ has claimed number one yet again after fending off fierce competition from fellow Bieber track ‘Sorry’, which sticks at number two.

Meanwhile, Sigala’s ‘Sweet Lovin’ claims this week’s highest new entry at three while Adele’s ‘Hello’ falls a place to four and Grace and G-Eazy’s ‘You Don’t Own Me’ rounds off the Top 5.

Justin Bieber has triumphed in the white knuckle battle against himself again – he’s number one for another week.

The singer’s overtaken himself, with ‘Love Yourself’ knocking his other track ‘Sorry’ off the top spot.

With ‘Sorry’ at two and ‘What Do You Mean’ staying put at four, Bieber’s domination of the Top 5 is staying strong.

Meanwhile Adele’s ‘Hello’ is three while Grace leaps 39 places to five with ‘You Don’t Own Me’.

Coldplay have climbed eight places to 15 with ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ while Sigma and Rita Ora’s ‘Coming Home’ is at 26 and 99 Souls’ ‘Girl Is Mine’ is at 33.

Finally Mariah Carey kicks off the Christmas countdown by re-entering the charts at 35 with ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.

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Justin Bieber isn’t going anywhere, and has bagged this week’s number one single yet again.

‘Sorry’ is at the top of the charts for another week while his track ‘Love Yourself’ is just behind at number two.

Justin’s the first artist to simultaneously claim the top two spots in 30 years.

Madonna previously occupied both positions in 1985 with ‘Into The Groove’ (1) and ‘Holiday’ (2).

Meanwhile, the singer’s fellow Purpose track ‘What Do You Mean’ is at four, with Adele’s ‘Hello’ (3) and Fleur East’s ‘Sax’ (5) breaking up the Top 5.

Elsewhere, former The Wanted member Nathan Sykes claims his biggest solo hit yet with ‘Over and Over Again’ at eight.

Rudimental and Ed Sheeran have jumped seven places to 12 with ‘Lay It All On Me’, while Olly Murs’s ‘Kiss Me’ climbs nine places to 13.

Finally, Adele’s 25 track ‘When We Were Young’ enters at 29.

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Justin Bieber has knocked Adele’s ‘Hello’ from its perch to claim this week’s number one single, and match John Lennon’s chart record in the process.

Unbelievably, every single track from the singer’s new album Purpose is in the Top 100. With eight of those tracks in the Top 40, Bieber’s the only living artist to have achieved that number of simultaneous positions.

As well as ‘Sorry’ nabbing the top spot, Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’ and ‘What Do You Mean’ are both in the Top 5 at three and five respectively.

The 22-year-old is also the first artist to celebrate three singles in the Top 5 since John Lennon did so after his death 34 years ago, with ‘Imagine’, ‘Happy Xmas’ and ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’.

Elsewhere, Adele’s ‘Hello’ is at two and Fleur East’s ‘Sax’ drops a place to four.

Jess Glynne has earned her eighth Top 10 single with Children in Need track ‘Take Me Home’, while One Direction’s ‘Perfect’ climbs six places to number ten.

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Adele’s reign at the top of the singles chart continues for another week.

The singer is number one for a third consecutive week with her comeback track ‘Hello’, which outsold its nearest competitor, Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, by over 34,000 combined chart sales.

Adele has also claimed the week’s most streamed track, racking up 4.7 million plays while Justin’s ‘Sorry’ is right behind it with 4.5 million.

X Factor runner-up Fleur East enters at three with her debut single ‘Sax’ while West London trio WSTRN are this week’s highest climber with ‘In2’ leaping 56 places to four.

MNEK and Zara Larsson’s ‘Never Forget You’ claims a new chart peak and rounds off the Top 5.

Meanwhile, Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora is at 11 with her cover of Oasis’s ‘Half the World Away’ for this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert.

Coldplay are at 14 with ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’, which marks their 21st Top 40, while Jess Glynne’s official Children in Need single ‘Take Me Home’ is at 20.

Finally, Justin Bieber scores his 29th UK Top 40 single with ‘I’ll Show You’ and One Direction claim their 18th with ‘History’.

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Adele’s reign at the top of the charts continues for another week.

‘Hello’ became the fastest-selling single of 2015 last Friday, setting a new streaming record in the process.

On top of that, the singer’s comeback track has also already been certified Gold by the BPI.

This week alone, ‘Hello’ has sold an impressive 121,000 downloads and notched up 5.78 million streams​.

Meanwhile Justin Bieber is at two with ‘Sorry’, while Sam Smith’s Bond theme ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ from the movie Spectre is at three.

The Weeknd’s ‘The Hills’ climbs a place to four, while Drake slips two places to complete the Top 5 with ‘Hotline Bling’.

Ariana Grande’s ‘Focus’ is this week’s highest new entry at ten, as Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies scores a second Top 40 with ‘Reality’ at 29.

Little Mix’s ‘Love Me Like You’ has reached a new chart peak, climbing nine places to number 19.

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It’s official: Adele has scored the biggest UK number one single in three years.

The singer’s highly-anticipated comeback track ‘Hello’ has scored whopping combined sales of 333,000 in its opening week, becoming her second chart-topping single.

That means Adele now has the biggest single since, erm, James Arthur’s X Factor winner’s single ‘Impossible’ (which managed to snag 490,000 sales back in 2012).

Adele can also boast the second biggest No.1 of the millennium if you exclude X Factor/Pop Idol winners’ singles, major charity campaign records and Christmas number ones (the biggest is Shaggy’s 2001 banger ‘It Wasn’t Me’).

Meanwhile Justin Bieber is forced to settle for number two with his new single ‘Sorry’, which has accrued an impressive 102,000 combined sales in its opening week.

The singer has also beaten his own streaming record, racking up 4.48 million streams – but Adele has already taken that record from him with an impressive 7.32 million streams.

Elsewhere Drake swoops in to claim number three with ‘Hotline Bling’, while Sam Smith’s Bond theme ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ climbs seven places to four and The Weeknd’s ‘The Hills’ completes the Top 5.

MNEK and Zara Larsson’s ‘Never Forget You’ is at 11, Macklemore hops two places to 14 with ‘Downtown’ and Little Mix’s ‘Love Me Like You’ climbs four places to 28.

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