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One Direction have been pipped to the post by KDA, Katy B and Tinie Tempah for this week’s number one.

The producer’s track ‘Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)’ was 2,000 combined chart sales ahead of the group’s latest single ‘Perfect’.

“It feels great – as if I’ve been competing with One Direction. The success of this record has happened all by itself – I had no idea what was going to happen when we put it out,” KDA told Official Charts.

“I always wanted a singer and rapper on this track; and it feels like it’s become one of those songs that people are allowed to like – which is just amazing!”

Tinie Tempah can now celebrate his seventh number one while Katy B’s involvement in the track means she’s clinched her first chart-topping single.

Meanwhile, The Weeknd climbs two places to number three with ‘The Hills’ while Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ is at four.

Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ loses its reigning position to settle for number five but enjoys another week as the most streamed track.

Elsewhere, Sleepy Tom’s Diplo collaboration ‘Be Right There’ is the week’s highest climber, leaping 83 places to eight.

X Factor winner Ben Haenow enters at 21 with his Kelly Clarkson duet ‘Second Hand Heart’ while Demi Lovato’s ‘Cool For The Summer’ is at 39.

Next week will see Adele go head-to-head with Justin Bieber for number one.

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Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ continues to reign over the UK singles chart.

The track fought off fierce competition to spend a fifth week at the top, and is now the second-longest number one of this year behind Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’.

R City’s ‘Locked Away’ featuring Adam Levine is in second place, while Drake scores his highest-charting single as a lead artist, with ‘Hotline Bling’ rising to three.

‘Runnin’ (Lose It All)’ from Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin is at four, and The Weeknd’s ‘The Hills’ reaches a new peak at five.

Jamie Lawson – signed to Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records – leaps from 40 to number six this week with ‘Wasn’t Expecting That’.

Lower down, Olly Murs earns his 12th top 20 hit as ‘Kiss Me’ lands at 14, and The 1975’s ‘Love Me’ enters at 20.

Fetty Wap and Monty’s ‘679’ leaps to number 24, and Selena Gomez’s ‘Good for You’ re-enters the top 40 at 38.

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Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ has once again returned to the top of the UK singles chart.

The track reigns for a fourth week today (October 9), and has now had three different stints at number one, becoming only the fourth song in history to do so.

‘What Do You Mean?’ is also the most streamed tune of the week, with 2.91 million listens over the last seven days.

R City rise to number two with ‘Locked Away’, featuring Adam Levine, while Sam Smith’s Bond theme ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ falls to three.

Philip George and Anton Powers’ ‘Alone No More’ climbs 120 places to reach number four, and Ellie Goulding’s ‘On My Mind’ rounds off the top five.

The Vamps’ ‘Wake Up’ is a new entry at number 12 and also the most physically purchased song of the week, while Natalie La Rose lands at 14 with ‘Around the World’, featuring Fetty Wap.

MNEK and Zara Larsson are at 32 with ‘Never Forget You’, and Jamie Lawson – signed to Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records – sneaks in at 40 with ‘Wasn’t Expecting You’ to score his first Top 40 single.

Sam Smith has officially made history by clinching the first ever No.1 Bond theme.

The singer’s Spectre theme ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ has racked up 70,000 sales to finish 13,000 copies ahead of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’.

None of the previous 23 Bond themes have ever topped the charts, with Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ and Duran Duran’s ‘A View to a Kill’ coming closest with number two peaks.

“It was such an honour to be asked to write and record ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ and it’s incredible that it’s become the first number one Bond theme song,” Smith told the Official Charts.

“It’s been an unforgettable experience working with Barbara [Broccoli] and Sam [Mendes] to become part of this British legacy. I couldn’t have done this without my fans – this is a special moment I’ll never forget.”

Meanwhile, R City and Adam Levine’s ‘Locked Away’ is at three, Sigala’s ‘Easy Love’ slips to four and The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ completes the Top 5.

Rudimental and Ed Sheeran’s collaboration ‘Lay It All on Me’ has become the Hackney group’s eighth Top 40 hit.

Naughty Boy hops two places to nine with his Beyoncé collaboration ‘Runnin’ (Lose It All)’ while Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s ‘Downtown’ is just outside the Top 10 at number 11.

Finally, Little Mix’s ‘Love Me Like You’ makes its debut at number 21 and Sia’s ‘Alive’ enters at 30.

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Justin Bieber’s comeback track ‘What Do You Mean?’ has topped the UK singles chart for the third non-consecutive week.

The Canadian popstar’s first-ever UK number one single is also the week’s most-streamed track, with over 3.2 million listens overall.

Coming in once again at number two this week is Sigala’s ‘Easy Love’, which briefly unseated Bieber before falling back to second.

R City and Adam Levine’s ‘Locked Away’ leaps 13 places up to number 3, while Calvin Harris and Disciples’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ slips one spot to 4.

Finishing out the top five this week is ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd for its eighth week in the top ten.

Other major debuts include Ellie Goulding’s confessional ‘On My Mind’ at 7, Naughty Boy, Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin’s ‘Runnin’ (Lose It All)’ at 11 and Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ at 17.

One Direction’s ‘Infinity’ gives the group their 16th top 40 single, coming in at 36 this week.

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Justin Bieber has reclaimed the number one spot with ‘What Do You Mean?’

The singer has forced Sigala’s ‘Easy Love’ back down to two, after overtaking the Jackson 5-sampling track by over 15,000 chart sales.

‘What Do You Mean?’ is the most streamed track of the week after racking up over 3.62 million plays.

Elsewhere Calvin Harris and Disciples hop a place to number three with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, which boasts 2.1 million listens this week.

Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ slithers a place to number four while The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ rounds off the Top 5.

R. City and Adam Levine shoot 23 places to number 16 with ‘Locked Away’ while Stormzy celebrates his first Top 40 hit with ‘Wickedskengman4’ in at 18.

Finally, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s ‘Downtown’ climbs ten places to 21 as Nero enter at 27 with ‘Two Minds’.

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Sigala has scored his first UK number one with ‘Easy Love’.

The single, which samples the Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’, climbed an enormous 71 places in its second week to top the UK singles charts, knocking Justin Bieber off the top spot.

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, Sigala said: “This is so amazing. I had no idea this would ever be a number 1 record.

“I wrote this song in my bedroom on a Sunday evening after a couple of beers. I had no idea it would go to the top of the charts!”

Elsewhere, Bieber’s ‘What Do You Mean?’ is at two, while Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ is at three.

Calvin Harris & Disciples are at 4 with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, while The Weeknd rounds out the top five with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’.

Meanwhile, Ella Henderson’s Kygo collaboration ‘Here for You’ enters at 18, while R City’s track with Adam Levine, ‘Locked Away’, is new at 39.

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Justin Bieber broke a chart record in scoring his first-ever UK number one with comeback single ‘What Do You Mean?’.

The track has become Bieber’s fastest-selling single in the UK, in addition to breaking the record for highest first-week streams for a single ever with 3.2 million.

Bieber tops the streaming record set by One Direction last month, with the count total encompassing Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and other music services.

Last week’s number one – Rachel Platten’s ‘Fight Song’ – fell to second position this week, while ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ by The Weeknd rose to three.

Rounding out the top five are Calvin Harris & Disciples’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ and Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’.

Demi Lovato achieved her fourth Top 10 single with ‘Cool for the Summer’, which jumped all the way from 112 to 7.

A physical release for 5 Seconds of Summer’s ‘She’s Kinda Hot’ propelled the track into the top 20, finishing at 14.

Meanwhile, ‘Hair’ by Little Mix entered the chart at 35 and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s latest ‘Downtown’ debuted at 37.

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The Specials trombonist Rico Rodriguez has died, aged 80.

The legendary ska group confirmed their bandmate’s passing in a message to their Twitter followers today (September 4).

“Our dear friend Rico passed away today. We offer our deepest condolences to his family. His legacy will go on forever and a day. RIP dear Rico,” they wrote.

Rico – also known as Reco and El Reco – was born Cuba but raised in Kingston, Jamaica. He would break into the mainstream music scene in the UK as part of various reggae bands in the early ’60s, before joining The Specials in 1979.

Rodriguez was a mainstay of the ska supergroup throughout the early 1980s, playing on their Too Much Too Young EP as well as the album More Specials.

He joined Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in the 1990s, and was given an MBE at Buckingham Palace back in 2007.

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Rachel Platten’s ‘Fight Song’ has hit number 1 on the Official Charts, climbing 67 places in one week.

It’s the latest triumph for the track, which had already made the Top 10 in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Belgium.

It was a close call though, with the song finishing less than 3,000 combined chart sales ahead of number 2 – Felix Jaehn’s ‘Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better)’ ft. Jasmine Thompson.

Platten said: “I feel so excited and so proud that ‘Fight Song’ has hit number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, I can’t really believe it.

“It’s amazing to me that this song that I wrote when I was going through one of the hardest times in my life is also the thing that made my dreams come true. I’m just kind of overwhelmed and really grateful.”

Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ drops two places to number 3 with Calvin Harris & Disciples’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ at number 4.

Harris’s track is also the most streamed for a third week running, with 2.44 million listens in the last week.

The biggest climber is Ella Eyre, with new single ‘Good Times’ moving a massive 143 places to reach 37.

Re-entries to the Top 40 include Rita Ora’s ‘Body On Me’, moving up 13 places to 28, while Jess Glynne has a second single in the chart, with ‘Hold My Hand’ rising to 40.

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