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It’s congratulations to Jess Glynne, who has scored her fifth number one single in the UK and made chart history.

The British singer reached the top spot with her track ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ – which rose a huge 77 places – to match Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s chart record.

Glynne has now equalled Cheryl’s record for most chart-toppers for a British solo female on the Official Singles Chart.

In the space of just 18 months, Glynne has reached number one with Clean Bandit collaboration ‘Rather Be’, Route 94 collaboration ‘My Love’, ‘Hold My Hand’, Tinie Tempah collaboration ‘Not Letting Go’ and now ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’.

She said: “I can’t even begin to explain how awesome it feels to have ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’ go to Number 1!

“The past few months have been one long, emotional journey so to come back to so much love and support is insanely amazing. I just want to say a massive THANK YOU. This is the best feeling ever!”

Elsewhere, Charlie Puth’s ‘Marvin Gaye’ falls to 2, while Calvin Harris & Disciples’ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ is at 3.

The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ is at 4, while Martin Solveig’s ‘Intoxicated’ rounds out the top five.

Meanwhile, Pia Mia’s ‘Do It Again’ ft. Chris Brown rises 47 places up to 20 and Galantis’s ‘Peanut Butter Jelly’ lands at 24.

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Congratulations are in order for Charlie Puth, who has scored his second number one single in the UK.

The American singer-songwriter reached the summit with a little help from Meghan Trainor on their new duet ‘Marvin Gaye’, which finished the week with a combined sales figure of over 94,000.

Charlie previously topped the UK chart with Wiz Khalifa collaboration ‘See You Again’ earlier this year, which served as the official soundtrack for Furious 7.

Calvin Harris and Disciples remain at two with ‘How Deep Is Your Love’, while The Weeknd jumps up to three with ‘Can’t Feel Your Face’.Little Mix are at four with ‘Black Magic’ and Lost Frequencies round out the Top 5 with ‘Are You With Me’.

Elsewhere, Rita Ora lands at 23 with new single ‘Body On Me’ featuring Chris Brown, and Selena Gomez climbs to 29 with ‘Good For You’.

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Rita Ora has posed topless with nothing but a few strands of hair to protect her modesty, as she defends her place on the X Factor panel.

The 23-year-old ‘Poison’ singer shared a snap from the shoot on her Instagram, showing the star with her shirt half open.

She added the caption: “Another shot from my Glamour cover out on stands everywhere now! #becomfortableinyourcurves”

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One Direction have knocked Little Mix off the top spot with their new single ‘Drag Me Down’ while setting a new streaming record.

The group’s first single without Zayn Malik has scored the highest first-week streams for a new single ever in the UK, notching up over 2 million streams.

Calvin Harris and Disciples’ track ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ has leapt four places since the midweek tally to claim number two in the charts.

Little Mix’s ‘Black Magic’ shifts to number three while Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You With Me’ is at four and Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ rounds off the Top 5.

Elsewhere The Weeknd has scored his second Top 10 single with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ at 8 while Disclosure and Sam Smith’s track ‘Omen’ leaps from 29 to 13.

Joe Stone claims this week’s biggest climber, lurching 172 places to 17 with his house reworking of Montell Jordan’s ‘This Is How We Do It’.

Finally, it’s good news for Shaggy who’s scored his first UK Top 40 hit in 13 years with ‘I Need Your Love’ at number 36.

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Little Mix’ spell has held its charm, as ‘Black Magic’ claims its third consecutive week at number one.

The girl group have fended off the competition for another week, outselling its nearest competitor – Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ – by almost 7,000 copies to claim the top spot.

Meanwhile Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You With Me’ slips a place to three as Sigma’s Ella Henderson-featuring ‘Glitterball’ lands at four to claim this week’s highest new entry.

Walk The Moon complete the Top 5 with ‘Shut Up & Dance’ as they enjoy their eighth week in the Top 10.

Foxes enters the charts at 25 with her new single ‘Body Talk’, while former JLS star Aston Merrygold makes his solo debut at 28 with ‘Get Stupid’.

Elsewhere Disclosure’s ‘Omen’, their second track to feature Sam Smith, is at 29 after its video release this week. The track will get an official release on August 21.

Finally, Ellie Goulding’s Fifty Shades Of Grey track ‘Love Me Like You Do’ hops six places to re-enter this week’s Top 40.

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Little Mix have made history with their hit ‘Black Magic’ becoming the UK number-one single for the second week in a row.

The X Factor stars have become the first girl group to have a single top the charts for two straight weeks since Sugababes’ ‘About You Now’ reached the summit in 2007.

‘Black Magic’ became Little Mix’s third single to reach the number one chart spot last week.

“We’re super-duper excited to be number one with ‘Black Magic’ – we never thought we’d see the day again,” Little Mix said at the time. “Thank you so much to the fans… you did this!”

It’s been a whirlwind week for the pop group, as its member Jesy Nelson accepted a marriage proposal from boyfriend Jake Roche on stage days ago.

Meanwhile, Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You with Me’ climbed back up to the number two position on the UK charts this week. ‘Are You with Me’ was the most streamed song of the week, with more than 2.5 million online listens.

Coming in at number three is ‘Shine’ from Years & Years, while ‘House Every Weekend’ by David Zowie finished in fourth position. Rounding out the top five this week was John Newman’s latest track ‘Come and Get It’, becoming his fifth Top 10 single.

Elsewhere, Calvin Harris’s ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ became his 19th Top 10 hit by entering the charts at number-seven.

5 Seconds of Summer’s latest offering ‘She’s Kinda Hot’ finished at number 18, giving the pop-punk group their fifth Top 20 single.

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Little Mix’s magical abilities have proved powerful, seeing the girl group notch up their third UK number one single.

The four-piece have topped this week’s Official Chart with their new single ‘Black Magic’, which achieves the feat with 113,000 combined sales.

That figure includes an enormous 1.19 million streams over the past week since the track was released in the UK.

“We’re super-duper excited to be number one with ‘Black Magic’ – we never thought we’d see the day again,” Little Mix said. “Thank you so much to the fans… you did this!”

Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ holds its position at number two for a second week, while Lost Frequencies are back up to three with ‘Are You With Me’.

Sam Feldt and Kimberly Anne are a new entry at four with ‘Show Me Love’, while David Zowie slips from last week’s top spot to five with ‘House Every Weekend’.

Elsewhere, Avicii claims his eighth UK Top 10 with ‘Waiting for Love’ landing at number six, while further down The Weeknd is at 25 with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’.

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David Zowie has beaten Years & Years to number one on the inaugural Friday singles chart.

The Kent DJ climbed 51 places with ‘House Every Weekend’, leaving Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ to settle for this week’s highest new entry at number two.

“It feels absolutely amazing. It’s overwhelming and I’m thankful to everyone that’s supported the track, all the DJs that have spun the track,” Zowie told OfficialCharts.com.

“It’s just an absolutely amazing moment, thank you. I’m just trying to suck it all in and enjoy the moment of being Number 1 on the first Friday chart.”

Meanwhile Fifth Harmony are celebrating their first UK Top 10 with ‘Worth It’ landing at three after leaping 48 places.

Last week’s number one Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You With Me’ drops three places to number four while Tinie Tempah’s Jess Glynne collaboration ‘Not Letting Go’ completes the Top 5.

Birdy clinches her biggest UK single to date with ‘Wings’. Rising 16 places to number 8, the track – originally released in 2013 – currently features on a TV advert for Lloyds Bank.

Finally, The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes enters the chart at number 14 with his debut solo single ‘Kiss Me Quick’ while Pharrell’s ‘Freedom’ vaults 51 places to 36.

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BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show may be moving to Fridays, but commercial radio’s networked chart is sticking to Sundays.

The Vodafone Big Top 40 will stay in its traditional Sunday afternoon slot, despite official chart release dates prompting a move to Fridays for Radio 1’s rival programme.

Global Radio was previously reported to be considering a potential move for the Big Top 40 show, but the company has confirmed that it will not make any changes.

A spokesperson told RadioToday: “Sunday is the home of the charts. The Vodafone Big Top 40 is still the only place you can enjoy the UK’s hottest hit music almost a week before any other chart and includes the official iTunes top 10, every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm.”

Marvin Humes and Kat Shoob currently host The Vodafone Big Top 40, which is broadcast on 140 radio stations across the UK. It is the biggest programme on UK commercial radio, with around 2.5 million listeners each week.

The chart has no affiliation with the Official Charts Company, and is based on radio airplay and music download figures provided by iTunes.

Greg James will host the new Official Chart Show on Friday (July 10) at 4pm on BBC Radio. The DJ told Digital Spy that Friday is the “perfect” day for the chart to be broadcast.

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Lost Frequencies has achieved his first ever number one single with ‘Are You With Me’.

The Belgian DJ, aka Felix De Laet, fought off competition from Tinie Tempah to top the UK singles chart with his remix of Easton Corbin’s original.

Speaking after reaching number one, Lost Frequencies said: “When I produced ‘Are You With Me’ in 2014 I did not expect it to grow this big.

“It’s a real honour to reach the number one position in one of the leading music markets of the world.”

He added: “You can’t believe how happy and proud I am. Thanks to all those who supported the tune.”

Elsewhere, Tinie Tempah’s ‘Not Letting Go feat. Jess Glynne’ is down to two, while Rita Ora enters at three with her new track ‘Poison’.

Walk The Moon’s ‘Shut Up and Dance’ stays at four and Major Lazer’s ‘Lean On feat. MO and DJ Snake’ is at five.

Meanwhile, Krept & Konan enter the top ten for the first time with ‘Freak of the Week feat. Jeremih’, which is at nine.

Finally, Birdy’s ‘Wings’ is at 31, re-entering the Top 40 for the first time since 2013.

Source: Official Charts Company

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