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Ellie Goulding remains at the top of the UK singles chart for the second week running.

‘Love Me Like You Do’, taken from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, racked up chart sales of 118,000 and 2.25 million audio streams to remain in the top spot.

Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ claims number two, while ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars takes third place.

‘Uptown Funk’ also becomes one of the biggest-selling UK singles of all time, after reaching one million sales.

“I can’t believe it, it’s insane.” Ronson said. “It’s definitely an amazing milestone to be in this club with all these massive superstars.”

DJ Fresh and Ella Eyre’s ‘Gravity’ debuts in the chart at number four, as ‘FourFiveSeconds’ by Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West takes number five.

Chris Brown and Tyga’s ‘Ayo’ enters at number six, and ‘Doing It’ by Charli XCX and Rita Ora debuts at number eight.

The Weeknd climbs eight places to number ten with ‘Earned It’, while Ne-Yo’s ‘Coming With You’ takes 14.

Dutch producer Bakermat enters the chart at number 22 with ‘Teach Me’, as Imagine Dragons land their sixth UK top 40 single with ‘I Bet My Life’ at number 27.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Ellie Goulding has scored the UK’s fastest-selling single of 2015 with ‘Love Me Like You Do’.

The Fifty Shades of Grey track earned combined sales of more than 172,000, giving Goulding her second UK number one single after 2013’s ‘Burn’.

‘Love Me Like You Do’ ends the seven-week reign of Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’, which moves into second place.

Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ takes number three, while ‘FourFiveSeconds’ by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney moves up to number four.

Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ completes the top five selling tracks of the week.

DJ Mike Mago and Dragonette debut at number eight with ‘Outlines’, while The Weeknd’s Fifty Shades of Grey track ‘Earned It’ climbs 15 places to 18.

John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ is at 24, and Kodaline enter the chart at 39 with ‘Honest’.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ has retained its position as the UK’s number one single.

The producer and guest artist Bruno Mars marked their seventh non-consecutive week at number one with the track.

‘Uptown Funk’ has now managed the most weeks at number one since Leona Lewis’s 2007 single ‘Bleeding Love’.

Ronson said: “It’s such an incredible thing to be Number 1 even for one week. It’s my first Number 1 of any single I’ve ever had, so to be Number 1 for seven weeks is something that just blows my mind, it’s amazing.

“It’s cool because it means that you guys all like what we like, which is good funk music and dance music played by musicians. It’s insane, so thank you.”

Elsewhere, Hozier is up one place to 2 with ‘Take Me To Church’, while Fergie is new in at 3 with ‘LA Love (La La)’.

Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ and Rihanna’s collaboration with Kanye West and Paul McCartney ‘FourFive Seconds’ round out the top five.

Karen Harding is new at 7 with ‘Say Something’, while Hannah Wants and Chris Lorenzo are in at 13 with Rhymes.

Maroon 5’s Sugar is up 33 places to 22, and Selena Gomez is new in at 30 with ‘The Heart Wants What It Wants’.

Source: The Official Charts Company

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Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ has retained the UK’s number one single.

The producer, who also topped the albums charts this week with Uptown Special, marked his sixth non-consecutive week at number one with the track.

‘Uptown Funk’ was streamed over 2.56 million times, beating its own record set earlier in January.

Ronson is the first act to conquer both charts simultaneously since Miley Cyrus, who topped the singles chart with ‘Wrecking Ball’ and the albums chart with Bangerz in October 2013.

Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ climbs 48 places to number two, while Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’ stays at number three.

‘I Wish You Were Mine’ by Philip George moves to four, and ‘Up’ by Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato rounds off the top five selling tracks of the week.

Avicii lands at number eight with ‘The Nights’, which gives the artist his seventh UK top 10 single.

US band Echosmith’s ‘Cool Kid’ climbs to number 17.

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Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’s ‘Uptown Funk’ has claimed its fifth non-consecutive week at number one on the Official Singles Chart.

The song has now tallied the most weeks at the top of the charts since the release of Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ in 2013.

Philip George’s ‘Wish You Were Mine’, which samples Stevie Wonder’s ‘My Cherie Amour’, remains at number two this week, while Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ climbs two places into number three.

Olly Murs and Demi Lovato’s ‘Up’ holds onto its number four position, while Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ completes the top five, having fallen two spots since last week.

Sia is a new entry with ‘Elastic Heart’, entering at number 13. The track features on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack, while the video, which stars Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler, was released earlier this month.

Swedish DJ and producer Avicii wins his ninth UK top 40 single this week with ‘The Nights’, which enters at number 16.

Meanwhile, Jeremih’s ‘Don’t Tell ‘Em’, which features YG, re-enters the top 40 at number 32, and Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz’s ‘Prayer in C’ is another re-entry at number 38.

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Mark Ronson has retained the number one spot in the singles chart with ‘Uptown Funk’.

The track, featuring Bruno Mars, is spending its fourth non-consecutive week at number one and has been streamed 2.43 million times in the past week.

Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ currently holds the streaming record with 2.56 million streams in one week.

Philip George stays at number two for the second week with ‘Wish You Were Mine’, and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ holds onto the number three spot, its 29th week in the UK singles chart to date.

Olly Murs and Demi Lovato’s duet ‘Up’ moves two places to fourth spot.

Completing this week’s top five singles is Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’, which rises five places.

The only new top ten entry this week is ‘Promesses’ from Tchami, featuring Kaleem Taylor. It is the French DJ’s first UK top 40 entry.

Outside the top ten, Kanye West and Paul McCartney’s ‘Only One’ leaps from number 35 to number 28, and Beyonce’s ‘7/11′ re-enters the top 40 at number 33.

Meanwhile, Brits Critics’ Choice winner James Bay leaps 44 places to number 36 with ‘Hold Back the River’.

US band Echosmith land their first UK top 40 hit with ‘Cool Kids’, entering the chart at 39.

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Mark Ronson has retained the top spot in the Official UK Singles Chart for a third non-consecutive week with ‘Uptown Funk’.

The track featuring Bruno Mars sold 156,000 copies and was streamed nearly 2.56 million times this week, setting a new Official Chart record by beating its own previous record of 2.49 million audio streams last week.

DJ Philip George is new in at two with the Stevie Wonder-sampling ‘Wish You Were Mine’, while Ed Sheeran remains at three with ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

X Factor winner Ben Haenow is down to four with ‘Something I Need’ and Taylor Swift rounds out the Top 5 with ‘Blank Space’.

This week’s biggest risers are Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ featuring Jess Glynne, which climbs 22 places to 28, and Sigma’s ‘Changing’ featuring Paloma Faith, which climbs 20 places to 33.

Kanye West’s new release ‘Only One’, which features Paul McCartney, enters the chart at number 35.

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Mark Ronson has reclaimed the top spot in the Official UK Singles Chart this week with ‘Uptown Funk’.

The track featuring Bruno Mars returns to number one after slipping a place last week, having been overtaken by X Factor winner Ben Haenow during Christmas week.

‘Uptown Funk’ has also broken a streaming record – 2.49 million streams in the past week means Ronson beats the record of 2.34 million that he himself set last week.

Haenow’s Christmas number one – X Factor winner’s single ‘Something I Need’, which is a cover of the OneRepublic track of the same name – falls to two.

Ed Sheeran holds on to the number three spot with ‘Thinking Out Loud’, while Taylor Swift climbs three places, from number seven to number four, with ‘Blank Space’.

The top five is completed by Olly Murs and Demi Lovato, whose duet ‘Up’ falls one place to number five.

The only new entry in the UK Top 40 is Alesso’s ‘Heroes (We Could Be)’, which enters the chart at number six. The track, featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo, is the DJ and producer’s third UK Top 10 single.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Bang Bang’ leaps from number 23 to 11, while Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ climbs from number 32 to 15.

Magic! also re-enter the chart with ‘Rude’ this week, landing back at number 36.

Source: Official Charts Company

Ben Haenow has claimed 2014’s Christmas number one.

The X Factor winner sold 214,000 copies of ‘Something I Need’, beating the likes of Ed Sheeran, the Wealdstone Raider, and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars to the top spot.

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, the singer said: “To have even been in the running for Christmas Number 1 against some of the names that were in the race, and then to have actually won is incredible.

“It’s an incredible end to my year. I’m gonna go and have a few good drinks with my mates – definitely more than a few good drinks to really celebrate! I’m absolutely shocked, I can’t believe it.”

‘Something I Need’ was first performed by OneRepublic and is being released by Haenow for charity Together for Short Lives.

Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ featuring Bruno Mars is at number two, having broken the all-time record for the most streamed track in a single week with 2.34 million listens.

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is at three, while Olly Murs’ ‘Up’ featuring Demi Lovato and Wealdstone Raider’s charity single ‘Got No Fans’ round out the Top 5.

The Pogues’ classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ featuring Kirsty MacColl is at 11 and Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ is at 18.

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Mark Ronson has claimed his first ever number one single with ‘Uptown Funk’.

Since the single’s early release on Monday evening (December 8), the track has been downloaded over 105,000 times and streamed 1.35 million times.

The track pushes last week’s number one, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’, off the top spot and down to number two.

Band Aid 30’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ takes the third spot, and ‘These Days’ by Take That is at number four.

‘Last All Night (Koala)’ by Oliver Heldens debuts in the chart at number 5, while One Direction earn their 11th Top 10 single with ‘Night Changes’ at 7.

The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ is at 11, and Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ becomes the third most-streamed track of the week at number 16.

Bring Me The Horizon earn their first ever UK Top 40 song with ‘Drown’ at 17, while girl group Fifth Harmony debut at 21 with ‘Bo$$’, following their performance on X Factor.

Source: Official Charts Company

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