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Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi celebrates a sixth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, while Billie Eilish lands three tracks in the Top 20 from her chart-topping debut album.

Someone You Loved finishes 9,000 combined sales ahead of this week’s Number 2, Bad Guy by Billie Eilish. The track is this week’s highest new entry following the release of her Number 1 debut album, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?. Meanwhile, Bury A Friend rebounds 14 places to Number 6, and Wish You Were Gay flies 29 spots to a new peak at Number 13.

Meduza’s Piece Of Your Heart ft. Goodboys leaps 22 places to Number 10 after entering the Top 40 for the first time last week. Coventry rapper Jay1 debuts at Number 19 with Your Mrs, and Westlife’s brand new single Better Man comes in at 26.

Finally, Lil Nas X’s viral country-rap hit Old Town Road enters the Top 40 for the first time, climbing 28 steps to 39, and Ariana Grande & Victoria Monet’s new collaboration Monopoly debuts at Number 40 after only being released on Monday night.

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Lewis Capaldi’s chart success continues as Someone You Loved lands a fifth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Finishing ahead by over 11,000 copies and posting 7.8 million audio and video streams, Lewis holds Giant by Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man at Number 2 for a fifth consecutive week.

Lewis leads a chart packed with new peaks for climbing tracks, including Just You And I by Tom Walker, which breaks the Top 3 for the first time, while this week’s highest new entry is Fashion Week by British producer Steel Banglez featuring AJ Tracey and MoStack at Number 7 – a first Top 10 for all three artists.

Walk Me Home by Pink returns to the Top 10, rebounding three places to 9 following the release of its music video, and Options, from NSG feat. Tion Wayne, also makes a comeback at 10.

Boasty by Wiley, Stefflon Don, Sean Paul feat. Idris Elba rises 11 places to Number 11, and Marshmello is up nine to 14 with Here With Me feat. Chvrches, the Glasgow band’s first ever Top 20 single.

Ava Max claims her second Top 20 single with So Am I, zooming 12 places to 18; Russ & Tion Wayne’s collab Keisha & Becky debuts at 19; Piece of Your Heart by Meduza ft. Goodboys rockets 26 slots to 32; and George Ezra’s Pretty Shining People rises to 38 to give him his sixth Top 40 single.

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Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved holds on for a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart after his biggest week of streams so far.

The hit single clocked up 7.32 million streams and is the most streamed track of the week by more than one million plays.

Two acts get their first ever Top 5 singles this week: Tom Walker climbs six places to Number 4 with Just You And I, and Jonas Brothers’ Sucker climbs two to Number 5.

Dave collects his fifth Top 10 single with Location, which rises three to 8, and Lauv and Troye Sivan both land their first Top 10 UK single with I’m So Tired, climbing four spots to 9.

Further down, Sigrid climbs five places to 15 with Don’t Feel Like Crying, Wiley, Stefflon Don and Sean Paul’s Boasty (ft. Idris Elba) jumps 11 places to 22, and Marshmello claims his fifth Top 40 hit with Here With Me ft. Chvrches, flying 19 places to 23 – earning the Glasgow band their second Top 40 single.

Ava Max’s So Am I, the follow up to her hit Number 1 single Sweet But Psycho, zooms 20 places to Number 30, and finally, US rapper and singer Lizzo picks up her first Top 40 hit with Juice, after vaulting 19 spots to 38.

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Lewis Capaldi hangs on to his Number 1 position on the Official Singles Chart, just ahead of Calvin Harris and Rag’n’Bone Man, who take the runner-up spot for a second week.

Someone You Loved crosses the finish line 6,000 combined sales ahead of Giant; and while Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man didn’t quite nab the top spot, they did pick up the most downloads this week.

Mabel’s Don’t Call Me Up lands at Number 3 after overtaking Ariana Grande’s two former Number 1s Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored and 7 Rings at 4 and 5.

This week’s highest new entry comes from the Jonas Brothers; their long-awaited return after six years Sucker flies straight in at Number 6 to become their first ever UK Top 10 single.

Just You And I by Tom Walker climbs two to 8 as his debut album What a Time to Be Alive takes Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Elsewhere on the chart, Cardi B and Bruno Mars’ collaboration Please Me climbs seven spots to 13 following the release of its music video; I’m So Tired by Lauv & Troye Sivan climbs three to a new peak of 14; US rapper and producer Roddy Ricch’s collab with Chip and Yxng Bane How It Is debuts at 18.

Lewis Capaldi’s Grace edges closer to becoming his second Top 20 single, climbing three to Number 21; Kehlani’s Nights Like This ft. Ty Dolla Sign rises four to Number 29; London rapper Swarmz scores his first Top 40 entry as Bally ft. Tion Wayne rockets 22 spots to Number 32.

Finally, Sigrid should feel like celebrating as Don’t Feel Like Crying becomes her second Top 40 single after zooming 31 places to 34.

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Congratulations to Lewis Capaldi, who claims his first Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart with Someone You Loved.

The song lifts from 3 to 1, logging 58,000 combined sales, including 6 million audio streams. Someone You Loved first entered the Top 100 at Number 66 back in January and has steadily climbed over the past nine weeks.

Celebrating the news, Lewis told Official Charts: “Look who it is at Number 1! If you’ve listened to it, bought it, streamed it… thanks very much. This is my first Number 1, so I’m officially a one-hit wonder on the Official Charts.”

The Scottish singer-songwriter made his Official Chart debut last November with Grace, which reaches a new peak at Number 24 in this week’s Top 40. His debut album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, is out on May 17.

After a close battle all week, Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man’s Giant settles for second places, finishing 1,900 combined sales behind Lewis, while last week’s Number 1 7 Rings by Ariana Grande slips to 4.

Pink claims this week’s highest new entry with Walk Me Home at Number 8, earning the star her 20^th UK Top 10 single, while Tom Walker zooms nine spots to Number 10 with Just You & I following his British Breakthrough win at this year’s BRIT Awards.

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s Shallow rebounds ten places to 11 after winning Best Song at last week’s Oscars, and there are Top 20 breakthroughs for Blueface’s Thotiana, up seven to 15, and Lauv & Troye Sivan’s I’m So Tired, up five to 17.

Further down, Kehlani’s Nights Like This ft. Ty Dolla $ign  returns to the Top 40 at 33 following the release of her While We Wait mixtape, and two songs performed at last week’s BRITs return to the Top 40: Jess Glynne’s Thursday leaps six places to 35, and Calvin Harris & Sam Smith’s Promises climbs 13 spots to 37.

Finally, London rapper Dave bows at 40 with his new single Black.

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Ariana Grande’s chart domination continues as she occupies three spots in this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 20.

The star replaces herself again as 7 Rings returns to Number 1, pushing last week’s leader Break Up With Your With Your Girlfriend… I’m Bored down to 2. The swap at the top makes her the first artist to replace herself at Number 1 for two consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, album track Needy sits at Number 11.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, 2x BRIT Award winner Calvin Harris sees his latest single Giant with Rag’n’Bone Man lift two places to Number 4, and after an eight-week climb, Hackney collective NSG reach the Top 10 hopping three places to Number 9 with Options ft. Tion Wayne.

Celebrating their first Top 10, NSG told Official Charts: “We are so grateful! It was destined. We truly believed in the power of track and the combination of what we were able to do with Jae5, we create great music and from there what’s meant to be will be. All we can say is thank you to the supporters and also Thank you to God.”

This week’s highest new entry goes to Cardi B & Bruno Mars’ Please Me (12), their second collaboration after last year’s Top 10 hit Finesse (Remix), while Cadet’s Advice ft. Deno Driz soars 21 rungs to a new peak at 15 following his untimely passing earlier this month.

There are more big climbers this week from D-Block Europe’s Kitchen Kings, up 51 places to 16, boosted by the release of the South London collective’s new album Home Alone, and viral hit Thotiana by rapper Blueface charges 17 spots to 23.

Further down, Little Mix’s new single Think About Us ft. Ty Dolla $ign rebounds 23 places to a new peak at Number 26, and Zedd’s 365 ft. Katy Perry is new at 37.

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Ariana Grande dominates this week’s Official Singles and Albums Charts as her new album Thank U, Next debuts at Number 1 with huge streaming numbers.

Ariana’s latest album becomes her third to debut at the top of the chart, following Dangerous Woman (2016) and Sweetener (2018). Thank U, Next is the star’s biggest opening week for an album to date at 65,000 combined sales, including 59 million streams across its 12 tracks.

On the Official Singles Chart, Ariana lands her fifth Number 1 with Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored (85,000 combined sales), knocking her previous single 7 Rings down to Number 2.

Another track from the album, Needy, also debuts in this week’s Top 10 at Number 8. It makes Ariana the first female artist since Ruby Murray in March 1955 to have three Top 10 singles as a lead artist in the same week.

Aside from Ariana, Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved makes big gains in this week’s Top 10, leaping six places to a new peak at Number 3. Another Lewis single, Grace, vaults 14 spots to Number 26.

Khalid & Disclosure’s brand-new track Talk opens at 16, earning the US singer-songwriter his tenth Top 40 single and Disclosure their sixth and first in almost four years.

AJ Tracey’s Psych Out rebounds back into the Top 40 and reaches a new peak at Number 18 following the release of his new album, and Tom Walker lands his second Top 40 single with Just You And I, up 39 rungs to Number 30.

Three more songs make their Top 40 debut: Who Do You Love? By The Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds Of Summer (34), Breathe by Camelphat & Christoph ft. Jem Cooke (37), and viral hit Thotiana by US rapper Blueface (40).

Finally, following his tragic death last week, London rapper Cadet re-enters the Top 40 at 36 with his Deno Driz collaboration, Advice.

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The Specials have won this week’s hectic race for Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Following an intense week of in-store signings and promotion, the ska legends beat revived Noughties boyband Busted to the finishing line by just 1060 sales with Encore.

The Specials’ first album of new material in 37 years, Encore is their first ever UK Number 1 album, clocking up 89% physical sales and, coincidentally, it’s 39 years ago this week since their single Too Much Too Young topped the Official Singles Chart.

Receiving the award, The Specials told OfficialCharts.com, “Recording the album has been one of the most amazing trips of our lives. What can we say? It couldn’t have been better timing. A real thanks to the fans who have stayed with us for all this time. We all share in this, thank you.”

Busted are runners-up with Half Way There, their third album to reach Number 2 – 2002’s self-titled debut and 2003’s A Present For Everyone also just missed the top spot on the Official Albums Chart.

Another three brand new albums end their first week in the Top 10: Ripples by Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown (4), London rapper Fredo’s first full-length album Third Avenue (5), and Claire Richards’ debut solo project My Wildest Dreams (9).

Billie Eilish lands a new peak at 12 with her Don’t Smile At Me EP, ahead of three more new entries from White Lies’ Five at Number 14, Dutch metal band Within Temptation’s Resist at 15, and the return of Nina Nesbitt, whose The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change is new at Number 21.

Finally, Buddy Holly and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra close out the Top 40 with True Love Ways; it vaults 30 positions to return to the Top 40 at Number 40 following the 60^th anniversary of Holly’s death in 1959.

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7 Rings remains at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart as the Ariana Grande hit racked up more than 10.4 million listens over the last 7 days.

Ari’s newest offering finishes the week 27,000 combined sales ahead of its closest competition, former Number 1 Sweet But Psycho by Ava Max (2).

Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man climb one spot to Number 4 with Giant, a new peak, while Mabel dials up four places to Number 7 with Don’t Call Me Up, now her highest charting single to date.

Meanwhile, two acts score their first ever Top 10s: J. Cole lands this week’s highest new entry with Middle Child at Number 9, and Lewis Capaldi ascends three positions with Someone You Loved at 10.

Hackney collective NSG eye up the top tier with Options ft. Tion Wayne (11), while Westlife leap up nine levels with Hello My Love (20) after the acoustic version was released.

Dua Lipa’s Swan Song from the Alita: Battle Angel soundtrack flies in at Number 25, ahead of Flipp Dinero, who reaches a new peak of Number 30 with Leave Me Alone. Yungen and Dappy make themselves at home in the Top 40 as Comfortable debuts at 32, and Little Mix’s new version of Think About Us with Ty Dolla $ign impacts at Number 34.

Finally, Nights Like This by Kehlani, also featuring Ty Dolla $ign, leaps 12 places to round off the chart at Number 40.

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Ava Max keeps her spot at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart as Sweet But Psycho enters its fourth week in pole position.

The track logged 8 million streams and 12,000 downloads this week, finishing 30,000 combined sales ahead of her closest competition.

Celebrating her first UK chart-topper, the US singer told OfficialCharts.com:

“We are Number 1 in the UK! I can’t believe I’m saying it, and I can’t believe I’m even holding this award! I want to tell everybody that I’m working super hard in the studio for you guys to release a debut album this year for all my Avatars. I love you so much.”

Meanwhile, Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus’ Nothing Breaks Like A Heart climbs a place to a new peak at Number 2.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Sam Smith and Normani’s new collaboration, Dancing With A Stranger, at Number 4. The entry marks Smith’s ninth Top 5 single and Normani’s first as a soloist (third including her singles with Fifth Harmony).

Calvin Harris also scores a big new entry this week as Giant ft. Rag’n’Bone Man debuts at Number 7, Harris’ 26^thTop 10 single, and Jax Jones’ Play with Years & Years cracks the top tier, lifting three spots to Number 8.

French DJ Gesaffelstein makes his first UK Top 40 appearance with Lost In The Fire ft. The Weeknd at 9, while this week also welcomes Westlife back to the Official Chart; the group’s first single in seven years Hello My Love opens at 13 and earns them a 27^th Top 40 hit.

Hackney music collective NSG leap 11 places to 14 with Options ft. Tion Wayne, and Longshot, the lead single from Catfish & The Bottlemen’s upcoming third album, zooms 54 places to 25.

Finally, rising star Lewis Capaldi vaults 37 spots to 29 with Someone You Loved, earning him a second Top 40 single, US rapper Flipp Dinero moves up 12 to 36 with his breakthrough hit Leave Me Alone, and Khalid’s Saturday Nights from his Suncity EP hops six places to enter the Top 40 at 38, boosted by a remix featuring country singer Kane Brown.

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