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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.

This singles chart can be discussed here

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.

This singles chart can be discussed here