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Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber have returned to Number 1 with Despacito, entering the history books in the process.

The Spanglish track has now topped the Official Singles Chart for ten (non-consecutive) weeks, and today becomes one of only five tracks to have reigned at Number 1 on three different occasions.

Frankie Laine’s I Believe (1953), Guy Mitchell’s Singing The Blues (1957), Pharrell Williams’ Happy (2014) and Justin Bieber’s What Do You Mean (2015) are the only other songs to achieve this feat, making Justin Bieber the only artist to have managed it twice.

New entries and high climbers

Power by Little Mix and Stormzy continues to climb to new heights, up two places to a new peak of Number 6 this week, while Rudimental and James Arthur’s collaboration Sun Comes Up rises another six places to Number 10, earning Rudimental their third Top 10 and James his fourth.

This week’s highest new entry comes courtesy of Louis Tomlinson, who opens at Number 13 with Back To You, his collaboration with Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals. There’s another brand new release at Number 16 too, as the remix of Enrique Iglesias and Sean Paul’s Súbeme La Radio featuring X Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry makes its chart debut.

Finally, two songs reach new peaks inside this week’s Top 20; Major Lazer, Travis Scott, Camila Cabello and Quavo’s Know No Better jumps two to Number 15, and Dua Lipa’s New Rules is the highest climber of the week, zooming 17 slots to Number 19.

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DJ Khaled has ended Despacito’s reign at the top to claim his second Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Wild Thoughts – featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – climbs a place to 1 after three weeks at Number 2. It gives the Miami producer his second Number 1 single this year, while Rihanna claims her ninth and first in almost four years, since 2013’s The Monster with Eminem.

Wild Thoughts samples Santana’s Maria Maria, which peaked at Number 6 in 2000.

Meanwhile, rapper/singer French Montana holds at 3 with Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee, Calvin Harris’ Feels ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean is at 4, and Jonas’s Blue’s Mama ft. William Singe logs a fourth week in the Top 5 at 5.

New entries and high climbers

Little Mix rebound two spots to 8 with their latest single Power ft. Stormzy, Crying In The Club by former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello reaches a new peak of 13, and Imagine Dragons crack the Top 20 with Thunder, up four places to 20.

This week’s highest new entry comes from The Script – Rain opens at Number 26, their first Top 40 entry since No Good In Goodbye peaked at the same position in November 2014.

Further down, Demi Lovato zooms 42 places to Number 27 with her latest track Sorry Not Sorry, her tenth UK Top 40 hit, while her collaboration with Jax Jones, Instruction, lifts six spots to 32.

Selena Gomez lands at Number 33 with her new single Fetish ft. Gucci Mane, Dua Lipa vaults 39 places to Number 37 with New Rules, and UK rappers Yungen and Yxng Bane make their Top 40 debut with Bestie, up 17 places to Number 38.

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Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber have logged another week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, jumping into the history books in the process.

Despacito has now sat on top for nine non-consecutive weeks, becoming only the 20th song in UK chart history to spend nine or more weeks at Number 1. The song managed to hold onto the top spot after accumulating 6.7 million streams and 28,000 downloads.

It’s also good news for Calvin Harris, Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean this week. The quartet have collaborated on Calvin’s track Feels, which floats to a new peak of Number 4, climbing up two places. The track is Calvin’s 19th Top 5 hit and Katy Perry’s 13th.

New entries and high climbers

Sigala and Ella Eyre climb six spots to Number 6 with Came Here For Love, while Rudimental and James Arthur’s Sun Comes Up also rises six to Number 18. There’s a new peak for Major Lazer too this week, Know No Better featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello and Quavo jumps up seven to Number 19.

Calvin Harris is back again, this time as the week’s highest climber. Slide, the former Number 10 hit featuring Frank Ocean & Migos rises 12 to Number 21.

Meanwhile, two tracks released last Friday debut inside the Top 40: Russian DJ Zedd has tag teamed with Liam Payne on Get Low, which starts out 26, ahead of Kesha’s comeback anthem Praying, which opens at Number 30.

Finally, Jax Jones’ latest track Instruction featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don rockets nine places to Number 38.

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Despacito continues to be the soundtrack of the summer as the track extends its reign at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The track, by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber notches up an eighth stint at the summit and is the week’s biggest selling and most streamed single, with just over 30,000 downloads sold and 7.2 million plays across streaming services.

Despacito holds off strong competition from DJ Khaled’s Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, settling for second place for a second week.

Meanwhile, French Montana’s Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee climbs a place to a new peak at 3, as does Jonas Blue’s Mama ft. William Singe at 4, while Liam Payne’s Strip That Down ft. Quavo completes the Top 5.

New entries and high climbers

Calvin Harris’ latest track Feels ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean zooms 15 places to Number 6, earning him a 23^rd Top 10 single, Rita Ora’s Your Song lifts three places to 7, and after a ten-week climb, Pretty Girl by Maggie Lindemann cracks the Top 10 for the first time, up three places to 9.

Three songs make big gains inside the Top 20: Sigala & Ella Eyre’s Came Here For Love jumps seven spots to Number 12, Signs by Drake rises eight places to 14, and Miley Cyrus’ Malibu rebounds five places to 19.

This week’s highest new entry goes to Rudimental, whose new single Sun Comes Up ft. James Arthur lands at 24.

Further down, Norwegian singer ALMA makes her UK Top 40 debut with Chasing Highs, up 24 rungs to Number 30, Unpredictable ft. Louisa Johnson becomes Olly Murs’ 18^th Top 40 single, climbing 17 places to 32.

Finally, two more songs break the Top 40 for the first time: rapper Post Malone’s Congratulations ft. Quavo jumps 12 spots to 39, and Hailee Steinfeld’s Most Girls lifts five places to Number 40.

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