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Post Malone celebrates a fourth week at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart with his latest track Rockstar.

The track, which features rapper 21 Savage, notched up 50,000 across downloads and streaming equivalent sales to keep his place at the top this week.

The US singer and rapper was recently named as the world’s most streamed artist, clocking over 3 billion streams globally.

It means Camila Cabello settles for second place for a third consecutive week – her latest single Havana ft. Young Thug finishes 5,000 combined sales behind Post Malone.

Meanwhile, mysterious DJ and producer Marshmello surges up the Top 10 with Silence ft. Khalid, up from 9 to Number 3, while Avicii and Rita Ora’s Lonely Together holds at 4 and Sam Smith’s Too Good At Goodbyes slips two to 5.

New entries and high climbers

Ed Sheeran’s Perfect lifts four places to return to the Top 10 at Number 7 (the track debuted at Number 4 the week’s Ed’s  ÷ album came out in March), and rising star Mabel climbs from 10 to 8 with Finders Keepers ft. Kojo Funds.

Outside the Top 10, Taylor Swift claims this week’s highest new entry with Gorgeous at Number 15, Charlie Puth’s latest track How Long jumps five spot to break the Top 20 at 17, and Rita Ora debuts at 20 with her brand new single, Anywhere.

Further down, there are more new entries from Liam Payne’s Bedroom Door (28) and Krept & Konan’s Ask Flipz ft. Stormzy (30).

Three more songs enter the Top 40 for the first time this week: 17 by house producer MK vaults ten places to 36, Anne-Marie earns her fourth Top 40 hit with Heavy, up six spots to 37, and after 13 weeks inside the Top 100, US rock band Portugal The Man climb five places to 39 with Feel It Still.

Finally, Michigan rapper, singer, and songwriter NF (Nate Feuerstein) makes his Top 40 debut at Number 40 with Let You Down.

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It’s a third week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this week for Post Malone and 21 Savage’s Rockstar.

Achieving six million streams for the first time in a single week, Rockstar’s success reaches new heights to top the chart and fends off Camila Cabello and Young Thug’s Havana for a second week (2).

Sam Smith’s Too Good at Goodbyes holds firm at Number 3, ahead of Avicii and Rita Ora’s Lonely Together, up one to a new high of Number 4. CNCO & Little Mix’s Reggaeton Lento rises two to return to its personal best at Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

Also scaling the Top 10 by two places this week to Number 7 is Stefflon Don and French Montana’s Hurtin’ Me, ahead of Khalid’s second top flight appearance in just two weeks – he features on Marshmello’s Silence which breaks into the Top 10 for the first time, up eight to Number 9.

Neneh Cherry managed five Top 10s in her career, and now her daughter Mabel has one of her own – Finders Keepers leaps nine places this week to Number 10. Just behind is Ed Sheeran’s Perfect, climbing two rungs to Number 11. Post Malone’s I Fall Apart also lifts within the Top 20, up three to Number 18.

Khalid is back again with Young Dumb & Broke, lifting four to Number 21, while Charlie Puth is just behind – How Long is this week’s highest climber at Number 22. Craig David’s Heartline scores a new personal best at Number 24 (up 11 slots), and Camelphat & Elderbrook’s Cola rises from 38 to Number 25.

P!nk and Eminem’s third collaboration together, Revenge, is a new entry at Number 32, plus Niall Horan’s Too Much To Ask returns to the Top 40 at Number 36. Finally, Yxng Bane’s Rihanna becomes his second Top 40 song of 2017, hiking seven to Number 40.

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Post Malone wins a second week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with his latest single Rockstar.

The New York rapper and singer’s track, which features rapper 21 Savage, logs a second week at the summit after fending off competition from Camila Cabello’s Havana, which climbs a place to Number 2.

Celebrating his chart success, Post Malone told Official Charts: “The UK has been showing love since the beginning. It’s crazy to go #1. Can’t wait to go back and get weird!”

Meanwhile, Sam Smith’s Too Good At Goodbyes drops from 2 to Number 3, Dua Lipa’s New Rules holds firm at 4 to notch up a tenth week inside the Top 5, and Avicii’s Lonely Together ft. Rita Ora stays at 5.

New entries and high climbers

J Balvin and Willy William’s Mi Gente rebounds back into the Top 10, up six places to Number 8, following the recent release of a remix featuring Beyonce, and British rapper Stefflon Don scores her first Top 10 single with Hurtin’ Me ft. French Montana, up two places to Number 9.

Maroon 5’s What Lovers Do ft. SZA edges closer to the Top 10, up six places to 12, as does Ed Sheeran’s Perfect, which also lifts six spots to 13, and newcomer Mabel jumps two places to break the Top 20 at 19 with Finders Keepers ft. Kojo Funds.

Post Malone’s I Fall Apart vaults from 40 to 22, and US singer-songwriter Khalid makes strides with Young, Dumb & Broke, up 13 to Number 25.

This week’s highest new entry goes to London rapper Giggs, who lands sat Number 28 with Linquo ft. Donaeo following the release of his new album Wamp 2 Dem, and Liam Gallagher’s For What It’s Worth re-enters at 33 following the success of his new album As You Were.

British DJ duo CamelPhat and electronic artist Elderbrook leap 12 to crack the Top 40 at 38 with Cola, Sam Smith’s Timbaland-produced Pray is new at 39, and Charlie Puth’s brand new single How Long opens at Number 40.

And finally, Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You drops out of the Top 40 for this first time since its release 39 weeks ago (41). The track is also certified 5x Platinum by the BPI this week for reaching 3 million combined sales, split between 224 million streams 765,000 downloads.

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Congratulations to Post Malone and 21 Savage who both scoop their very first Official Singles Chart Number 1 with Rockstar.

The lead single from Post Malone’s upcoming second album Beerbongs & Bentleys, Rockstar rises from last week’s runner-up slot to end Sam Smith’s reign at the top, accumulating a huge 5.7 million streams this week.

Post Malone has more to celebrate as he also bookends the Official Singles Chart Top 40 – I Fall Apart from his debut album Stoney is this week’s Number 40.

Elsewhere in the Top 5, Sam Smith’s Too Good at Goodbyes slips to Number 2, Camila Cabello’s Havana gains ground up a place at Number 3, Dua Lipa’s New Rules drops a spot to Number 4, and Avicii and Rita Ora’s Lonely Together vaults three positions to Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

Two tracks break into the Official Singles Chart Top 10 for the first time this week, one of which is Logic’s 1-800-273-8255. Featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, the suicide prevention track is up three to Number 9. Also climbing three to Number 10 is Bestie, the breakthrough single for Yungen and Yxng Bane.

There is another climb for Stefflon Don and French Montana’s Hurtin Me (a three-rung climber to Number 11), while Love Island’s Chris & Kem are this week’s highest new entry with their grime-inspired rap single Little Bit Leave It (15).

Further down the Top 40, Ed Sheeran’s Perfect re-enters the Top 20 at Number 19 after jumping 15 slots, Khalid makes his second appearance on Marshmello’s Silence, which has zoomed six to Number 20, and Mabel’s Finders Keepers featuring Kojo Funds flies to a new high of 21.

Big Shaq’s Mans Not Hot leaps seven places to Number 23, ahead of Cardi B’s Bodak Yellow, which rises 13 placings to 24. Finally, Khalid makes his third showing in the chart with his first Top 40 entry as a lead artist; Young Dumb & Broke is at Number 38.

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