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Benny Blanco’s Eastside heads north to Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The US producer’s debut single climbs 3 to 1 for its seventh week on the chart with combined sales just shy of 50,000, including 5.8 million streams.

Benny is no stranger to the top of the charts, having co-written or produced 12 UK Number 1 singles, including Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself, Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl and Rihanna’s Diamonds.

It was a close race on this week’s Official Singles Chart; Calvin Harris & Sam Smith’s Promises finishes just 139 combined sales behind, jumping from 4 to Number 2. Last week’s chart-topper, George Ezra’s Shotgun, slips to 3.

New entries and high climbers

Chicago rapper Juice Wrld lands his first UK Top 10 with Lucid Dreams, lifting one slot to 10 for its 14th week on the chart, and hovering just outside the Top 10 is Jess Glynne’s All I Am, up four spots to 12.

Three songs zoom into this week’s Top 20: dance DJs Dynoro & Gigi A’agostino vault 21 places to 15 with In My Mind, Marshmello & Bastille’s Happier climbs 15 rungs to 16, and David Guetta’s Don’t Leave Me Alone ft. Anne-Marie moves three to Number 20.

South Korean boy band sensation BTS claim this week’s highest new entry with Idol at Number 21 – the first ever song by a  K-pop group to enter the UK Top 40.

Further down, there are big climbers for Panic At The Disco’s High Hopes, up nine to 25, Hardy Caprio’s Best Life ft. One Acen jumps six spots to 26, and singer-songwriter Freya Ridings enters the Top 40 with Lost Without You, rising seven places to 36.

Finally, viral smash Baby Shark swims into the Top 40 for the first time, snapping up 28 places to Number 37.

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George Ezra extends his run at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart for a fourth week with Shotgun.

George’s summer anthem kept hold of the top spot with a lead of 3,000 combined chart sales and was the most streamed song of the week with 7 million plays across services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube.

Drake keeps a firm grip on Number 2 with In My Feelings, while Eastside by Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid rises one to Number 3. Calvin Harris & Sam Smith score the most downloaded track of the last seven days and the week’s highest new entry at Number 4 with Promises, while Loud Luxury advance one spot to complete the Top 5 with Body ft. Brando (5).

New entries and high climbers

In addition to her UK Number 1 album, Ariana Grande has three songs in this week’s Top 40. God is a Woman rebounds six to Number 6, Breathin storms to Number 8, and Sweetener lands at Number 22.

Jess Glynne claims her 11th Top 20 single with All I Am, new at Number 16, while David Guetta and Anne-Marie are this week’s highest climbers as they rocket fourteen places to Number 23.

Finally, three more songs debut in this week’s Top 40. TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME by The 1975 starts out at Number 26, Marshmello & Bastille impact at 31 with Happier, and the duo of Latvian DJ Dynoro and Italian DJ Gigi D’Agostino climb into the Top 40 to Number 36 with In My Mind.

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Persistence has paid off for George Ezra, who after four weeks of being stuck behind Drake, has returned to Number 1.

Originally a two-week chart-topper in early July, Shotgun is back at the top of the Official Singles Chart, pushing Drake’s In My Feelings down to Number 2.

The most streamed and downloaded song of the week, Shotgun is one of only four songs in the last two years to go back to Number 1, including Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber’s Despacito, and the song that knocked Shotgun from the top, Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds’ Three Lions.

Elsewhere in the Top 5, DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo hold at Number 3 with No Brainer, and Eastside by Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid leaps eight spots to Number 4.

New entries and high climbers

There’s one more ascent in this week’s Top 10 as Loud Luxury rise two to Number 6 with Body ft. Brando, a new peak.

Jax Jones’ Ring Ring ft. Mabel and Rich the Kid hits a new high of 13 this week, one place ahead of Cheat Codes & Little Mix – Only You has recorded its best position to date at 14.

Big jumps are recorded for Dennis Lloyd’s Nevermind (19), Martin Garrix & Khalid’s Ocean (25), and B Young’s 079ME (28), plus Nicki Minaj records two songs in this week’s Top 40 from her newly-crowned Top 5 Queen album; Bed ft. Ariana Grande is this week’s highest climber, up 15 to Number 23, plus Barbie Dreams bows at 36.

There’s another new entry for David Guetta & Anne-Marie; Don’t Leave Me Alone becomes David’s 37th UK Top 40 single at Number 37.

Finally, ABBA’s When I Kissed The Teacher becomes a Top 40 hit for the first time, sung by Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies and Celia Imrie. Taken from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the song is new at Number 40.

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We don’t know if Keke loves him, but the UK’s definitely does have the hots for Drake.

The Canadian rapper’s fifth UK chart-topper In My Feelings has scored a third week at Number 1, with a combined total of downloads, audio streams and video plays of 83,000. As a result, George Ezra’s former Number 1 Shotgun is in the runner-up position for the fourth week in a row.

In My Feelings is Drake’s landmark 40^th UK Top 40 hit, and the sixth Top 10 hit from his latest album Scorpion, one of only 16 albums to spawn six or more top flight hits.

New entries and high climbers

DJ Khaled claims this week’s highest new entry at Number 4 with No Brainer ft. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, JB’s 14^th Top 5 hit.

Tyga and Offset are just outside the Top 10 now with Taste, up four to Number 11, while two songs make their Top 20 debuts: Fefe by 6ix9ne, Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz (17), and Loud Luxury advance seven slots with Body ft. Brando at Number 19.

Benny Blanco achieves this week’s highest climber with Eastside ft. Halsey and Khalid, up 17 places to Number 23, and finally, Ay Caramba by clothing brand Stay Flee Get Lizzy ft. Fredo, Young T and Bugsey debuts at Number 38.

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