Little Mix’s Shout Out To My Ex is the UK’s Official Number 1 single for a third consecutive week.
A combined chart sales tally of 79,000 sees Jade, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Perrie reign supreme on the Official Singles Chart once more. SOTME joins Black Magic as the girls’ longest-reigning Number 1 single. Their first two chart toppers Cannonball and Wings each spent a sole week at the top.
James Arthur’s Say You Won’t Let Go hold firm at Number 2 this week for the third straight week, and was this week’s most streamed track. James very nearly complete a singles and albums chart double – his second album Back from the Edge is Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
Up four places to climb into the Top 3 for the first time is Rockabye, Clean Bandit’s infectious collaboration with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie. The song marks Clean Bandit’s sixth Top 5 appearance, Sean Paul’s 11th and Anne-Marie’s first.
New entries and high climbers
Bruno Mars’ X Factor and Live Lounge performances of 24K Magic send it up the Official Singles Chart Top 10, rising five places to a new peak of Number 6. Drake’s Fake Love becomes his eighth Top 10 hit and fourth of 2016, rising from last week’s 37 to this week’s Number 10.
Maroon 5’s hook-up with Kendrick Lamar also continues to scale the chart – Don’t Wanna Know vaults six places to reach a new personal best of Number 11. Galantis and Hook N Sling also reach a new peak with their track Love On Me, up nine to Number 18.
X Factor winner Louisa Johnson is this week’s highest new entry with So Good, new at Number 20. Louisa is just ahead of Jonas Blue, who along with Raye is new at 21 with By Your Side.
Finally, after six weeks on chart, Kideko and George Kwali’s Crank It (Woah!) makes its Top 40 debut, rising 10 places to Number 32.