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Calvin Harris and Sam Smith extend their reign at Number 1 to a third week on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The pair’s collaboration Promises easily claims another week at the summit, just shy of 6,000 combined sales ahead of their closest competition Benny Blanco’s Eastside ft. Halsey & Khalid (2).

Promises was streamed 6.8 million times over the past week, and is Calvin’s tenth UK chart-topper and Sam’s seventh.

Elsewhere in this week’s Top 5, Marshmello’s Happier ft. Bastille lifts one place to 5 to earn the elusive producer/DJ his third Top 5 single and Bastille their fourth.

New entries and high climbers 

Two songs enter the Top 10 for the first time this week: club hit In My Mind by Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino jumps six spots to Number 8, and Silk City (aka Mark Ronson and Diplo)’s Electricity ft. Dua Lipa hops five places to Number 10. The track is the first from the Silk City project to enter the Official Chart, while Dua claims her sixth Top 10 in the space of 18 months.

Machine Gun Kelly’s scathing diss track to Eminem, Rap Devil, zooms 16 rungs to Number 15, David Guetta’s Don’t Leave Me Alone moves up five places to enter the Top 20 at 18, and Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis lifts five places to 22 with his global breakthrough hit Be Alright.

Finally, two songs make their Top 40 debut this week: Jason Derulo notches up his nineteenth UK Top 40 single with Goodbye ft. David Guetta, Nick Minaj and Willy William, up ten spots to 33, and Sigala’s Just Got Paid ft. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana vaults 14 to 37.

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They can’t do golden rings, but they can do Official Number 1 Awards! Calvin Harris and Sam Smith have hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their collaboration Promises.

It’s a big one for Calvin: Promises is his tenth Top 10 single in the UK, which means he joins the ranks of double-digit chart-toppers like Elvis, Madonna, Take That, and the Beatles. For Sam Smith, it’s a seventh Number 1, drawing him level with artists like Michael Jackson, Jess Glynne, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, and Elton.

And it doesn’t end there: Promises also gives Calvin Harris a new chart record: he’s now officially the act with the most Number 1 hits this decade, topping the charts eight times in the 2010s

Sam Smith, currently on tour in the US, told OfficialCharts.com: “I am so overwhelmed that Promises has got to Number 1 back home! Thank you to every single person who has supported this song. And thank you to Calvin for being such a legend. I can’t wait to be home soon. I miss my mum’s roast dinners desperately.”

New entries and climbers

Thanks to the surprise release of his tenth studio album Kamikaze, which crashes in at the top of the Official Albums Chart, Eminem dominates the Top 10, with three new entries. The Ringer goes in highest, at 4, while Lucky You featuring Joyner Lucas is new at 6, and Fall lands at 9.

Dance-pop supergroup LSD – comprising Labrinth, Sia, and Duplo – score for their first UK Top 40 together, as Thunderclouds rockets 25 places to 22, and Lost Without You, from singer-songwriter Freya Ridings rises seven slots to 26.

Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis jumps 17 places to enter the Top 40 for the first time at 35, while Beautiful, a collaboration from US stars Bazzi and Camila Cabello, rises six to enter at Number 36.

London rapper AJ Tracey scores his second UK Top 40 this week as LO(V/S)ER goes in at 38, and The 1975’s TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME returns to the top flight, rebounding six places to 40.

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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.

View this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

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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