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Camila Cabello’s Havana has enjoyed its best sales week yet to sit atop the Official Singles Chart for a second straight week.

The track, which features Young Thug easily claims second week at Number 1, finishing 10,000 combined chart sales ahead of its closest competitor, Post Malone and 21 Savage’s Rockstar. Despite finishing in the runner-up slot this week, Rockstar claims this week’s most streamed song.

Celebrating the news with Official Charts at this week’s Music Industry Trusts Award, she said: “I’m beyond over the moon. I’m so happy. I’m so excited! You have to celebrate things like this because you never know if it’s going to happen again.”

Meanwhile, Sam Smith’s Too Good at Goodbyes rises four spots to Number 3 following the release of his Number 1 album The Thrill Of It All, while Marshmello and Khalid drop a spot to Number 4 with Silence.

Rounding out the Top 5 is Rita Ora’s Anywhere. Following a performance on The X Factor, the song becomes Rita’s eleventh Top 10 smash, climbing six places to Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

Big Shaq’s Man’s Not Hot vaults nine places to Number 11, it’s highest position to date, ahead of fellow Grime artist Dave at Number 18; No Words featuring Mostack is a new entry at Number 18. Another song from Dave’s new EP Game Over titled How I Met My Ex is also new at Number 32.

Two songs that entered the Top 40 for the first time last week gain ground this week; Stormzy and MNEK’s Blinded By Your Grace – Pt 2 leaps 18 slots to Number 22, while I Miss You from Clean Bandit and Julia Michaels climbs five rungs to 23.

Sam Smith is back again with a further two Top 40 entries this week; Pray re-enters the Top 40 at Number 26, while nominated new single One Last Song is a new entry at Number 27. Taylor Swift’s Call It What You Want is also a fresh song in the Top 40 this week, becoming Taylor’s fourth hit of the Reputation era at Number 29.

With help from Rihanna, N.E.R.D. make their first Top 40 appearance since 2004 with comeback track Lemon, new at Number 31. Finally, Miami rapper Lil Pump has already hit Number 7 in the US with Gucci Gang, and the song makes its UK Top 40 debut at Number 38.

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Congratulations to Camila Cabello who has scored her very first UK solo Number 1 single.

Havana featuring Young Thug eventually rises to the top following three consecutive weeks held up in the Number 2 spot. Havana ended up just shy of 4,000 combined chart sales ahead of Post Malone’s Rockstar, ending its four-week residency at Number 1.

Camila told OfficialCharts.com: “I am so excited to be Number 1 in the UK! I can’t believe it! Thank you to my amazing fans for always supporting me – WE DID IT! I am so grateful.”

Camila’s previous career peak was Number 2 – Work From Home by Fifth Harmony claimed runner-up status in April 2016. Havana recently became the Cuban-born star’s fourth UK Top 40 hit and her first Top 10 entry as a soloist.

Post Malone and 21 Savage’s Rockstar slips a slot to Number 2 this week on the Official Singles Chart, ahead of a non-mover in Marshmello and Khalid’s Silence (3). Avicii and Rita Ora’s Lonely Together holds firm at Number 4, ahead of Zayn & Sia’s Dusk Till Dawn, which returns to its previous peak position of Number 5.

New entries and high climbers

Charlie Puth’s How Long (9) rises eight to become his fourth UK Top 10 single following his performance on BBC One’s Sounds Like Friday Night, while Rita Ora’s Anywhere lifts nine to Number 11.

Wolves by Selena Gomez & Marshmello claims this week’s highest new entry at Number 16, two slots ahead of CamelPhat and Elderbrook’s Cola, which enters the Top 20 for the first time at Number 18. Big Shaq’s Man’s Not Hot also cracks the Top 20 for the first time, up six to Number 20.

Liam Payne’s Bedroom Floor leaps six positions to Number 22 after his debut live performance of the track on The X Factor, plus there’s a 10 place ascent for MK’s 17 to Number 26. One placing behind is Let You Down by rising American rapper NF, up 13 to Number 27.

Clean Bandit’s UK tour is in full swing, and new single I Miss You featuring Julia Michaels debuts at Number 28 this week. Michael Jackson’s Thriller returns to the Top 40 for the first time since June 2009 following his death. Halloween downloads and streams cause the horrifying hit to re-enter at Number 34.

Finally, Taylor Swift’s Ready For It is back in the Top 40 at Number 38 following the release of the headline-grabbing official video, and Stormzy nets his 10^th UK Top 40 hit with Blinded By Your Grace ft. MNEK (40).

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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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