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James Arthur is taking the title of his latest hit Say You Won’t Let Go literally this week – he’s refusing to budge from the top of the Official Singles Chart.

Say You Won’t Let Go logs a second week at Number 1, over 27,000 combined chart sales of nearest rival The Weeknd’s Starboy feat. Daft Punk who rises one place to 2.

Say You Won’t let Go is also the most streamed track of the week, racking up 5.03 million listens over the last seven days.

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s Side To Side goes up one place to break the Top 5 for the first time.

New entries and high climbers

It’s a big week for former One Direction star Niall Horan, as he scores his very first solo Top 10 with debut single This Town. The track rockets 91 places to land at Number 9, following its surprise release late last Thursday.

Zara Larsson lands a fifth Top 20 as Ain’t My Fault advances seven places to 16, while Craig David & Sigala leap 16 spots to 23 with Ain’t Giving Up.

Chainsmokers score another Top 40 with All We Know, featuring Phoebe Ryan, and Hailee Steinfeld, Grey and Zedd jump nine places to 28 with Starving.

Dua Lipa’s Blow Your Mind (Mwah) hits a new chart peak, rising seven slots to 31, while Neikid’s Sexual breaks the Top 40 for the first time, up seven to 34.

Check out this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

James Arthur makes a triumphant return to the top of the Official Singles Chart as his comeback track Say You Won’t Let Go claims this week’s Number 1.

The song notched up 85,000 combined sales (made up of 41,000 downloads and 4.4 million streams) to knock The Chainsmokers’ Closer (2) from the summit after a four week stint at the top.

James told OfficialCharts.com: “This is incredible… I wasn’t in any way expecting it. I knew it was a good song and I thought some people might like it, but if you’d said to me it would be this well received, I would have thought you were pulling my leg.”

James is the second British act to land at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this year. Back in February, Zayn debuted at the top with his first solo single Pillowtalk.

Say You Won’t Let Go is James’ second Number 1 on the singles chart, following his X Factor winner’s single Impossible in 2012.

Meanwhile, Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd makes an impressive debut with his new single Starboy ft. Daft Punk at Number 3, and Calvin Harris’ latest track My Way lifts a spot to 4.

Outside the Top 10, Ellie Goulding’s track Still Falling For You from the new Bridget Jones film reaches a new peak at 11, and Matoma & Becky Hill’s False Alarm jumps five places to 28.

Finally, two songs climbs into the Top 40 this week; Dua Lipa’s Blow Your Mind (Mwah) at 38 (up eight places) and Craig David & Sigala’s Ain’t Giving Up climbs three spots to Number 39.

Check out this week’s Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

James Arthur’s been set for an almighty comeback all week, towering over Lady Gaga in the singles chart and heading for his first No.1 since his X Factor win.

So did he pull it off? Not quite.

James’s new single ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ has ended the week at number two, just missing out on the top spot.

Chainsmokers and Halsey’s reigning chart topper ‘Closer’ secures No.1 for a fourth week with combined sales of 82,500, also scooping the title of most streamed track.

James Arthur surged from 25 to two and scored the most downloaded single of the week, claiming combined sales of 60,000.

Elsewhere, DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s ‘Let Me Love You’ drops a place to three while Major Lazer’s ‘Cold Water’ similarly slips a place to four and Calvin Harris’s ‘My Way’ rounds off the Top 5.

At 6, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Side To Side’ becomes Ariana’s third highest-charting single, behind her number ones ‘Problem’ and ‘Bang Bang’, while Emeli Sande’s comeback track ‘Hurts’ debuts at 22.

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

The Chainsmokers extend their reign over the Official Singles Chart this week, as Closer keeps the Number 1 spot.

The US duo’s collaboration with Halsey notched up 89,000 combined sales to lead the Top 40 for a third week, made up of 31,000 downloads and 5.8 million streams.

Closer finishes a sizable 31,000 ahead of its closest rival, DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s Let Me Love You (2), while Major Lazer’s former Number 1 Cold Water holds at 3.

Calum Scott’s Dancing On My Own is a non-mover at 4, and Sia’s The Greatest zooms 44 places to Number 5 – the biggest climber in this week’s Top 40.

New entries and high climbers

Ariana Grande celebrates her fourth Top 10 single today with Side To Side ft. Nicki Minaj, which leaps from 24 to Number 8. The song is now the highest charting from her Number 1 album Dangerous Woman, following the title track (Number 17 peak) and Into You (Number 14).

This week’s highest new entry comes from Lady Gaga and her comeback track Perfect Illusion, which lands at Number 12. The song serves as the lead single from her new album Joanne, which is out on October 21.

Bastille’s Good Grief rebounds seven spots to Number 20 following the release of their new album Wild World this week, and former X Factor champion James Arthur debuts at Number 25 with Say You Won’t Let Go – his first single in three years.

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

The Chainsmokers have extended their reign at the top of the UK singles chart, clocking up a second week at No.1 with their latest hit.

The duo’s new collaboration ‘Closer’ with Halsey took pole position with combined sales of 92,000 copies. That’s 12,000 more than last week.

It means DJ Snake and Justin Bieber have to settle for two once again with ‘Let Me Love You’, while Major Lazer’s hit ‘Cold Water’ (which is also a Biebs collab) rounds off the Top 3.

Calum Scott is at four with ‘Dancing On My Own’ in the completely unchanged Top 5, meaning Twenty One Pilots are still at five with ‘Heathens’.

However, Martin Garrix climbs into the Top 10 with ‘In The Name Of Love’, while Olly Murs has reached a new peak of 15 with ‘You Don’t Know Love’.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding’s Bridget Jones’s Baby single ‘Still Falling For You’ climbs to No.19, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj jump to 24 with ‘Side To Side’, and Zara Larsson starts at 30 with ‘Ain’t My Fault’.

Further down, Offaiah’s ‘Trouble’ starts to scale the chart, climbing to 31, while Matoma & Becky Hill’s ‘False Alarm’ is up to 35.

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