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Little Mix’s magical abilities have proved powerful, seeing the girl group notch up their third UK number one single.

The four-piece have topped this week’s Official Chart with their new single ‘Black Magic’, which achieves the feat with 113,000 combined sales.

That figure includes an enormous 1.19 million streams over the past week since the track was released in the UK.

“We’re super-duper excited to be number one with ‘Black Magic’ – we never thought we’d see the day again,” Little Mix said. “Thank you so much to the fans… you did this!”

Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ holds its position at number two for a second week, while Lost Frequencies are back up to three with ‘Are You With Me’.

Sam Feldt and Kimberly Anne are a new entry at four with ‘Show Me Love’, while David Zowie slips from last week’s top spot to five with ‘House Every Weekend’.

Elsewhere, Avicii claims his eighth UK Top 10 with ‘Waiting for Love’ landing at number six, while further down The Weeknd is at 25 with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’.

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David Zowie has beaten Years & Years to number one on the inaugural Friday singles chart.

The Kent DJ climbed 51 places with ‘House Every Weekend’, leaving Years & Years’ ‘Shine’ to settle for this week’s highest new entry at number two.

“It feels absolutely amazing. It’s overwhelming and I’m thankful to everyone that’s supported the track, all the DJs that have spun the track,” Zowie told OfficialCharts.com.

“It’s just an absolutely amazing moment, thank you. I’m just trying to suck it all in and enjoy the moment of being Number 1 on the first Friday chart.”

Meanwhile Fifth Harmony are celebrating their first UK Top 10 with ‘Worth It’ landing at three after leaping 48 places.

Last week’s number one Lost Frequencies’ ‘Are You With Me’ drops three places to number four while Tinie Tempah’s Jess Glynne collaboration ‘Not Letting Go’ completes the Top 5.

Birdy clinches her biggest UK single to date with ‘Wings’. Rising 16 places to number 8, the track – originally released in 2013 – currently features on a TV advert for Lloyds Bank.

Finally, The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes enters the chart at number 14 with his debut solo single ‘Kiss Me Quick’ while Pharrell’s ‘Freedom’ vaults 51 places to 36.

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BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show may be moving to Fridays, but commercial radio’s networked chart is sticking to Sundays.

The Vodafone Big Top 40 will stay in its traditional Sunday afternoon slot, despite official chart release dates prompting a move to Fridays for Radio 1’s rival programme.

Global Radio was previously reported to be considering a potential move for the Big Top 40 show, but the company has confirmed that it will not make any changes.

A spokesperson told RadioToday: “Sunday is the home of the charts. The Vodafone Big Top 40 is still the only place you can enjoy the UK’s hottest hit music almost a week before any other chart and includes the official iTunes top 10, every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm.”

Marvin Humes and Kat Shoob currently host The Vodafone Big Top 40, which is broadcast on 140 radio stations across the UK. It is the biggest programme on UK commercial radio, with around 2.5 million listeners each week.

The chart has no affiliation with the Official Charts Company, and is based on radio airplay and music download figures provided by iTunes.

Greg James will host the new Official Chart Show on Friday (July 10) at 4pm on BBC Radio. The DJ told Digital Spy that Friday is the “perfect” day for the chart to be broadcast.

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Lost Frequencies has achieved his first ever number one single with ‘Are You With Me’.

The Belgian DJ, aka Felix De Laet, fought off competition from Tinie Tempah to top the UK singles chart with his remix of Easton Corbin’s original.

Speaking after reaching number one, Lost Frequencies said: “When I produced ‘Are You With Me’ in 2014 I did not expect it to grow this big.

“It’s a real honour to reach the number one position in one of the leading music markets of the world.”

He added: “You can’t believe how happy and proud I am. Thanks to all those who supported the tune.”

Elsewhere, Tinie Tempah’s ‘Not Letting Go feat. Jess Glynne’ is down to two, while Rita Ora enters at three with her new track ‘Poison’.

Walk The Moon’s ‘Shut Up and Dance’ stays at four and Major Lazer’s ‘Lean On feat. MO and DJ Snake’ is at five.

Meanwhile, Krept & Konan enter the top ten for the first time with ‘Freak of the Week feat. Jeremih’, which is at nine.

Finally, Birdy’s ‘Wings’ is at 31, re-entering the Top 40 for the first time since 2013.

Source: Official Charts Company

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