Avicii denies One Direction their fourth Number 1 single

One Direction’s Best Song Ever couldn't budge Avicii’s Wake Me Up from the top of the Official Singles Chart.

One Direction’s Best Song Ever has failed to knock Avicii’s Wake Me Up off the top of the Official Singles Chart. Avicii today spends a second week at Number 1, denying the 1D boys their fourth chart topper.

Last Sunday, Wake Me Up became thefastest selling single of 2013 so far when nearly 267,000 copies ofthe superstar Swedish DJ and producer’s track were purchased during its first week on sale. Seven days later, and Wake Me Up is still enjoying stellar sales, shifting an additional 155,000 this week, and outselling One Direction’s Best Song Ever (Number 2) by two copies to one.

Avicii - Wake Me Up (Lyric) on MUZU.TV.

Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines falls one place to Number 3, while former Number 1s from John Newman (Love Me Again, Number 4) and Icona Pop (I Love It FT Charli XCX, 5) complete today’s Top 5. 

High Climbers

Lana Del Rey scores this week’s highest climber with Summertime Sadness shooting up 50 places to make its Top 40 debut at Number 32.

Toploader’s 2000 Top 10 hit, Dancing In The Moonlight, climbs 36 places to re-enter the Top 40 at Number 27, while Calvin Harris’ Thinking About You FT Ayah Marar climbs 14 places to Number 14.

The Official Singles Chart Top 10 is as follows. You can see the Official Singles Chart Top 100 in full, here, after 7pm.

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